On August 14, 2020 a
Motion,Ex Parte
was filed
involving a dispute between
Stephens, Donnetta,
and
Crown Ace Hardware,
Does 1 Through 100 Inclusive,
Monsato Company,
Wilbur-Ellis Company, Llc,
Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, Llc,
for Product Liability Unlimited
in the District Court of San Bernardino County.
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Attorneys for Defendants
'12 MONSANTO COMPANY AND CROWN ACE
HARDWARE
13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY 0F SAN BERNARDINO
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DONNETTA STEPHENS, Case No. CIVSB2 l 04801
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Plaintifi DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND
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MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 2 TO EXCLUDE
VS. ARGUMENT, EVIDENCE, OR
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REFERENCES TO COMPARISON OR
MONSANTO COMPANY, WILBUR-ELLIS ANALOGIES TO THE TOBACCO
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NUTRITION, LLC AND CROWN ACE INDUSTRY OR TOBACCO LITIGATION
HARDWARE,
Judge: Hon. Gilbert G. Ochoa
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Defendants. Dept: SZ4-SBJC
Complaint Filed: August 4, 2020
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Trial Date: July 19, 2021
Hearing Date: July 15, 2021
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Time: 9:00 a.m.
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[Filed concurrently with Declaration of Shawn S.
Ledingham, Jr. and Omnibus Declaration of
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Jennifer L. Jones]
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DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LEVINE NO. 2 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO COMPARISON
0R ANALOGIES TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY OR TOBACCO LITIGATION
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T0 ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on July 15, 2021 at 9:00 am. in Department 824 of the
above-entitled Court, located at 247 West 3rd Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, Defendants
Monsanto Company and Crown Ace Hardware (collectively, “Defendants”) will, and hereby do,
move this Court for an order to exclude any evidence, argument, or reference to comparisons or
analogies to the tobacco industry or tobacco litigation. Specifically, Defendants request that the
Court prohibit Plaintiff from: (i) drawing comparisons or analogies between Monsanto and
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tobacco companies; (ii) suggesting that Monsanto is like tobacco companies; or (iii) that this
litigation is like tobacco litigation.
This motion is made pursuant to California Evidence Code §§ 210, 350, and 352 and is
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based on the grounds that such evidence is inadmissible under §§ 350 and 352 because such
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evidence is not relevant, or alternatively that any probative value this evidence might have is
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substantially outweighed by the prejudicial impact.
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Defendants seek this relief based on this Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of
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Points and Authorities, the Declaration of Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr. and Omnibus Declaration of
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Jennifer L. Jones filed concurrently herewith, records and files of this Coun and all other matters
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which the Court may take judicial notice.
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Dated: July 2, 2021 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
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By:
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Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr.
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Attorneys for Defendants Monsanto Company and Crown Ace
Hardware
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DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LEVINE NO. 2 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO CONII’ARISON
OR ANALOGIES TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY OR TOBACCO LITIGATION
Document Filed Date
July 02, 2021
Case Filing Date
August 14, 2020
Category
Product Liability Unlimited
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Ban H. Williams (State Bar No. 134009) ‘ F l L E bwilliams proskauemom btééEUR'égR CQL'RT or- gummy; y 0F SAN BERNARomrx Manuel F. achén (State Bar No. 2 l 6987) CAN u . BERNARDINO DISTRICT” mcachan prqskauer.com Shawn S. edlngham, Jr. (State Bar No. 275268) JUL 0 2 2022 sledingham roskauer.com PROSKA ROSE LLP v-s 2029 Century Park East BY .___. 0M5" 1 Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067 w DEPUTY Telephone: (3 10) 557-2900 Facs1mi1e: (3 10) 557-2 1 93 Lee M. Popkin (admitted pro hac vice) 1 opkin proskauer.com . Jenni er Yang (admitted pro hac vice) . Jyang%proskauer.com PROS AUER ROSE LLP 11 Times S uare New York, 10036 10 Telephone: (2 1 2) 969-3000 Facsunile: (212) 969-2900 '1 1 Attorneys for Defendants '12 MONSANTO COMPANY AND CROWN ACE HARDWARE 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY 0F SAN BERNARDINO 14 '15 DONNETTA STEPHENS, Case No. CIVSB2 l 04801 16 Plaintifi DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND 17 MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 2 TO EXCLUDE VS. ARGUMENT, EVIDENCE, OR 18 REFERENCES TO COMPARISON OR MONSANTO COMPANY, WILBUR-ELLIS ANALOGIES TO THE TOBACCO 19 NUTRITION, LLC AND CROWN ACE INDUSTRY OR TOBACCO LITIGATION HARDWARE, Judge: Hon. Gilbert G. Ochoa 20 Defendants. Dept: SZ4-SBJC Complaint Filed: August 4, 2020 21 Trial Date: July 19, 2021 Hearing Date: July 15, 2021 22 Time: 9:00 a.m. 23 [Filed concurrently with Declaration of Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr. and Omnibus Declaration of 24 Jennifer L. Jones] 25 26 27 28 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LEVINE NO. 2 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO COMPARISON 0R ANALOGIES TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY OR TOBACCO LITIGATION V V T0 ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on July 15, 2021 at 9:00 am. in Department 824 of the above-entitled Court, located at 247 West 3rd Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, Defendants Monsanto Company and Crown Ace Hardware (collectively, “Defendants”) will, and hereby do, move this Court for an order to exclude any evidence, argument, or reference to comparisons or analogies to the tobacco industry or tobacco litigation. Specifically, Defendants request that the Court prohibit Plaintiff from: (i) drawing comparisons or analogies between Monsanto and ©00\JO\ tobacco companies; (ii) suggesting that Monsanto is like tobacco companies; or (iii) that this litigation is like tobacco litigation. This motion is made pursuant to California Evidence Code §§ 210, 350, and 352 and is 10 based on the grounds that such evidence is inadmissible under §§ 350 and 352 because such 11 evidence is not relevant, or alternatively that any probative value this evidence might have is 12 substantially outweighed by the prejudicial impact. 13 Defendants seek this relief based on this Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of 14 Points and Authorities, the Declaration of Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr. and Omnibus Declaration of 15 Jennifer L. Jones filed concurrently herewith, records and files of this Coun and all other matters 16 which the Court may take judicial notice. 17 Dated: July 2, 2021 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 18 19 20 By: J/Ljfl. Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr. 21 Attorneys for Defendants Monsanto Company and Crown Ace Hardware 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -1- DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LEVINE NO. 2 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO CONII’ARISON OR ANALOGIES TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY OR TOBACCO LITIGATION