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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 23:1441 Contract Real Estate

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER -1-

René Lastreto, II, #100993

Scott J. Ivy, #197681

Lang, Richert & Patch

Post Office Box 40012

Fresno, California 93755-0012

(559) 228-6700 Phone

(559) 228-6727 Fax

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Attorneys for Defendants ERROTABERE RANCHES, a California partnership; DANIEL D.

ERROTABERE; an individual; JEAN ERROTABERE, an individual

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

JAMES M. OLVEY,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

ERROTABERE RANCHES, a California

partnership; DANIEL D. ERROTABERE; an

individual; JEAN ERROTABERE, an individual

 Defendants.

Case No. 1:06-CV-00653-OWW-SMS

STIPULATION RE EXCLUSION OF

E V I D E N C E TESTI M O N Y O R

ARGUMENT REGARDING ALLEGED

DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURAL WELL

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the undersigned are counsel of record for Plaintiff JAMES M. OLVEY, an

individual (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants ERROTABERE RANCHES, a California partnership,

DANIEL D. ERROTABERE, an individual, and JEAN ERROTABERE, an individual (collectively

“Defendants”); and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to streamline the issues to be presented at the trial of this

matter and to reach resolution of potential Motions in Limine and other evidentiary of foundational

objections to certain items of potential evidence.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER -2-

STIPULATION

The parties hereby agree and stipulate as follows:

1. Neither Plaintiff nor Defendants nor their counsel nor any witnesses called by any of

the parties to this proceedings shall mention, argue, discuss, testify regarding, or allude in any way

in the presence of the jury to the purported cause or causes of any alleged damage to the well, pump,

engine, gear head, and/or well hole for which Plaintiff is seeking to recover damages in this action

other than lay testimony or documentary evidence of the following facts regarding the agricultural

well: (1) the Borbas’ ownership, use and maintenance of the pump, engine, gear head, and/or well;

(2) the Borbas’ repairs in 2004 as referenced in Plaintiff’s Exhibit 111; (3) Defendants’ use and

maintenance of the pump, engine, gear head, and/or well; (4) percipient testimony limited to the

actual physical condition of the well, pump, engine, gear head, and/or well hole after Plaintiff

purchased the property; and (5) Plaintiff’s ownership, use, maintenance and/or repair (including

repairs made by Plaintiff’s agents, farm manager or outside vendors but with no evidence, testimony

or argument concerning the cause of damage or need for repair) of the pump, engine, gear head,

and/or well. In the event the Court denies Defendants’ Motion in Limine to exclude providing Res

Ispa instruction, this stipulation shall not preclude either party from arguing the applicability or nonapplicability of the Res Ispa instruction given the evidence presented. 

Respectfully Submitted,

Dated: March ____, 2008 LANG, RICHERT & PATCH, P.C.

By: /S/ 

Scott J. Ivy

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: March ____, 2008 MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD

WAYTE & CARRUTH

By /S/ 

Kurt F. Vote

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JAMES M. OLVEY

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER -3-

ORDER

Good cause appearing,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 24, 2008 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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