Motion,Ex Parte: WILLIAMS -V- WILSON Print

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 1    McClaugherty & Associates
      Jay S. McClaugherty (State Bar No. 99063)                           ELECTRONICALLY FILED (Auto)
 2    Email: jay.mcclaugherty(mcctrials.com                               SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
      Hayden T. Traver (State Bar No. 317428)                             COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
 3    Email: hayden.traver@mcctrials.com                                  12/7/2023 3:37 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,
                                                    DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO.
13                      v.                          FOUR TO EXCLUDE PLAINTIFF’S
                                                    DUPLICATIVE MEDICAL EXPERTS
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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                                       DEFENDANLS MOTION IN LIMINE NO.4
 1   TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
 2             Defendants TROY WILSON (“Mr. Wilson”) and MARICLARE MALDONADO
 3   (collectively, “Defendants”) hereby moves this court in Iiniine, and before selection of the jury,
 4   for an order instructing Plaintiff BARBARA WILLIAMS (“Plaintiff’) not to present the
 5   testimony of more than one of her designated medical experts at trial. Plaintiff intends to present
 6   trial testimony from Babak Samimi, M.D. (“Dr. Samimi”). Simon Lavi, M.D. (“Dr. Lavi”),
 7   Arvinder Gill, M.D. (“Dr. Gill”), Daniel Alves, M.D. (“Dr. Alves”). All four of these physicians
 8   treated or examined Plaintiff for orthopedic injuries. Plaintiff also intends to present trial
 9   testimony from sixteen medical facilities. It is unclear if Plaintiffs intend to call physicians from
10   any of these sixteen medical facilities. The Court has the power to exclude duplicative medical
11   experts pursuant to California Evidence Code Sections 723. Plaintiffs duplicative expert

12   witnesses will unduly consume time and are more prejudicial than probative pursuant to

13   California Evidence Code 352.

14                         MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES:

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16                                           STATEMENT OF FACTS

17             This case arises out of a motor-vehicle collision between Plaintiff and Mr. Wilson on

18   March 13, 2018. Plaintiff alleges that she sustained injuries to her right knee, left shoulder, right

19   hip, neck and back. (See Declaration of Hayden T. Traver, hereafter Traver Decl.    ¶ 3). Plaintiff
20   received orthopedic treatment from Dr. Lavi. (Traver Deci.     ¶ 2). Plaintiff received pain
21   management treatment for her orthopedic injuries from Dr. Gill and Dr. Alves. (Id.). Plaintiff

22   retained Dr. Samimi to conduct a medical evaluation. (Traver Dccl.      ¶ 3). Dr. Samimi diagnosed
23   Plaintiff with cervical sprain/strain; left shoulder sprain and dislocation with internal

24   derangement; carpal tunnel syndrome; thoracolumbar sprain/strain; right hip sprain and bursitis;

25   and right knee osteoarthritis. (Id.).

26             On December 6, 2023, Plaintiffs counsel sent Defendants’ counsel a proposed witness list

27   which included Dr. Samimi, Dr. Lavi, Dr. Gill, Dr. Alves, and sixteen medical facilities. (Traver

28   DecI.   ¶ 2).
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                                         DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE NO.4