Opinion ID: 774360
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Tortious Breach and Special Relationship

Text: 41 Deckers waived the argument that plaintiffs failed to introduce evidence of a special relationship to satisfy an element of tortious breach. This argument was not raised in Deckers' Rule 50 motion at the completion of plaintiffs' case-in chief, even though the alleged failure of proof, if such it was, would have been evident at that time. By waiting until post-trial motions to raise this argument, Deckers waived the right to appeal. See Beech Aircraft Corp. v. United States, 51 F.3d 834, 841 (9th Cir. 1995) (Because Plaintiffs could have raised this issue at or before trial and because they have not presented any valid reason for not having done so, we decline to consider Plaintiffs' . . . argument.). 42