312 U.S. 552 (1941) Cited 962 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding an exception to the waiver rule exists in "those in which there have been judicial interpretations of existing law after decision below and pending appeal—interpretations which if applied might have materially altered the result"
Holding that Fed. R. Evid. 1002 did not prohibit a witness from testifying from personal knowledge about the contents of an insurer's underwriting guidelines
Holding that “[t]here is no reason for this Court to rewrite a statute because of an alleged scrivener error unless a literal interpretation would lead to an absurd result.”