of Tech., the court said «It is hornbook law that theories not raised squarely in the district court can not be surfaced for the first time on appeal (planadviser.com)
The appellate court found that the defendant never objected to the plaintiff's proposed expert during the trial and could not raise the issue for the first time on appeal. (southfloridapersonalinjurylawyers-blog.com)
Thus, if an appellate court is presented with an issue that was raised for the first time on appeal, the party making the argument should be prepared to explain why the argument was not presented below. (indianainjuryblog.com)