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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Breach of Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEPPER, N.A.,

Plaintiff,

v.

EXPANDI, INC., and others,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04066 NC

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF 

TO SPECIFY EACH CATEGORY OF 

DAMAGES (DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 4)

Trial is not an ambush. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 imposes an affirmative 

duty to disclose witnesses, supporting documents, a computation of damages, and 

insurance agreements. As to damages, a plaintiff must disclose “a computation of each 

category of damages” and make available “documents or other evidentiary material . . . on 

which each computation is based.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A)(iii).

In their pretrial motion in limine number 4, defendants seek to preclude plaintiff 

from presenting evidence of speculative damages. Dkt. No. 67. In response, plaintiff 

states the motion is “disastrously” and “completely unclear” and that plaintiff will present 

evidence of “significant damages with reasonable certainty.” Dkt. No. 73 at 2.

Plaintiff’s superficial disclosure of its damages computations falls far short of what 

is required. By May 11 at noon, plaintiff must file a chart that specifies its computation of 

each category of damages. The chart must include: (1) specific monetary amounts in each 

category; (2) under which cause(s) of action the damages are awardable; (3) the trial 

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exhibits, stipulations, or witness testimony upon which each computation is based; and

(4) a computation of the total damages that plaintiff seeks at trial. 

Plaintiff is warned that the Court may exclude any request for, and evidence of, 

damages that have not been properly and timely disclosed.

The Court will rule separately on the other motions in limine at the pretrial 

conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 9, 2016 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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