On September 29, 2006 a Motion,Ex Parte was filed involving a dispute between Rodamer, James, Rodamer, Nancy, and All Asbestos Defendants, Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust, Armstrong International, Inc., Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., A.W. Chesterton Company, Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Cleaver Brooks, Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., Crane Co., Crane Co. Individually And As Sii To Chapman Valve, Crown, Cork & Seal, Individually And As, Csr, Ltd., Aka Colonial Sugar Refinery, Does 1-300, Inclusive, Domco Products Texas, L.P, Douglass Insulation Company, Inc., Durabla Manufacturing Company, Elliott Company,, Fairbanks Morse Pump, Fairbanks Morse Pump Corp., Familian Corporation, Familian Corporation Dba Familian Pipe &, Foster Wheeler Llc, Foster Wheeler, Llc, Gardner Denver, Inc., Garlock Sealing Technologies, Llc, Garlock Sealing Technologies, Llc Individually And, General Electric Company, Goulds Pumps, Inc., Grinnell Corporation, Henry Vogt Machine Co., Hill Brothers Chemical Company, Imo Industries Inc.,, Imo Industries, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Company, International Paper Company, Itt Corporation,, Itt Industries, Individually And As Sii To, J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Kentile Floors, Inc., Leslie Controls, Inc., Lydall, Inc., Lydall, Inc.,, Metex Mfg. Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Parker Hannifin Corp., Individually And As Sii To, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Plant Insulation Company, Quintec Industries, Inc., Ray L. Hellwig Plumbing, R. F. Macdonald, R.F. Macdonald Co., Soco West, Inc., Sterling Fluid Systems, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Thomas Dee Engineering Company, Thomas Dee Engineering Company, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Uniroyal, Inc., Warren Pumps, Llc, Westburne Supply Inc., Yarway Corporation, for ASBESTOS in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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— 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rs 11 —_ 5 : 12 & 7 13 =< © : 14 “ z 15 Se 16 & 17 18 19 20 2} 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 V30854.1 266,22997 MARK A. LOVE (SBN 162028) JANICE W. MAN (SBN 209956) ELECTRONICALLY SELMAN BREITMAN LLP FILED 33 New Montgomery, Sixth Floor Superior Court of California, Tr phone: (ai 9 5 uno County of San Francisco elephone: - Facsimile: (415) 979-2099 MAY 16 2007 mlove@selmanbreitman.com GORDON PARK-LI, Clerk BY: JUDITH NUNEZ jman@selmanbreitman.com Deputy Clerk Attorneys for Defendant DOUGLASS INSULATION COMPANY SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO - UNLIMITED JURISDICTION JAMES RODAMER and NANCY RODAMER,| CASENO. 456569 Plaintiffs, DOUGLASS INSULATION . COMPANY’S MOTION IN LIMINE TO V. EXCLUDE REFERENCES TO PUNITIVE DAMAGES A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, et al., Defendants. Time : 2:00 p.m. Dept. : 306 Judge : Nancy Davis Trial Date : April 30, 2007 Complaint Filed : September 29, 2006 Defendant DOUGLASS INSULATION COMPANY hereby moves the Court to issue an order in this action excluding all non-expert witnesses from the courtroom. This motion is based on the grounds that the Court, in the exercise of its discretion, may exclude from the courtroom any witnesses that should be precluded from hearing the testimony of other witnesses. Evidence Code § 777; Peaple v. Larisey (1939), 14 Cal.2d 30; Watson v. Department of Rehabilitation (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 1271. Excluding non-testifying witnesses from the courtroom will preveni the possibility of such witnesses from being unduly influenced, persuaded or otherwise prejudiced by testimony offered by other witnesses. Absent a showing of good cause DOUGLASS INSULATION COMPANY'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE NON-EXPERT WITNESSES FROM THE COURTROOM2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 & i a gs 12 633 m< oe 1 a z 15 SE 6 = 17 ? is 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1308541 166.22997 why it is necessary for the witness to be present in the courtroom at any time other than when they are offering testimony, all non-expert witnesses should be excluded {rom the courtroom. DOUGLASS INSULATION COMPANY also requests the Court to order plaintiffs" counsel to identify any non-expert witnesses who are in the Courtroom at any time, excluding when they are a witness on the stand, since defense counsel does not know the identity or appearance of every witnesses. DATED: May 16, 2007 D@XIGLASS INSULATION COMPANY 2 DOUGLASS INSULATION COMPANY'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE NON-EXPERT WITNESSES FROM THE COURTROOM