No Value: Lisa Keith vs Celeste White et al

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                                JEFFREY E. TSAI (SBN 226081)
 1    jeff.tsai@us.dlapiper.com
 2   KATHLEEN S. KIZER (SBN 246035)
      kathy.kizer@us.dlapiper.com
 3   EMILY ROSE MARGOLIS (SBN 324089)
      emily.margolis@us.dlapiper.com
 4   DLA PIPER LLP (US)
     555 Mission Street, Suite 2400
 5   San Francisco, California 94105-2933
     Tel: 415.836.2500 | Fax: 415.836.2501
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 7   Attorneys for Defendants
     CELESTE WHITE, DR. ROBERT WHITE and
 8   THE VALLEY ROCK FOUNDATION

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10                   SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
11                                    FOR THE COUNTY OF NAPA
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13   LISA KEITH, an individual,                 CASE NO. 22CV001269

14                       Plaintiff,             DECLARATION OF EMILY R. MARGOLIS
15                                              IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ OMNIBUS
           v.
                                                REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’
16   CELESTE WHITE, an individual, ROBERT
     WHITE, an individual, the VALLEY ROCK      MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6 AND
     FOUNDATION, aka THE BAR 49                 SUPPLEMENT TO MOTION IN LIMINE
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     FOUNDATION, a charitable organization,     NO. 6
18   and DOES 1-50, INCLUSIVE,

19                                              Date:    March 28, 2024
                         Defendants.            Time:    8:30 a.m.
20                                              Judge:   Hon. Cynthia P. Smith
                                                Dept.:   A
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                                                Complaint Filed:     October 25, 2022
22                                              FAC Filed:           March 8, 2023
                                                Trial Mgmt. Conf.:   March 28, 2024
23                                              Trial Date:          April 2, 2024

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      MARGOLIS DECL. ISO DEFENDANTS’ OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN
          LIMINE NO. 6 AND SUPPLEMENT TO MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6 / CASE NO. 22CV001269
 1          I, Emily R. Margolis, declare as follows:

 2          1.      I am an associate attorney at DLA Piper LLA (US), attorneys for Defendants

 3   Celeste White, Dr. Robert White, and the Valley Rock Foundation (together, “Defendants”), in

 4   this action. I submit this declaration in support of Defendants’ Supplemental Response to

 5   Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine No. 1. This declaration is based on my personal knowledge. If called

 6   to testify, I could and would testify to the matters herein.

 7               2. Defendants at no point ever consented to a modification of, or relieved Plaintiff of,

 8   her obligation to produce expert documents at least three days prior to her expert’s depositions.

 9   Plaintiff never made any such request.

10          I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of California that the

11   foregoing is true and correct. Executed on March 25, 2024, at Oakland, California.

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15                                                          Emily R. Margolis

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       MARGOLIS DECL. ISO DEFENDANTS’ OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN
           LIMINE NO. 6 AND SUPPLEMENT TO MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6 / CASE NO. 22CV001269
 1                                        PROOF OF SERVICE

 2   STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

 3          I am employed in the County of San Francisco, State of California. I am over the age of 18

 4   and not a party to the within action; my business address is: DLA Piper LLP (US), 555 Mission

 5   Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94105.

 6          On March 25, 2024, I served the foregoing document described as:

 7          DECLARATION OF EMILY R. MARGOLIS IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’
            OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6
 8          AND SUPPLEMENT TO MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6
 9   on the following:
10                                          John S. Rueppel
11                                             Angie Lam
                                 JOHNSTON, KINNEY & ZULAICA LLP
12                                 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
                                    San Francisco, California 94104
13                                        T: 415.693.0550
                                          F: 415.693.0500
14                                       E: john@jkzllp.com
15                                     E: angie.lam@jkzllp.com
                                    Attorneys for Plaintiff Lisa Keith
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            I transmitted copies of the document described above via e-mail to the persons at the email
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     addresses set forth above pursuant to the parties’ mutual agreement on or about March 21, 2023,
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     to provide service by e-mail.
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            I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is
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     true and correct.
22           Executed on March 25, 2024, at Fremont, California.
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                                             PROOF OF SERVICE
                                            CASE NO. 22CV001269