Opinion ID: 1740168
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Heading: Issue of Plaintiffs' Motion in Limine

Text: The defendants argue that the trial court erred in granting the plaintiffs' motion in limine and in excluding the pre-inspection indemnity agreements signed by the Willis, Woodham, and Lester couples. The defendants complain that the trial judge erred both in granting the plaintiffs' motion in limine and in sustaining the plaintiffs' objections at trial. The defendants-appellants, however, have failed to include the excluded exhibits in the record on appeal. Thus, we cannot determine whether the exhibits would have made any difference even if the rulings by the trial court were erroneous. The duty is on the appellants to include in the record on appeal those materials necessary for valid review. See Coleman v. Taber, 572 So.2d 399 (Ala.1990), Trimble v. City of Prichard, 438 So.2d 745 (Ala.1983), and Elliott v. State ex rel. Outlin, 547 So.2d 566 (Ala.Civ.App.1989).