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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Manuel F. achén (State Bar No. 216987) chOUNTY 0F SAN BERNARDMO
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Shawn S. edingham, Jr. (State Bar No. 275268)
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PROSKA ROSE LLP
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Suite 2400
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Jenni er Yang (admitted pro hac vice)
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PROS AUER ROSE LLP
11 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
10 Telephone: (2 1 2) 969-3000
FaCSImile: (212) 969-2900
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Attorneys for Defendants
12 MONSANTO COMPANY AND CROWN ACE
HARDWARE
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE 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.
17 vs.
LEDINGHAM, JR. IN SUPPORT OF
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 18
TO EXCLUDE ARGUMENT. EVIDENCE,
18 MONSANTO COMPANY, WILBUR-ELLIS OR REFERENCE TO SALE OR USE OF
AND CROWN ACE
NUTRITION, LLC GLYPHOSATE AS A BOILER CLEANER
19 HARDWARE, OR DESCALING AGENT
20 Defendants. Judge: Hon. Gilbert G. Ochoa
Dept: SZ4-SBJC
21 Complaint Filed: August 4, 203“
Trial Date: July 19, 2021
22 Hearing Date: July 15, 2021
Time: 9:00 am.
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DECLARATION 0F SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. 1N SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION INLIMINE
N0. 18 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE T0 SALE OR USE OF GLYPHOSATE AS A
BOILER CLEANER OR
DESCALING AGENT
DECLARATION 0F SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR.
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I, Shawn S. Ledingham, declare as follows:
1. 1am an attorney at law admitted to practice before all of the courts in the state of
California. I am 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. I am over eighteen years 0f age and am fillly competent to make this
Declaration in support of Defendants’ Motion in Limine No. 18 to Exclude Argument, Evidence,
or Reference to Sale or Use of Glyphosate as a Boiler Cleaner or Descaling Agent. Except where
otherwise stated, Ihave personal knowledge of the following, and if called upon to testify as a
10 Witness, I could and would competently testify to the matters stated herein.
11 2. The Motion seeks to preclude Plaintiff Donnetta Stephens, her attorneys, and
12 witnesses from offering any evidence, arguing, or referring to glyphosate being sold or used as an
13 industrial cleaner or descaling agent. Specifically, Defendants request that the Court prohibit
14 Plaintiff from suggesting that glyphosate was ever sold or used for industrial applications such as
15 to clean boilers or pipes due to purported anti—scaling or anti-corrosive properties. If the Motion is
16 not granted, Defendants will be prejudiced because irrelevant and otherwise inadmissible
17 evidence, testimony and/or argument may be presented to the jury, impairing the jury’s ability to
18 render a verdict based on the evidence in this case. Without an order excluding such materials, the
19 jury might render its decision based on evidence and argument that has no bearing on the cause of
20 Plaintiff s claimed injufies.
21 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of U.S. Patent No.
22 3,160,632, issued December 8, 1964. I downloaded a copy of this patent from the United States
23 Patent and Trademark Office.
24 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Swarthout et al.,
25 Commentsfor Mertens et a]. (201 8), Glyphosate, a chelating agentfirelevantfor ecological risk
26 assessmenfl, Env. Sci. Pollut. Res. 25:27662—27663 (2018). I downloaded a copy of this paper
27 from the National Institute of Health’s PubMed database.
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DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION INLIMINE
NO. 18 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO SALE OR USE 0F GLYPHOSATE AS A BOILER CLEANER OR
DESCALING AGENT
Document Filed Date
July 02, 2021
Case Filing Date
August 14, 2020
Category
Product Liability Unlimited
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‘ Ir nix M4,“ ‘ Bart H. Williams (State Bar No. 134009) bwilliams roskauer.com s Em OFF Aggy) - < c.. .fi m. rmvm r Manuel F. achén (State Bar No. 216987) chOUNTY 0F SAN BERNARDMO SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT mcachan proskauemom Shawn S. edingham, Jr. (State Bar No. 275268) sledingham , roskauemom JUL 02 202? PROSKA ROSE LLP 2029 Century Park East Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067 BY w rhlrikgvl Telephone: (3 10) 557—2900 Facs1mile: (3 10) 557-2193 Lee M. Popkin (admitted pro hac vice) l opk1n@proskauer.com . 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 FaCSImile: (212) 969-2900 11 Attorneys for Defendants 12 MONSANTO COMPANY AND CROWN ACE HARDWARE 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 14 COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 15 DONNETTA STEPHENS, Case No. CIVSB2104801 16 Plaintifi DECLARATION OF SHAWN s. 17 vs. LEDINGHAM, JR. IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 18 TO EXCLUDE ARGUMENT. EVIDENCE, 18 MONSANTO COMPANY, WILBUR-ELLIS OR REFERENCE TO SALE OR USE OF AND CROWN ACE NUTRITION, LLC GLYPHOSATE AS A BOILER CLEANER 19 HARDWARE, OR DESCALING AGENT 20 Defendants. Judge: Hon. Gilbert G. Ochoa Dept: SZ4-SBJC 21 Complaint Filed: August 4, 203“ Trial Date: July 19, 2021 22 Hearing Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 9:00 am. 23 24 25 26 27 28 DECLARATION 0F SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. 1N SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION INLIMINE N0. 18 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE T0 SALE OR USE OF GLYPHOSATE AS A BOILER CLEANER OR DESCALING AGENT DECLARATION 0F SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. I I, Shawn S. Ledingham, declare as follows: 1. 1am an attorney at law admitted to practice before all of the courts in the state of California. I am 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. I am over eighteen years 0f age and am fillly competent to make this Declaration in support of Defendants’ Motion in Limine No. 18 to Exclude Argument, Evidence, or Reference to Sale or Use of Glyphosate as a Boiler Cleaner or Descaling Agent. Except where otherwise stated, Ihave personal knowledge of the following, and if called upon to testify as a 10 Witness, I could and would competently testify to the matters stated herein. 11 2. The Motion seeks to preclude Plaintiff Donnetta Stephens, her attorneys, and 12 witnesses from offering any evidence, arguing, or referring to glyphosate being sold or used as an 13 industrial cleaner or descaling agent. Specifically, Defendants request that the Court prohibit 14 Plaintiff from suggesting that glyphosate was ever sold or used for industrial applications such as 15 to clean boilers or pipes due to purported anti—scaling or anti-corrosive properties. If the Motion is 16 not granted, Defendants will be prejudiced because irrelevant and otherwise inadmissible 17 evidence, testimony and/or argument may be presented to the jury, impairing the jury’s ability to 18 render a verdict based on the evidence in this case. Without an order excluding such materials, the 19 jury might render its decision based on evidence and argument that has no bearing on the cause of 20 Plaintiff s claimed injufies. 21 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of U.S. Patent No. 22 3,160,632, issued December 8, 1964. I downloaded a copy of this patent from the United States 23 Patent and Trademark Office. 24 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Swarthout et al., 25 Commentsfor Mertens et a]. (201 8), Glyphosate, a chelating agentfirelevantfor ecological risk 26 assessmenfl, Env. Sci. Pollut. Res. 25:27662—27663 (2018). I downloaded a copy of this paper 27 from the National Institute of Health’s PubMed database. 28 -1- DECLARATION OF SHAWN S. LEDINGHAM, JR. IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION INLIMINE NO. 18 TO EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO SALE OR USE 0F GLYPHOSATE AS A BOILER CLEANER OR DESCALING AGENT