There have been court rulings specifying when a motion "to exclude" is at issue. e.g.,
In Easterby v. Clark (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 772, the Second District Court of Appeal discussed the issue of when exclusion is appropriate under the reasoning of Jones v. Moore (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 557; Kennemur v. State of California (1982) 133 Cal.App.3d 907 and Bonds v. Roy (1999) 20 Cal.4th 140. A party’s expert may not offer testimony at trial that exceeds the scope of his deposition testimony if the opposing party has no notice or expectation that the expert will offer the new testimony, or if notice of the new testimony comes at a time when deposing the expert is unreasonably difficult. Id. at 781.
Exclusion of evidence at trial for discovery violations is a drastic sanction. It requires evidence of willful abuse of the discovery process and substantial prejudice. See Biles v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 1315, 1327.
The evidence is admissible to impeach the testimony of a witness who testifies that the condition was not dangerous. Love v. Wolf (1967) 249 Cal.App.2d 822, 831.
The motion to exclude is applicable to many kinds of evidence. For example, motions to exclude:
witnesses; Evidence Code, §§ 350, 352, 702
police report and opinions of investigating officer; Vehicle Code, § 20013; Evidence Code, § 805
expert opinions not offered at deposition; Kennemur v. Jones (1982) 133 Cal.App.3d 907; Jones v. Moore (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 557, 565.
evidence of expert’s testing of tile; Pullin v. Super. Ct. (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 1161, 1165
irrelevant evidence; Evidence Code, §§ 350, 352
prior alcohol/drug use; Evidence Code, § 787
testimony regarding amount of reasonable medical charges; Code of Civ. Proc., § 2034.300
Plaintiffs' Motions in Limine
1. Motion to preclude defendants from raising prejudicial subjects during voir dire
The motion is granted. It is not opposed.
2. Motion to preclude evidence regarding selection or retention of counsel
The motion is granted. It is not opposed.
3. Motion to preclude evidence of plaintiff Patricia Yasui's smoking history
The motion is denied without prejudice.
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..e first purpose because the tortfeasor takes his victim as he finds her.
Plaintiffs also argue that the smoking history is inadmissible for purposes of evaluation of life expectancy because no medical expert has been disclosed on this subject and introduction of the evidence for this purpose will cause the jury to speculate. Plaintiffs argue that defendant's only retained medical expert is Dr. Yo...
The following tentative rulings are based on the papers and current pleadings presented for the Court's review by Plaintiff and Defendant in the above entitled matter.
The Court reserves the right to change its rulings after oral argument, reserve or modify any ruling after any indicated 402 hearings and/or the time of trial, and/or to require additional briefing from the parties as the trial pro...
..l are ordered to advise their witnesses regarding the relevant court rulings. A witness's failure to follow the Court's orders will be followed by an immediate inquiry into whether counsel adequately advised the witness of the limitations regarding his or her testimony. The Court will sanction counsel for failure to follow Court orders.
In addition to the tentative rulings given below, the Court...
Motions in Limine – Tentative Rulings
Plaintiff's Motions in Limine
Motion to Exclude Misleading Evidence
Relying of Evidence Code section 352, plaintiff seeks to exclude "mention and any reference at trial that no one else was injured on defendants' property prior to Ms. Gomez injury or that Ms. Gomez or the other tenants in her apartment failed to complain about prior problems with the stair...
..e testing were sufficiently similar to the conditions in plaintiff's apartment to be relevant.
Defendants Motions in Limine
1. Motion to Exclude Prior Felony Conviction of Steven Henderson for DUI
The motion is granted.
Defendant seeks to exclude a DUI from the 1990s. In response plaintiff contends that the witness had 5 felony convictions including a 1991 conviction for transportation and...
Roberts v. Downtown Plaza, LLC – Case No. 34-2009-00035722 – Motions in Limine – Tentative Rulings
The following is a copy of the tentative ruling that will be distributed at the first day of trial on February 14, 2011. Because this hearing involves a pretrial motion, this preliminary ruling does not excuse the parties from their obligations to appear and will not become final simply because a he...
..violate a ruling before the court has made an explicit order changing any of the rulings below.
Plaintiff's Motions in Limine
1. Motion to exclude reference to tax information
The motion is granted. It is unopposed.
2. Motion to exclude reference to potentially prejudicial issues during voir dire
The motion is granted. It is unopposed.
3. Motion to exclude reference to settlement discussions...
NOTICE:
The following are the Court's tentative rulings with respect to the motions filed in connection with the case below.
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Macklin v. Americrete – Case No. 34-2008-00022710 – Motions in Limine – Tentative Rulings.
Plaintiff's Motions in Limine
1. Motion to exclude witn...
..eeks to preclude the experts testifying beyond the scope of the expert witness disclosure.
Defendant does not oppose the motion on the first two grounds. The motion is granted for that reason.
Defendant opposes the motion on the third ground because plaintiff's questions of the expert witnesses at deposition exceeded the scope of the designation. Defendant argues it would not be unfairly prejudi...
Plaintiff's Motions in Limine
1. Motion to exclude new opinion testimony of experts
The motion is granted. It is not opposed.
2. Motion to exclude evidence of lack of helmet
The motion is provisionally granted.
Plaintiff seeks to exclude evidence that he was not wearing a bicycle helmet at the time of the accident.
Plaintiff contends the evidence is not relevant because he had no d...
..fendant also contends that his affirmative defense of contributory negligence is sufficient to encompass the lack of helmet.
Defendant is not persuasive.
A bicyclist has the duty to exercise ordinary care. The fact that he is not wearing a helmet is not relevant to that duty in the first instance. The lack of a helmet is not a factor in the collision itself. If the lack of a helmet is at all rel...
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