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T he gove rnm e nt ’ s e xpe rtda m a ge s w i tne s s , af i na nc i a l a na l y s tw i th the U ni t e d S t a t e s F or e s tS e rvi c e , t e s t i f i e d c onc e rni ng the c os t s the f e de r a l gove rnm e nt i ncurred t o fi gh tthe C row n F i re and the F ores tS ervi ce ’ s m etho ds of ensuri ng that onl y c os t s i nc urr e d i n f

i ght i ng the C r ow n F i r e , a s oppos e d t o thos e r e l a t i ng t o the co n t em p o ran eo u s F o o th i l l F i re, w ere attri b u t ed t o th atfi re. T h i s t est i m o n y, co u p l ed w i th th e g o v ern m en t ’ s ex t en si v e d o cu m en t ary ev i d en ce o f i t s ex p en ses, w a s s u f f ic ie n t to s u p p o rt th e ju ry ’s d a m a g e s a w a r d . Se e L . A . Me m ’ l C ol is e um C om m ’ n v . N

at ’ l Footbal l L e ague , 791 F . 2d 1356, 1365- 66 ( 9th C i r . 1986) . K l aus a r gue s tha tthe j ury ’ s da m a ge s a w a r d w a s ne c e s s a r i l y s pe c ul a t i ve be c aus e the j ury ( 1) r e

j e c t e d the f

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da m a ge s c l a i m e d by the gove rnm e nta nd ( 2) de l i be r a t e d f oronl y one da y , apurport e dl y i ns uf f i c i e nta m ount o f tim e to e x a m in e “e a c h p ie c e o f p ap e r ” p r o d u c e d b y th e g o v e rn m e n t “to a s c e rta in if c h a r g e s w e r e p r o p e r lya llo c ab le to th e C r o w n F ir e .” T hese ar gu m ent s are una va i l i ng. F i r s t , “ the j ury i s notbound t o a c c e ptthe bott om l i ne pr ovi de d by a ny part i cul ardam ages expert , ” and the j ury had am pl e e vi dence before i tfr om w hi ch to a rr iv e a t its o w n p r o p e rc a lc u la tio n . I n r e Fi rs t

Al l i a n c e Mo r t

g . Co . , 471 F . 3d 9 7 7 , 1 0 0 2 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 6 ) ; ac c ord L i be r t yMut. I ns . C o. v . I

ndus . A c c i de nt C om m ’n , 19 9 P . 2d 30 2, 30 6 (C al . 19 48 ) ( “ T he tri erof fa ctm ayac ce ptthe evi dence o f a n y o n e e x p e rt o rc h o o s e af ig u r e b e tw e e n th e m b a s e d o n a ll th e e v id e n c e .” ) .3

S ec o n d , th e ju ry w as n o t req u ired to co n d u ct it s o w n au d ito f th e g o v ern m en t’ s source do cum ent at i on t o avo i d arr i vi ng ata “ spec ul at i ve” aw ar d. Inst ea d, i tw as e nt i t l e d t o r e l y on the e vi de nc e tha tw a s pr e s e nt e d t o i t , i nc l udi ng the t e s t i m ony of tw o d am ages expert s and nu m er ou s e xh i bi t s, atl ea stthree of w hi ch w er e su m m ary-typ e d o cu m en t s th atco u l d b e carefu l l y rev i ew ed i n l ess th an a d ay. See L . A . Mem ’l

C ol ise um C om m ’n , 791 F . 2d a t1366. B e c aus e the j ury ’ s f

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da m a ge s i s s upport e d by s u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e a n d w a s n o t s p e c u la tiv e , th e ju d g m e n t o f th e d is tr ic t c o u rt is AF F I RME D.