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 1    McClaugherty & Associates
      Jay S. McClaugherty (State Bar No. 99063)                            ELECTRONICALLY FILED (Auto)
 2    Email: jay.mcclaugherty(mcctria1s.com                                SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
      Hayden T. Traver (State Bar No. 317428)                              COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
 3    Email: hayden.traver@mcctrials.com                                   11/29/2023 4:27 PM
      222 East Huntington Drive, Suite 230
 4    Monrovia, California 91016
      Telephone: (626) 821-1100
 5    Fax: (626) 821-2626

 6    Attorneys for Defendant
      MARICLARE MALDONADO
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 8                    SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

 9             FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO                     -   CENTRAL DISTRICT

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11    BARBARA WILLIAMS, an individual,              Case No.: C1VDS2002655
                                                    [Unlimited Jurisdiction]
12                      Plaintiff,
                                                    DEFENDANT MARICLARE MALDONADO’S
13                      v.                          MOTION IN LIMINE NO. ONE TO EXCLUDE
                                                    EVIDENCE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE
14    TROY WILSON; MARICLARE
      MALDONADO; and DOES 1 through 100,            Trial:
15    Inclusive,                                    Date: December 11, 2023
                                                    Time: 10:00a.m.
16                       Defendants.                Dept.: S37

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                                       DEFENDANTS MOTION IN LIMINE NO. I
 1   TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
 2           Defendant MARICLARE MALDONADO (“Defendant”) hereby moves this court in
 3   limine, and before selection of the jury, for an order instructing Plaintiff BARBARA WILLIAMS
 4   (“Plaintiff’) not to present any evidence, refer to, or comment on the following matters:
 5           1.     Defendant’s liability insurance;
 6           2.     The name of Defendant’s liability insurance carrier, Allstate Insurance Company
 7                  (“Allstate”)
 8                       MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES:

 9                                                        I.

10                                 ARGUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES

11   A.      Plaintiff is Not Permitted to Comment on or Present Evidence Regarding

12           Defendant’s Liability Insurance

13           California Evidence Code Section 1155 prohibits evidence of liability insurance to prove

14   negligence or any other wrongdoing. Any reference to Allstate, or that Defendant had liability

15   insurance at the time of the subject collision, would unduly and improperly prejudice and confuse

16   the jury in the jury’s determination. As such Plaintiff should be instructed not to comment on or

17   mention that fact that Defendant had liability insurance at the time of the collision, or that

18   Defendant was insured by Allstate.

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20   DATED: November 29, 2023                                  M                   & ASSOCIATES

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22                                                  By:
                                                               Hayden T. I raver
23                                                             Attorney for Defendant
                                                               MARICLARE MALDONADO
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                                       DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE NO. I