I know it is not a tort case, but this post from Law and Disorder reports on what can happen before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals when you don’t have your damages proof in proper order.
An excerpt
"I have never seen such an incompetent presentation of a damages case," [Judge Richard A.] Posner said. "It’s not only incompetent, it’s grotesque. You’ve got damages jumping around from $11 million to $130 million to $122 million to $33 million. In fact, the damages are probably zero."
Read the post here.