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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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ORDER MODIFYING PRETRIAL ORDER 

HENNELLY & GROSSFELD LLP 

Kenneth B. Grossfeld, CSB#110641 

Brian M. Englund, CSB#00753 

3600 American River Drive, Suite 145 

Sacramento, California 95864-5997 

Telephone: (916) 488-1000/FAX (916) 488-3269 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LOUISVILLE LADDER, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DON LAWRENCE and MICHELLE 

KRUEGER, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 -vsLOUISVILLE LADDER, INC. and DOES 

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CASE NO. 2:06-CV-01023-WBS-GGH 

ORDER MODIFYING PRETRIAL ORDER

Trial : September 18, 2007 

 On August 15, 2007, defendant Louisville Ladder, Inc. filed a Request to Modify 

Pretrial Order to add additional exhibits to defendant’s list of trial exhibits attached as 

Exhibit “D” to the Pretrial Order of July 31, 2007. It appearing that defendant’s counsel has 

made a good faith effort to obtain the agreement of plaintiff’s counsel but was unable to 

contact plaintiff’s counsel because plaintiff’s counsel is out of town until August 28, 2007, 

good cause having been shown, defendant’s request is GRANTED, and the following 

exhibits shall be deemed incorporated into Exhibit “D” of the Pretrial Order: 

Contained in Supplemental Report of August 7, 2007

1. Table summarizing results of material testing (4 pages). 

2. Diagram entitled “Accident Configuration – Per Mr. Black.” 

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3. Diagram with photograph of Rail Cross Section. 

4. Videotape of July 24, 2007 testing at Anamet. 

Additional Items In Response to Dr. Read’s supplemental Rule 26 Report

1. Excerpt from ANSI A14.5 giving minimum material properties. 

2. Diagram entitled “Flexure Testing.” 

3. Diagram entitled “Compression Testing.” 

4. Diagram entitled “Tensile Testing.” 

5. Tables summarizing exemplar ladder testing. 

6. Diagram entitled “Unsafe Ladder Practices.” 

7. Diagram entitled “Ladder Foot Spike Loading.” 

8. Diagram entitled “Window Frame.” 

9. Diagram entitled “Glass Testing.” 

10. Diagram entitled “Rail Cross Section Comparison – Louisville & Werner.” 

11. Photographs taken by Anamet of rail cross section. 

12. Photograph showing bending overload failure of aluminum ladder. 

13. Photographs taken by Quan of testing at Anamet on July 24, 2007 (94 

photographs). 

14. ANSI A14.5-2000 entitled “American National Standard for Ladders – 

Portable Reinforced Plastic – Safety Requirements. 

15. Videotape of Glass Testing. 

16. Model of wall. 

17. Model of Ladder. 

18. Aluminum weight with hook. 

19. Samples of fiberglass from rail pulltrusion process. 

DATED: August 20, 2007 

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