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SCALI RASMUSSEN, PC ELECTRONICALLY FILED
Christian J. Scan, Esq. (SBN 193785) ggfifiwfiggfiggflgfifig‘“'A
cscali@scalilaw.com SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT
Juhe S. Pearsop, Esq. (SBN 183043)
10/4/2023 6:18 PM
Jpearson@scahlaw.com
A 300 South Grand Ave., Suite 2750 By: Gloria Marin, DEPUTY
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: 213.239.5622
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Facsimile: 213.239.5623
Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Complainant
QUAID HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
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LISA HILL, Case No. CIVD81826573
(I) Plaintiff, CLASS ACTION
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vs. Judge: Hon. Wilfred J. Schneider, Jr.
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QUAID HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC., a
California corporation, and DOES 1 through REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN
10, inclusive, SUPPORT OF CROSS-COMPLAINANT
QUAID HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.’S
Defendants. OPPOSITION TO HARLEY-DAVIDSON
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MOTOR COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION FOR
PROTECTIVE ORDER
QUAID HARLEY—DAVIDSON, INC., a
OO California corporation, and DOES 1 through 10, [Filed Concurrently herewith Cross-
inclusive, Complainant’s Oppositionfor Motionfor
Protective Order, Declaration 0fJayme Davis
Cross-Complainant, and Declaration ofJulie S. Pearson]
vs. DATE: October 17, 2023
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY, DEPT.: S32
INC, a Wisconsin corporation, and DOES 1
through 10, inclusive., Complaint Filed: October 5, 201 8
FAC Filed: March 4, 2019
Cross-Defendant. SAC Filed: May 22, 2019
X-Complaint Filed: May 28, 2021
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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-COMPLAINANT’S T0 OPPOSITION
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
Pursuant t0 California Evidence Code Sections 452 and 453, and California Rules OfCourt
Rule 3 .1 1 13(1) and Rule 3 . 1 306 Defendant and Cross-Complainant QUAID HARLEY-DAVIDSON,
A INC. (“Quaid”) respectfillly requests that this Court take Judicial Notice of the documents described
below in support 0f its Opposition t0 Motion for Protective Order of Cross-Defendant’s Harley-
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Davidson’s Motor Company, Inc.(“HDMC”) in the above referenced action.
“Judicial notice is the recognition and acceptance by the court, for use by the trier of fact or
by the court, of the existence of a matter of law or fact that is relevant to an issue in the action,
without requiring formal proof of the matter.” 2 Jefferson, Cal. Evidence Benchbook (Cont.Ed.Bar
3d ed.2002) §47.1. “The fimdamental premise ofjudicial notice is that the matter noticed is one of
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law or fact that cannot reasonably be disputed.” Id., §49.5.
(I) The court may in its discretion take judicial notice of any court record in the United States.
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Cal. Evid. Code §451. This includes any orders, findings of facts and conclusions 0f law, and
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judgments Within court records. See, e.g., Columbia Cas. C0. v. Northwestern Nat’l Ins. C0., 231
Cal.App.3d 457, (1991); Day v. Sharp, 50 Cal.App.3d 904 (1975); Lockley v. Law Off ofCantrell,
Green, Pekich, Cruz & McCort, 91 Cal. App. 4th 875, 882 (2001).
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California Evidence Code Section 452(d) permits a court to take judicial notice of “Records
OO 0f (1) any court of this state or (2) any court of record of the United States or any state of the United
States.” Court orders and filings are proper subject of judicial notice. Steed v. Department of
Consumer Aflairs, 204 Ca1.App.4th 112 (2012) (“a court may take judicial notice that a prior order
was entered”); see also Weiner v. Mitchell, 114 Cal.App.3d 39, 46 (1980) (“a court may properly
take judicial notice of the truth of facts asserted in documents such as orders, findings of facts,
conclusions 0f law and judgments.”) See also, Bistawros v. Greenberg, 189 Cal.App.3d 189, 191
(1987)
Pursuant t0 this authority, Quaid requests Judicial Notice be taken of the following:
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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-COMPLAINANT’S OPPOSITION TO
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
00315735.1