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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONICA HOLMES,

Plaintiff(s), No. C 08-5619 PJH 

v. FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant(s).

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Pursuant to Rule 16(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this final pretrial

order is hereby entered and shall control the course of the trial unless modified by a

subsequent order. The joint pretrial statement of the parties is incorporated herein except

as modified by the court's ruling on the pretrial motions and objections.

I. MOTIONS

a. Plaintiff’s motion in limine to exclude the testimony of Witnesses Michael

Shapiro and Robert Thompson is DENIED, except that they may not offer opinions that

amount to legal conclusions as to fault.

b. Plaintiff’s motion in limine to exclude cumulative expert testimony is DENIED.

c. Plaintiff’s motion in limine to exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Mendelson is

DENIED.

d. Plaintiff’s motion in limine to exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Critchfield is

DENIED.

e. Defendant’s Daubert motion to exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Sher is

DENIED.

f. Defendant’s Rule 37 motion to exclude the testimony of plaintiff’s witness

Maurice Jones is DENIED, except that Mr. Jones will not be permitted to testify unless he is

produced for deposition before trial and if an expedited transcript is necessary, plaintiff shall

pay the additional cost for defendant to obtain it.

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II. STIPULATIONS

The stipulations contained in the joint pretrial order are adopted by the court as are

the additional procedures requested by defendant in section V, pages 4-5 of the joint

pretrial statement.

III. TRIAL SCHEDULE AND TIME LIMITS

The July 26, 2010 trial date is VACATED in view of the court’s calendar conflict with

an ongoing trial. Court trial will be conducted on August 9 and 10, 2010. Two days are

available on September 20 and 21, 2010, but it is not clear that plaintiff’s counsel is

available those days. It is possible that other days may become available in August and

September and the court will discuss future scheduling with counsel after trial commences

as well as defendant’s request for an additional day. The trial day runs from 8:30 a.m. to

1:30 p.m. with two fifteen-minute breaks.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 2, 2010 ________________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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