On August 14, 2020 a
Party Statement
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
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SUPERIOR COURT OF TI-[E STATE OF CALIFORNIA
14 COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
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DONNETTA STEPHENS, Case No. CIVSB2104801
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Plaintifi DECLARATION OF SHAWN S.
LEDINGHAM, JR. IN SUPPORT OF
17 VS . DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6
TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE, ARGUMENT,
18 MONSANTO COMPANY, WILBUR-ELLIS OR REFERENCE TO PRESENCE OR
NUTRITION, LLC AND CROWN ACE ABSENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM
19 HARDWARE, DEFENDANTS’ COMPANIES OR TO JURY
CONSULTANTS
20 Defendants.
Judge: Hon. Gilbert G. Ochoa
21 Dept: SZ4-SBJC
Complaint Filed: August 4, 2020
22 Trial Date: July 19, 2021
Hearing Date: July 15, 2021
Time: 9:00 a.m.
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DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. 1N SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE
NO. 6 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM
DEFENDANTS" COMPANIES OR T0 JURY CONSULTANTS
DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR.
I, Shawn S. Ledingham, declare as follows:
1. I am an attorney at law admitted t0 practice before all 0f the courts in the state of
California. 1am an attorney with the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel of record for
Defendants Monsanto Company and Crown Ace Hardware (collectively, “Defendants”) in the
above-referenced action. Iam over eighteen years of age and am fully competent to make this
Declaration in support 0f Defendants’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Evidence, Argument, or
\OOOQON
Reference to Presence or Absence of Representatives from Defendants’ Companies or to Jury
Consultants. Except where otherwise stated, Ihave personal knowledge of the following, and if
'10 called upon to testify as a witness, I could and would competently testify to the matters stated
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herein.
12 2. The Motion seeks to preclude Plaintiff Donnetta Stephens, her attorneys, and
13 witnesses from offering evidence regarding or mentioning the presence or absence of employees or
14 other representatives of Defendants’ companies dun'ng trial or to jury consultants, including any such
15 references during voir dire. If the Motion is not granted, Defendants will be prejudiced because
16 irrelevant and otherwise inadmissible evidence, testimony and/or argument may be presented to
17 the jury, impairing the jury’s ability to render a verdict based on the evidence in this case.
18 Without an order excluding such materials, the jury might render its decision based on evidence
19 and argument that has no bearing on the cause of Plaintifi" s claimed injun'es.
20 3. Pursuant to Rule 415 of the Local Rules 0f Court of the Superior Court of
21 California, County of San Bernardino, I met and conferred with Plaintiff’s counsel regarding the
22 subject of the Motion on June 15 and June 22, 2021. Plaintiff‘s counsel has refused to stipulate
23 that such matter will not be mentioned or displayed in the presence of the jury unless and until it is
24 admitted in evidence.
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DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. 1N SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE
NO. 6 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE T0 PRESENCE OR ABSENCE 0F REPRESENTATIVES FROM
DEFENDANTS’ COMPANIES 0R TO JURY CONSULTANTS
Document Filed Date
July 02, 2021
Case Filing Date
August 14, 2020
Category
Product Liability Unlimited
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\r Bart H. Williams (State Bar No. 134009) K‘ F L I -'= vtégeurng} COURT 5r guso'wa bwilliams roskauer.com 0F SAN BERNARDn'qd A Manuel F. acha'n (State Bar No. 216987) 8AM BE RNARDINC . msrmcr mcachan proskauer.com Shawn S. dingham, Jr. (State Bar No. 275268) JUL G 2 2021 sledingham PROSKA 2029 Century Park East Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067 / roskauer.com ROSE LLP BY \ I I (’51:...7197312“; 7* (j; v' ~—-—~ EESLIPUTY Telephone: (3 10) 557-2900 Facs1mi1e: (310) 557-2193 Lee M. Popkin (admitted pro hac vice) 1 opkin proskauemom . Jenni er Yang (admitted pro hac vice) jyang proskauer.com PROS AUER ROSE LLP 11 Times Square New York, NY 10036 10 Telephone: (2 1 2) 969-3000 Facsunile: (212) 969-2900 11 Attorneys for Defendants 12 MONSANTO COMPANY AND CROWN ACE HARDWARE 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF TI-[E STATE OF CALIFORNIA 14 COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 15 DONNETTA STEPHENS, Case No. CIVSB2104801 16 Plaintifi DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. IN SUPPORT OF 17 VS . DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6 TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE, ARGUMENT, 18 MONSANTO COMPANY, WILBUR-ELLIS OR REFERENCE TO PRESENCE OR NUTRITION, LLC AND CROWN ACE ABSENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 19 HARDWARE, DEFENDANTS’ COMPANIES OR TO JURY CONSULTANTS 20 Defendants. Judge: Hon. Gilbert G. Ochoa 21 Dept: SZ4-SBJC Complaint Filed: August 4, 2020 22 Trial Date: July 19, 2021 Hearing Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 9:00 a.m. 23 24 25 26 27 28 DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. 1N SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEFENDANTS" COMPANIES OR T0 JURY CONSULTANTS DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. I, Shawn S. Ledingham, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney at law admitted t0 practice before all 0f the courts in the state of California. 1am an attorney with the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel of record for Defendants Monsanto Company and Crown Ace Hardware (collectively, “Defendants”) in the above-referenced action. Iam over eighteen years of age and am fully competent to make this Declaration in support 0f Defendants’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Evidence, Argument, or \OOOQON Reference to Presence or Absence of Representatives from Defendants’ Companies or to Jury Consultants. Except where otherwise stated, Ihave personal knowledge of the following, and if '10 called upon to testify as a witness, I could and would competently testify to the matters stated 1'1 herein. 12 2. The Motion seeks to preclude Plaintiff Donnetta Stephens, her attorneys, and 13 witnesses from offering evidence regarding or mentioning the presence or absence of employees or 14 other representatives of Defendants’ companies dun'ng trial or to jury consultants, including any such 15 references during voir dire. If the Motion is not granted, Defendants will be prejudiced because 16 irrelevant and otherwise inadmissible evidence, testimony and/or argument may be presented to 17 the jury, impairing the jury’s ability to render a verdict based on the evidence in this case. 18 Without an order excluding such materials, the jury might render its decision based on evidence 19 and argument that has no bearing on the cause of Plaintifi" s claimed injun'es. 20 3. Pursuant to Rule 415 of the Local Rules 0f Court of the Superior Court of 21 California, County of San Bernardino, I met and conferred with Plaintiff’s counsel regarding the 22 subject of the Motion on June 15 and June 22, 2021. Plaintiff‘s counsel has refused to stipulate 23 that such matter will not be mentioned or displayed in the presence of the jury unless and until it is 24 admitted in evidence. 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // _ _ 1 DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. 1N SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE T0 PRESENCE OR ABSENCE 0F REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEFENDANTS’ COMPANIES 0R TO JURY CONSULTANTS