On December 06, 2001 a Motion,Ex Parte was filed involving a dispute between Jordan, Cheryl Lynn, Jordan, James, Thomas Dee Engineering Company, and 4520 Corp., Abblummus Global, Inc., A C And S,Inc., A.H. Voss Company, Albay Construction, Allis-Chalmers Corp. Product Liability Trust, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., American Standard, Inc., Asbestos Corp. Limited, Asbestos Corporation Ltd., Asbestos Defendants, Babcock Borsig Power Inc Ref To Db Riley Inc, Blue Diamond Corp., Borg Warner Inc., Borgwarner Inc. Fka Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc., Bragg Investment Company, Inc., Bridgestone Firestone Americas Holdings, Inc., Bridgestone Firestone,Inc., Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, Llc,, Bwd Automotive, Calaveras Cement Co., Certainteed Corporation, Chevron Products Company, Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Conocophillips Company, Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Crane Co., Crown Cork & Seal Company,Inc., Daimlerchrysler Corporation, Dana Corporation, D. Cummins Corporation, Diamond International Corp., Dillingham Construction N.A.,Inc., Dixon Boiler Works Inc, Dixon Boiler Works, Inc., Does 1-800, Dow Chemical Company, Dresser Industries Inc., D.W. Nicholson Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Elliott Company, Elliott Turbomachinery Co., Inc., Fisher Controls International, Llc, Flintkote Co., Flintkote Mines Ltd., Flowserve Us Inc, Flowserve Us Inc., Fluor Corporation, Fmc Corporation -Turbo Pump Operation, Ford Motor Company, Foster Wheeler Llc, Garlock Sealing Technologies, Ll, Gatke Corporation, General Electric Company, General Motors Corporation, General Refractories Company, Genstar Co., Genuine Parts Company, Goodrich Corporation, Grinnell Corporation, Halliburton Company, Hanson Cement, Inc., Henry Vogt Machine Co., Hercules Powder Company, Honeywell International, Inc. Fka Alliedsignal, Imo Industries Inc.,, Imo Industries, Inc., J.R.Simplot Company, J.R. Simplot Company, A Nevada Corporation,, J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Keenan Properties, Inc, Kubota Corporation, Lamons Gasket Company Dba Power Engineering &, Lear Siegler Diversified Holdings Corp., Maremont Corporation, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, Monsanto Company, Morton International, Inc. A Rohm And Haas Company, Oakfabco, Inc., Oscar E. Erickson, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc Dba Pacific, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Parsons Energy & Chemical Group, Inc., Parsons Energy & Chemicals Group Inc, Plant Insulation Company, Pnuemo Abex Corporation, As Successor, Power Engineering & Equipment Co. Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., Rapid-American Corporation, Republic Supply Company, Rheem Manufacturing Co, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Robertson-Ceco Corporation, Rosendahl Corporation, Santa Fe Braun, Inc. As Successor-In-Interest To, Sequoia Ventures, Inc., Shell Oil Company, Soo Line Railroad Company, Standard Motor Products, Stuart Radiator Core Manufacturing Co Inc, Stuart Radiator Core Manufacturing Co. Inc., Stuart-Western, Inc., Sugar City Building Materials Inc., Taylor Plumbing Supply Company, Dba Globe Plumbing, Taylor Plumbing Supply Inc., Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc., The Budd Company, Thomas Dee Engineering Company, Thorpe Insulation Company, Tosco Corporation, Tosco Refining Company, Trimon, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Unocal Corporation, Viacom Inc., Successor By Merger To Cbs Corporatio, Vogt Valve Company, Waldron, Duffy, Inc., Westburne Supply, Inc., Yale Industrial Products, Inc., Zurn Industries, Inc., for ASBESTOS in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP CONSTANCE MCNEIL, SBN 184526 E-Mail: meneil@Ibbslaw.com ELECTRONICALLY ELIZABETH C. SEARS, SBN 250450 E-Mail: sears@Ibbslaw.com FILED Superior Court of California, One Sansome Street, Suite 1400 County of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: 415.362.2580 J Fax: 415.434.0882 GORDON PARK-LI, Clerk BY: VANESSA WU Deputy Clerk Attomeys for Defendant PLANT INSULATION COMPANY SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 1L JAMES JORDAN, ) CASE NO. 402113 ) 12 Plaintiff, ) 13 ; ASBESTOS-RELATED 14 } MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 23: TO REQUIRE COURT APPROVAL 15 ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS, et ai., \ OF DEMONSTRATIVE AND PHYSICAL } EVIDENCE PRIOR TO INTRODUCTION 16 Defendants. Trial Date: January 20, 2009 17 ) Action Filed: December 6, 2001 3 18 19 L PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 20 Defendant PLANT INSULATION COMPANY moves this court for an order prohibiting plaintiff, 21 in any way displayingto the jury an demonstrative or other physical plaintiff s witnesses, and attomeys from 22 evidence without first having had the court rule upon the admissibility or use of such evidence, 23 I LEGAL ARGUMENT 24 This court is empowered to grant this motion on the basis of Evidence Code section 352, which 25 states: 26 fa) jt}he court in it: 5 discretion may exclude evidence if its probative value is sub- stantially outweighed by the probabi lity that its admissions will necessitate undue 27 consumption of time or (b) create sub: stantial danger of undue prejudice, of con- fusing the issues, or of misleading the jury. 28 4846-9038-2083.1 i MIL 23: TO REQUIRE COURT APPROV AL F DEMONS TRATIVE & PHYSICAL EVID PRIOR TO INTRO PLANT INSULATION COMPANY could suffer undue prejudice if plaintiff is permitted to introduce any demonstrative or other physical evidence that has not previously been identified and ruled upon by the court. Pre-clearing such evidence precludes the distraction caused by displaying irrelevant or inflammatory demonstrative evidence in the courtroom. Ti CONCLUSION The granting of PLANT INSULATION COMPANY’s motion will avoid possible error and/or undue prejudice. Dated: January 6, 2009 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 10 By: 4 SCOsS C. Sears ll Attorney for Defendant PLANT INSULATION COMPANY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 4846-9038-2083 i 2 EVID PRIOR TO INTRO MIL 23. TO REQUIRE COURT APPROVAL F DEMONSTRATIVE & PHYSICAL