On December 17, 2010 a Motion,Ex Parte was filed involving a dispute between Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, and Acco Engineered Systems, Inc., Advanced Mechanical, Advance Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Air Systems Mechanical Contractor, A & K Heating Company, Inc., Albay Construction Company, Allen-Simmons Heating & Sheet Metal Company Inc., Allied Fire Protection, Allied Sprinkler Company, Inc., Allsberry Mechanical Corporation, Anderson, Rowe & Buckley, Inc., Associated Insulation Of California, A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Balliet Bros. Construction Corporation, Banner Drywall & Painting Co. Inc., Barnes Construction Co., Bayer Cropscience Inc., Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Successor To Amchem, Bell Products Inc., Beta Mechanical Contractors, L.P., Bragg Investment Company, Inc., Cahill Construction Co., Inc., Cahill Construction Services, Inc., Cahill Contractors, Inc., California Drywall Co., Castro Construction, Inc., C.C. Moore & Co. Engineers, Cincinnati Valve Company, Cjr Plastering, Clausen-Patten, Inc., Clausen-Patten, Inc., A Dissolved Corporation, Climate Air, Inc., Climate Control Co., Inc., Collins Electrical Company, Inc., Commair Mechanical Services, Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Cosco Fire Protection, Inc., Cosco Sprinkler, Critchfield Mechanical, Inc., C & R Plastering, Inc., Csk Auto, Inc., Cupertino Electric, Inc., Delucchi Sheet Metal Works, Dilland Sederberg Plumbing, Does 1-8500, Domco Products Texas Inc., Domco Products Texas, L.P., Donovan Construction, Dorn Refrigeration, Dorn Refrigeration And Air Conditioning, Dpr Construction, Duro Dyne Corporation, D.W. Nicholson Corporation, D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc., Emil J. Weber Electric Co., Erwin Mechanical Inc., Ex- Fme, Inc. (Fka Fischbach And Moore Electric,, Fairmont Hotel Company, Fluor Corporation, Foley Electric Co., Foley Electric, Inc., Fuller Floors, General Mills, Inc., Giampolini & Co., Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc. Formerly Known As, Harold Beasley Plumbing And Heating, Inc., Harry Lee Plumbing & Heating, H & C Investment Associates, Inc., Henry C. Beck Company, Imperial Plastering & Drywall, Insulation Specialties, Inc., James A. Nelson Co., Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., Jones Plastering Company, Joseph Bruno Sheet Metal Co., Inc., J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., J.W. Mcclenahan Company, J.W. Mcclenahan Company, Inc., Kentile Floors, Inc., Laub Sheet Metal Works, Lone Star Industries, Inc., Mack Construction Co., Magee, Robert, Malm Metal Products, Inc., Marine Engineering And Supply Company, Marshco Auto Parts, Inc., Mattock Construction Company, Mcclure Electric, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Michael Brothers, Midstate Mechanical, Inc., Mitchell Bros. Truck Lines, Inc., Monsanto Company, Sued As "Pharmacia Corporation", Oakfabco, Inc., Ortho-Craft, Pacific Fireproofing, Pacific Mechanical Corporation, Parker Insulation Contracting & Supply Co. Inc., Perini Corporation, Pharmacia Corporation, Which Will Do Business In, Pribuss Engineering, Pribuss Engineering, Inc., Raymond Interior Systems-North, Red Top Electric Co. Emeryville, Inc., Robert Magee, Rollie R. French, Inc., Rollins Construction, Rountree Plumbing & Heating Inc., Scott Co. Of California, S F L, Inc., S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc., Slakey Brothers, Inc., Sugden Engineering Co., Swinerton Builders, Temper Insulation, Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc., Texaco, Inc., The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The W.W. Henry Company, Tuttle And Bailey Corp, Van Mulder Sheetmetal, Van-Mulder Sheet Metal, Inc., Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air, W.C. Thomason, W.C. Thompson, Webcor Builders, Inc., Westburne Supply, Inc., Willard Electric, Wright Schuchart Harbor, Wright Schuchart Harbor Company, Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, for civil in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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SONJA E. BLOMQUIST, SBN #099341, sblomquist@lowball.com PAMELA Y. LOUIE, SBN #259391, plouie@iowball.com LOW, BALL & LYNCH ‘k ELECTRONICALLY 505 Montgomery Street, 7" Floor San Francisco, California 94111-2584 scope bold ED. Telephone (415) 981-6630 County of San Francisco Facsimile (415) 399-1506 AUG 30 2013 Clerk of the Court Attorneys for Defendant BY: ALISON AGBAY PACIFIC MECHANICAL CORPORATION BA ty Clare SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS, } Case No. CGC-10-275731 d Plaintiffs, ) MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 3 ) v. }) PACIFIC MECHANICAL }) CORPORATION’S MOTION IN C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS; ) LIMINE TO EXCLUDE NON-PARTY Defendants as Reflected on Exhibit I ) WITNESSES FROM THE attached to the Summary Complaint herein; } COURTROOM EXCEPT FOR and DOES 1-8500, ) EXPERTS ) Defendants. } Judge: Hon. Teri L, Jackson ) Dept: 503 ) ) Trial Date: September 9, 2013 )} Complaint Filed: Decernber 17, 2010 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: Defendant PACIFIC MECHANICAL CORPORATION (“PMC”) moves the court for an order in limine excluding all non-party witnesses from the courtroom except for expert witnesses] Authority for this motion is set forth in Evidence Code Section 777, which allows the court to exclude non-party witnesses from the courtroom at the time that other witnesses are under examination, so that such witnesses cannot hear the testimony of the other witnesses. Watson v. Department of Rehabilitation (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 1271, However, with regard to expert witnesses, courts have held that it is appropriately within the discretion of the trial court to allow such experts to be present in order to hear testimony that -[- {Server igen-inst2 | £8SFTORAPMC MELs\MIL 3 - Exef Non Pany Witness. doca MOG may be pertinent to their own expert opinion. People v. Maxey (1980) 28 Cal.App.3d 190, 198- 199. Based on the foregoing, PMC respectfully requests that all non-party witnesses, other than expert witnesses, be excluded from the courtroom. Counsel will alert the court and opposing counsel as to the identity of any expert witness in the courtroom, and the reason for their presence before the expert hears any testimony or proceedings. Dated: August_?% , 2013 LOW, BALL & LYNCH Zi « py: [PR pe SONTH EBLOMOUST PAMELA Y. LOUIE Attorneys for Defendant PACIFIC MECHANICAL CORP. wD PMC’S MIL TO EXCLUDE NON-PARTY WITNESSES FROM COURTROOM EXCEPT FOR EXPERTS \\Serverd\gen-insiZ} 1 SSPI043\PMC MILs\MIL 3 - Exel Non Party Witness.doc