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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARRY KELLY, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CBS CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 11-cv-03240-VC 

ORDER RE MOTIONS IN LIMINE NO. 4 AND NO. 4A

Re: Dkt. Nos. 59, 71

The defendants' motions in limine No. 4 and No. 4A are granted in part and denied in part.

Charles Ay may not offer an expert opinion that Crane valves or Aqua-Chem condenser 

units (or associated gaskets or packing) were present on the U.S.S. Downes, because Mr. Ay's 

reports did not disclose an independent basis for any such opinion. His reports stated only that his 

opinions about Kelly's exposure were based on Kelly's declarations and Kelly's Product 

Identification Memo, which asserted that Crane valves and Aqua-Chem condenser units were on 

the ship. 

However, Mr. Ay may testify as to the markings that would identify whether maintenance 

had previously been performed on a valve, pump, or other similar equipment aboard a Navy ship. 

And Mr. Ay may testify that, assuming the truth of the allegations in Mr. Kelly's declarations and 

the Product Identification Memo, Mr. Kelly would have been exposed to respirable dust and 

debris from asbestos-containing gaskets and packing supplied by Crane and Aqua-Chem. 

In all other respects, the motions in limine are denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2015

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 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

Case 3:11-cv-03240-VC Document 150 Filed 05/11/15 Page 1 of 1