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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D.C. Dock etNo. 1 :0 9- cv -2 01 60 -J LK ALAN KAUFMAN, In di vi du al ly, d.b .a. Cen te r Fo r Ast hm a & Al le rg y Of Bro nx AndW es tc he st er, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l Pl ai nt iff - App el lant , ve rs us SWIRE PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC., a Del aware Co rp or at io n, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l Defen da nt- App el le e.

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m an(“ Kau fm an ”) ap pe al s: (1) th e d is tri ct co urt’s s umm ary jud gm en t o rd er, d at edDecem be r 18 , 20 09 , gra nt in g s umm ary jud gm en t i n fa vo r of

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en da ntSwire Paci fic Hol di ng s, In c. (“ Swir e”) on Co un ts I, II, an d IV; (2) th e d is tri ctco urt’s o rd er, d at edOcto be r 9, 2 00 9, gr an ti ng Swire ’s m ot io n t o s tri ke th e te st im on y of Kauf m an ’s exp ert s, J os e Per ea an d R al ph Pu ig ; an d (3 ) th e d is tri ctco urt’s d is m is sa l o rd er, d at edJu ne 23 , 20 09 , di sm is si ng with p reju di ce Kau fm an ’s cla im s i n C ou nt s II I an d V. W ith re sp ectto th e d is m is sa l o rd er, Kau fm anon ly app eal s the Ru le 12 (b )(6 ) di sm is sa l wi th pr ejud ic e o f Co un t V i n i ts en ti rety . Eve n wi th ou t co ns id eri ng Kauf m an ’s exp ert s, we co nc lu de th e d is tri ctco urt erre d i n g ran ti ng su m

m ary jud gm en t as to Co un ts I, II, an d IV anddi sm is si ng Co un t V i n i ts en ti rety

at t he Ru le 12 (b )(6 ) st ag e. As t o C ou ntV, we con cl ud e th e co m pl ai ntst at eda cau se of a ct io n fo r actua l d am ag es . As to Co un ts I, II, an d IV, th e rec or d p res en ts ge nu in e is su es of m at eri al factun su it ab le forres ol ut io n a t the su m m ary jud gm en t s ta ge . Becau se factua l i ss ue s fo r tr ia l ar e p res en te d e ve n witho utKauf

m an ’s exp ert s, we n eedno t d eci de whet he r th e d is tri ctco urt ab us ed it s d is cret io n i n g ran ti ng Swire ’s m ot io n t o s tri ke inord er t o d eci de th e su m m ary jud gm en t i ss ue s as to Co un ts I, II, an d IV. Fu rth er, we n ot e th atth e d is tri ctco urt ru le d “ th atMr. J os e Per ea an d M r. Ral ph Pu ig ’s tes ti m on y be ex cl ud edun le ss 2ti m el y

off eredforreb ut ta l.” Gi ve n t he rev ers al of t he su m m ary jud gm en t o rd er an d t he di st ric t co urt’s al lo win g Kau fm an ’s exp ert s t o t es ti fy anyway (al be it li mit edto reb ut ta l), we c on cl ud e b ot h p art ie s o n re m an d s ho ul d n ow b e g iv en ad equa te op po rtu ni ty to d ep os e eac h o th er’s ex pe rts be fo re tria l an d e ach pa rty’ s ex pe rts sh ou ldbe all owe d t o t es ti fy at t ria l. We vaca te th e ab ov e d is tri ctco urt or de rs to th e ex te ntst at edab ov e an d re m an d t hi s ca se . VACATED AND REMANDED FOR TRIAL.

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