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  • LOUIS CASTAGNA VS. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (B/P)AS REFLECTED ON EXHIBITS et al ASBESTOS document preview
  • LOUIS CASTAGNA VS. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (B/P)AS REFLECTED ON EXHIBITS et al ASBESTOS document preview
  • LOUIS CASTAGNA VS. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (B/P)AS REFLECTED ON EXHIBITS et al ASBESTOS document preview
  • LOUIS CASTAGNA VS. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (B/P)AS REFLECTED ON EXHIBITS et al ASBESTOS document preview
  • LOUIS CASTAGNA VS. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (B/P)AS REFLECTED ON EXHIBITS et al ASBESTOS document preview
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207618.1 L077. 28787

RICHARD D. DUMONT (SBN 107967)

rdumont@selmanbreitman.com
PAUL J. GAMBA (SBN 146097) ELECTRONICALLY
amba@selmanbreitman.com FILED

SELMAN BREITMAN LLP Superior Court of California,
33 New Montgomery, Sixth Floor County of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94105 OCT 29 2010

Telephone: (415) 979-0400 Clerk of the Court

Facsimile: (415) 979-2099 BY: JUANITA D. MURPHY

Deputy Clerk

Attorneys for Defendant
LAMONS GASKET COMPANY

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO - UNLIMITED JURISDICTION

LOUIS CASTAGNA, Case No. CGC-07-274230
Plaintiff, MOTION IN LIMINE PROHIBITING
USE IN PRESENCE OF THE JURY
v. OF THE TERMS “ASBESTOS
INDUSTRY” OR “MEMBER OF THE
ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (BP), ASBESTOS INDUSTRY” - Motion in

Limine No. 29

Action Filed: Jume 6, 2007
Trial Date: October 29, 2010

Defendant.

Defendant LAMONS GASKET COMPANY (hereinafter referred to as
"LAMONS') herein submits the following motion in limine for an order excluding
evidence consisting of parts of lungs, or photographs or slides of Lungs.

I INTRODUCTION

Based on defense counsel’s experience in other cases, Lamons anticipates that
plaintiffs’ counsel in this action will attempt to offer into evidence actual preserved lungs,
or photographs or slides of lung tissue. There is no purpose behind these forms of
evidence other than to provoke horror and inflame the jury. Accordingly, defendant asks
that this Court exercise its discretion and preclude introduction of such evidence.

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T. LEGAL ARGUMENT

A. Evidence of Actual Diseased Lungs or Graphic Photographs of Such
Lungs are Inflammatory and Serve No Purpose Other Than To Unduly
Prejudice Lamons.

This Court is empowered to grant this motion on the basis of Evidence Code section
352 which affords the Court the discretion to exclude evidence if its probative value is
substantially outweighed by the probability that is admission will create a substantial
danger of undue prejudice and of confusing the issues.

There is no evidence that any such slides, pictures or samples bear any resemblance
to, or relation with, the actual disease being discussed in the instant case. There is no
evidence that any such ‘evidence’ accurately portray what they are meant to portray.
Moreover, if, by chance, plaintiffs counsel intends to present ‘evidence’ taken from
plaintiff himself, such evidence would also be highly prejudicial. Such evidence is
completely unnecessary to prove any essential fact in the case at hand.

iil. CONCLUSION

For all of the foregoing reasons, Lamons motion in limine for an order precluding

plaintiffs from introducing into evidence actual human lungs, or graphic photographs of

lungs, or slide tissue from lungs should be granted.

DATED: October 28, 2010 SELMAN BREITMAN LLP

By:_/s/ Paul J Gamba
RICHARD D. DUMONT
PAUL J. GAMBA.

Attorneys for Defendant

LAMONS GASKET COMPANY

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PROOF OF SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Louis Castagna y. Asbestos Defendants (BP)
San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-07-274230
Defendant: LAMONS GASKET COMPANY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Tam employed in the County of San Francisco, State of California. | am over the
age of 18 years and am not a party to the within action; my business address is 33 New
Montgomery, Sixth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105,

On the date shown below, I electronically served the following document(s) via
LexisNexis File & Serve described as MOTION IN LIMINE PROHIBITING USE IN
PRESENCE OF THE JURY OF THE TERMS “ASBESTOS INDUSTRY” OR
“MEMBER OF THE ASBESTOS INDUSTRY” - MOTION IN LIMINE NO, 29 on
the recipients designated on the Transaction Receipt located on the LexisNexis File &
Serve website.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on October & *, 2010, at San Francisco, California.

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wo” Cynthia Elred

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INDUSTRY” OR “MEMBER OF THE ASBESTOS INDUSTRY” - MIL NO. 29