POOSHS v. ALTRIA GROUP, INC., C 04-01221-PJH-JCS. (2016)
Court: District Court, N.D. California
Number: infdco20160203872
Visitors: 14
Filed: Jan. 28, 2016
Latest Update: Jan. 28, 2016
Summary: PROPOSED ORDER RE: PAGELINE DESIGNATIONS AND OBJECTIONS [DR. FIGLAR] PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON , District Judge . The Court has reviewed the parties January 21, 2015 Joint Submission regarding the page and line designations, counter designations and objections to the deposition of Dr. James Figlar taken on June 8, 2011 (Vol. I); June 9, 2011 (Vol. II); June 10, 2011 (Vol. III.); August 15, 2011 (Vol. VI.); and August 16, 2011 (Vol. VII.). The Courts rulings are as follows: Testimony
Summary: PROPOSED ORDER RE: PAGELINE DESIGNATIONS AND OBJECTIONS [DR. FIGLAR] PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON , District Judge . The Court has reviewed the parties January 21, 2015 Joint Submission regarding the page and line designations, counter designations and objections to the deposition of Dr. James Figlar taken on June 8, 2011 (Vol. I); June 9, 2011 (Vol. II); June 10, 2011 (Vol. III.); August 15, 2011 (Vol. VI.); and August 16, 2011 (Vol. VII.). The Courts rulings are as follows: Testimony ..
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PROPOSED ORDER RE: PAGELINE DESIGNATIONS AND OBJECTIONS [DR. FIGLAR]
PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON, District Judge.
The Court has reviewed the parties January 21, 2015 Joint Submission regarding the page and line designations, counter designations and objections to the deposition of Dr. James Figlar taken on June 8, 2011 (Vol. I); June 9, 2011 (Vol. II); June 10, 2011 (Vol. III.); August 15, 2011 (Vol. VI.); and August 16, 2011 (Vol. VII.). The Courts rulings are as follows:
Testimony Defendant's Objections Court's Ruling
Dr. James Figler, 6/8/2011(Vol. 1)
8:10-12 No objection
9:5-12 No objection
15:6-19 No objection
27:12-27:22 No objection
27:23-29:2 Asked and Answered (See 27:12 — 22); Misleading;
Unfair Prejudice; Argumentative; Repetitive; Post-1987 Sustained
29:5-30:16 Asked and Answered (See 27:12 — 22); Misleading;
Unfair Prejudice; Argumentative; Repetitive; Post-1987 Sustained
35:23-36:1 Beyond the scope; Vague; Ambiguous; Lack of
Foundation; Argumentative; Speculative; Design
Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case Overruled
36:6-25 Beyond the scope; Calls for Legal Conclusion;
Vague; Ambiguous; Argumentative; Speculative;
Unfair Prejudice and calculated to inflame jury;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus/harm to others); Design
Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case
Ammoniation/Additives Overruled
39:4-16 Beyond the scope; Calls for a legal conclusion;
Vague, Ambiguous and overbroad; Argumentative;
Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm (Nexus/harm
to others); Non-testimony material Sustained
41:5-42:4 No objection
42:6-12 No objection
42:14-16 No objection
42:19-43:23 No objection
46:7-24 No objection
48:1-51:12 No objection
52:8-53:5 No objection
55:25-56:6 No objection
56:11 No objection
56:13:18 No objection
57:25-59:11 No objection
59:21-61:11 No objection
61:17-24 No objection
62:8-20 No objection
62:22-23 No objection
62:25-63:13 No objection
63:16-63:16 No objection
63:18-63:18 No objection
63:24-64:7 No objection
65:5-66:3 No objection
66:13-16 No objection
67:7-17 No objection
71:10-20 No objection
73:7-11 No objection
75:9-23 No objection
76:1-15 No objection
76:19-22 No objection
76:24-77:5 No objection
77:7-9 No objection
77:11-78:8 No objection
79:3-13 No objection
80:11-12 No objection
80:14-16 No objection
80:19-81:14 No objection
81:17-82:3 No objection
82:5-11 No objection
82:21-83:7 No objection
84:13-25 No objection
85:2-86:12 No objection
86:22-87:4 No objection
88:6-89:22 No objection
90:8-91:5 No objection
91:24-92:2 Asked and Answered (see 91:2-5); Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice Sustained
94:6-9 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); Vague as to Time Sustained
94:12-25 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); Non-testimony material; Vague as to Time;
Argumentative Sustained
95:3-95:3 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); Vague as to Time; Asked and Answered Sustained
95:5-9 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); Vague as to Time; Asked and Answered Sustained
96:2-7 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Post-1987 Sustained
96:25-97:12 No objection
97:22-98:12 No objection
99:4-100:8 No objection
100:10-16 No objection
101:7-20 No objection
102:1-103:17 No objection
104:2-104:2 No objection
104:6-104:6 No objection
105:1-14 No objection
105:17-21 No objection
105:22-106:14 No objection
107:15-18 Irrelevant; Document speaks for itself;
Mischaracterizes document; Unfair Prejudice; Design
Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case; Asked and
Answered Sustained
107:21-108:2 Irrelevant; Document speaks for itself;
Mischaracterizes document; Unfair Prejudice; Design
Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case; Asked and
Answered Sustained
108:4-108:4 Irrelevant; Document speaks for itself;
Mischaracterizes document; Unfair Prejudice; Design
Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case; Asked and
Answered Sustained
108:7-16 Irrelevant; Document speaks for itself;
Mischaracterizes document; Unfair Prejudice; Design
Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case; Asked and
Answered Sustained
108:19-109:4 Irrelevant; Document speaks for itself;
Mischaracterizes document; Unfair Prejudice; Design
Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case; Asked and
Answered Sustained
109:6-20 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Design Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case;
Asked and Answered Sustained
110:15-112:5 No objection
112:15-113:8 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative; Speculative Sustained
113:11-114:21 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative; Document speaks for itself Sustained
116:4-18 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative Sustained
116:20-22 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative Sustained
116:25-116:25 Irrelevant; Incomplete Designation; Counsel
testifying; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative; Asked and Answered Sustained
117:2-3 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative; Asked and Answered Sustained
122:22-123:5 No objection
124:3-125:14 No objection
126:4-129:10 No objection
131:7-132:4 No objection
139:5-14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(Nexus), First amendment; Document speaks for
itself; Hearsay; Bad conduct evidence Overruled
139:16-141:11 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; William/State Farm;
First amendment; Hearsay; Bad conduct evidence Overruled
141:17-142:25 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; William/State Farm
(Nexus), First amendment; Document speaks for
itself; Hearsay; Bad conduct evidence Sustained
143:21-24 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom no Petition); Bad conduct
evidence; No high-ranking official Sustained
144:4-5 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition); Bad conduct
evidence; No high-ranking of official from Reynolds Sustained
144:7-9 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition); Bad conduct
evidence; No high-ranking official from Reynolds Sustained
144:11-21 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition); Bad conduct
evidence; No high-ranking official from Reynolds Sustained
145:8-11 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(Nexus); First Amendment (advertising; Freedom to
Petition); Bad conduct evidence; Misleading;
Speculative; Lacks foundation; No high-ranking
official from Reynolds Sustained
145:13-14 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition); Lacks foundation;
Bad conduct evidence; No high-ranking official from
Reynolds Sustained
145:19-24 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition); Bad conduct
evidence; No high-ranking official from Reynolds Sustained
146:3-148:1 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition); Bad conduct
evidence; No high-ranking official from Reynolds Sustained
148:4-5 Authenticity (document not found in files); Exhibit
not related to Defendant; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition); Bad conduct
evidence; No high-ranking official from Reynolds Sustained
152:9-21 Authenticity (not an RJR document); Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm (Nexus); First
Amendment (advertising; Freedom to Petition); Bad
conduct evidence; Hearsay; Document speaks for
itself Sustained
153:4-154:8 Authenticity (not an RJR document); Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(Nexus); First Amendment (advertising; Freedom to
Petition); Bad conduct evidence; Hearsay; Document
speaks for itself Sustained
154:23-155:23 Authenticity (not an RJR document); Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative; Williams/State Farm
(Nexus); First Amendment (advertising; Freedom to
Petition); Bad conduct evidence; Hearsay; Document
speaks for itself Sustained
156:2-17 Authenticity (not an RJR document); Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative; Williams/State Farm
(Nexus); First Amendment (advertising; Freedom to
Petition); Bad conduct evidence; Hearsay; Document
speaks for itself; Meaning or Intent of Company
Documents Sustained
156:19-22 Irrelevant; Lack of Foundation; Misstates evidence;
Misleading; Unfair Prejudice Sustained
156:24-157:5 Irrelevant; Lack of Foundation; Misstates evidence;
Misleading; Unfair Prejudice Sustained
158:7-17 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus), First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition), Bad conduct
evidence; Hearsay; Document speaks for itself Sustained
158:20-159:3 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus), First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition), Bad conduct
evidence; Hearsay; Document speaks for itself Sustained
159:14-159:24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus), First Amendment
(advertising; Freedom to Petition), Bad conduct
evidence; Hearsay; Document speaks for itself Sustained
159:25-162:3 No objection
166:21-167:14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus), First Amendment
(advertising); Bad conduct evidence; Hearsay;
Document speaks for itself Sustained
169:24-171:19 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (Nexus), First Amendment
(advertising); Bad conduct evidence; Hearsay;
Document speaks for itself Sustained
173:3-18 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Foundation;
Williams/State Farm (nexus); Speculative Sustained
174:2-13 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Foundation;
Williams/State Farm (nexus); Speculative Sustained
178:14-179:1 Authenticity (not clean copy); Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice; Williams/State Farm; First Amendment;
Bad conduct evidence; Cumulative Sustained
179:6-180:1 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm; Bad conduct evidence;
Hearsay; Hearsay within Hearsay; Unsegregated
Aggregate Harm Sustained
180:5-22 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm; Bad conduct evidence;
Document speaks for itself; Hearsay; Hearsay within
Hearsay; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
187:18-24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Hearsay; Document
speaks for itself; First Amendment (advertising;
Freedom to Petition); Williams/State Farm (nexus);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
188:24-190:1 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Hearsay; Document
speaks for itself; First Amendment (advertising;
Freedom to Petition); Williams/State Farm (nexus);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
190:8-191:5 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Hearsay; Document
speaks for itself; First Amendment (advertising;
Freedom to Petition); Williams/State
Farm (nexus); Unsegregated Aggregate Harm;
Meaning or Intent of Company Documents Sustained
191:7-24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Mischaracterizes
evidence; Argumentative; Counsel testifying;
Williams/State Farm (Freedom to Petition);
Speculative; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm;
Meaning or Intent of Company Documents Sustained
192:12-15 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Mischaracterizes
evidence; Argumentative; Counsel testifying;
Williams/State Farm (Freedom to Petition);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
192:17-23 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Mischaracterizes
evidence; Argumentative; Counsel testifying;
Williams/State Farm (Freedom to Petition);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
192:25-193:10 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Mischaracterizes
evidence; Argumentative; Counsel testifying;
Williams/State Farm (Freedom to Petition);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
193:23-194:1 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Mischaracterizes
evidence; Argumentative; Counsel testifying;
Williams/State Farm (Freedom to Petition);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
195:5-18 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Counsel testifying;
Argumentative; Williams/State Farm (nexus) Sustained
195:20-196:6 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Counsel testifying;
Argumentative; Williams/State Farm (nexus);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
217:18-218:13 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (nexus); Bad conduce evidence;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
219:6-221:4 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (nexus); Counsel testifying;
Document speaks for itself; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
221:7-8 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (nexus); Counsel testifying;
Document speaks for itself; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
221:10-14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm (nexus); Counsel testifying;
Document speaks for itself; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
228:21-230:6 Cumulative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm, Bad conduct evidence;
Meaning or Intent of Company Documents;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
231:10-19 Cumulative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm, Bad conduct evidence;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
231:21-232:14 Cumulative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm, Bad conduct evidence; Post-1987;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
232:16-19 Cumulative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Williams/State Farm, Bad conduct evidence; Post-1987;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
232:21-23 Cumulative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Sustained
Williams/State Farm, Bad conduct evidence; Post-1987;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
262:19-24 Vague; Counsel testifying; Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice; Argumentative; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm; Meaning or Intent of Company Documents Sustained
263:7-264:17 Vague; Counsel testifying; Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice; Argumentative; Express Preemption (Post-July
1, 1969); Post-1987; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
264:20-264:20 Vague; Counsel testifying; Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice; Argumentative; Express Preemption (Post-July
1, 1969); Post-1987; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
264:23-266:21 Vague; Counsel testifying; Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice; Argumentative; Vague; Express
Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969); Post-1987;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
266:24-267:9 Vague; Counsel testifying; Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice; Argumentative; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
267:13-17 Beyond the scope; Vague; Ambiguous; Speculative;
Argumentative; Unfair Prejudice; Unsegregated
Aggregate Harm Sustained
267:19-268:22 Beyond the scope; Vague; Ambiguous; Speculative;
Argumentative; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State
Farm (nexus), Design Defect No Longer At Issue In
This Case; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
268:25-269:4 Beyond the scope; Vague; Ambiguous; Speculative;
Argumentative; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State
Farm (nexus), Design Defect No Longer At Issue In
This Case; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
269:17-22 Beyond the scope; Vague; Ambiguous; Speculative;
Argumentative; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State
Farm (nexus), Design Defect No Longer At Issue In
This Case; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
269:24-270:5 Beyond the scope; Vague; Ambiguous; Speculative;
Argumentative; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State
Farm (nexus), Design Defect No Longer At Issue In
This Case; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
271:7-272:13 No objection
273:2-5 No objection
273:7-9 No objection
273:18-20 No objection
273:22-274:18 No objection
275:15-276:22 No objection
277:21-278:6 No objection
278:8-25 No objection
279:3-12 No objection
279:14-280:13 No objection
280:15-21 No objection
Defendants' Plaintiff's Objections Court's Ruling
Counter
Designations
Dr. James Figlar, 6/8/2011. (Vol. 1)
15:20-16:3 No objection
69:19-70:16 No objection
70:18:70:22 No objection
100:17-101:6 No objection
129:11-130:3 No objection
Testimony Defendant's Objections Court's Ruling
Dr. James Figlar, 6/9/2011 (Vol. 2)
297:11-23 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(Nexus); Bad conduct evidence; Design Defect No
Longer At Issue In This Case; Unsegregated
Aggregate Harm Sustained
299:24-301:23 Irrelevant; Lack of Foundation; Hearsay; Document
speaks for itself; Design Defect No Longer At Issue
In This Case; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
302:21-303:13 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Lack of Foundation;
Design Defect No Longer At Issue In This Case Overruled
303:21-304:2 Irrelevant; Lack of Foundation; Argumentative;
Document speaks for itself; Misleading;
Mischaracterizes evidence; Design Defect No Longer
At Issue In This Case Sustained
304:4-10 Irrelevant; Lack of Foundation; Argumentative;
Document speaks for itself; Misleading;
Mischaracterizes evidence; Design Defect No Longer
At Issue In This Case Sustained
304:12-13 Irrelevant; Lack of Foundation; Argumentative;
Document speaks for itself; Misleading;
Mischaracterizes evidence; Design Defect No Longer
At Issue In This Case Sustained
306:14-16 No objection
307:10-20 No objection
309:9-14 No objection
309:22-310:5 No objection
310:7-9 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Asked and Answered
(beginning at (see 309:22-310:5)
"R.J. Reynolds") Sustained
310:11-14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Asked and Answered
(see 309:22-310:5 Sustained
310:25-311:2 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Asked and Answered
(see 309:22-310:5) Sustained
311:4-6 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Asked and Answered Sustained
(see 309:22-310:5)
325:21-326:6 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); No high-ranking official from Reynolds; Sustained
326:8-327:21 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); No high-ranking official from Reynolds;
Non-testimony material; Foundation; Speculative;
Counsel testifying Sustained
329:15-330:12 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); No high-ranking official from Reynolds;
Foundation; Speculative; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
330:15-24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); No high-ranking official from Reynolds;
Foundation; Speculative Sustained
333:6-13 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(nexus); Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969) Sustained
334:22-335:12 Argumentative; Lack of Foundation; Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Express Preemption (Post-July 1,
1969) Sustained
335:14-336:8 Argumentative; Lack of Foundation; Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Express Preemption (Post-July 1,
1969); Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
336:10-16 Beyond the scope; Counsel testifying; Speculative;
Argumentative; Lack of Foundation; Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Express Preemption (Post-July 1,
1969) Sustained
336:19-337:4 Beyond the scope; Counsel testifying; Speculative;
Argumentative; Lack of Foundation; Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice Express Preemption (Post-July 1,
1969); Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
337:6-338:2 Argumentative; Lack of Foundation; Irrelevant;
Unfair Prejudice; Express Preemption (Post-July 1,
1969); Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
341:8-12 Asked and Answered
341:16-19 Asked and Answered
341:21-22 Asked and Answered
355:25-356:14 Counsel Commentary; Cumulative; Misstates
evidence; Mischaracterizes Witness Testimony;
Argumentative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Bad
conduct evidence; Lack of Foundation; Post-1987;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
356:17-357:3 Misstates evidence; Mischaracterizes Witness
Testimony; Argumentative; Irrelevant; Unfair
Prejudice; Bad conduct evidence; Lack of Foundation Sustained
361:24-362:4 Speculative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Bad
conduct evidence Sustained
365:19-366:16 Speculative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Bad
conduct evidence; Design Defect No Longer At Issue
In This Case; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Overruled
366:18-20 Speculative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Bad Overruled
conduct evidence; Design Defect No Longer At Issue
In This Case
367:13-370:14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Bad conduct evidence;
Cumulative; Hearsay; Document speaks for itself;
Argumentative; Williams/State Farm (Nexus);
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
372:19-373:14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Bad conduct evidence;
Cumulative; Hearsay; Document speaks for itself;
Argumentative; Williams/State Farm (Nexus);
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969) Sustained
373:16-374:16 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Bad conduct evidence;
Cumulative; Hearsay; Document speaks for itself;
Argumentative; Williams/State Farm (Nexus);
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969) Sustained
374:18-377:2 Improper designation Sustained
377:14-23 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Beyond the scope;
Document speaks for itself; Bad conduct evidence;
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm; Sustained
378:1-3 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Beyond the scope;
Document speaks for itself; Bad conduct evidence;
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969); Sustained
378:6-21 Misstates and mischaracterizes evidence;
Argumentative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Hearsay; Document speaks for itself; Incomplete
Designation; Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969) Sustained
378:23-379:24 Lack of Foundation; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969);
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
385:14-18 No objection
388:18-389:16 No objection
391:1-11 Irrelevant; Cumulative; Asked and Answered (see
24:9-13); Unfair Prejudice Sustained
391:23-393:20 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm
(Nexus); First Amendment (advertising; Freedom to
Petition); Document speaks for itself; Bad conduct
evidence; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
397:20-398:11 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First Amendment
(advertising); Bad conduct evidence; Document
speaks for itself; Express Preemption (Post-July 1,
1969) Sustained
400:9-401:7 Cumulative; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First
(beginning at "It amendment (advertising); Speculative; Express
was") Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969); Meaning or Intent of
Company Documents Sustained
406:20-407:20 Irrelevant; Cumulative; Vague; Misleading; Unfair
Prejudice; Speculative Sustained
425:13-25 No objection
426:5-17 No objection
427:11-429:5 No objection
430:24-431:11 No objection
432:11-433:15 No objection
437:18-437:24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Argumentative; Outside Scope; Express Preemption
(Post-July 1, 1969); Design Defect No Longer AT
Issue In This Case; Non-Lung Cancer Conditions
(Addition) Overruled
437:25-438:10 No objection
Defendants' Plaintiff's Objection Court's Ruling
Counter
Designations
Dr. James Figlar, 6/9/2011 (Vol. 2)
439:23-440:9 No objection
442:5-442:25 No objection
Testimony Defendant's Objections Court's Ruling
Dr. James Figlar, 6/10/2011 (Vol. 3)
612:7-613:6 Beyond the scope; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Confusion; Speculative; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Overruled
613:8-13 Beyond the scope; Irrelvant; Unfair Prejudice;
Confusion; Speculative; Incomplete Designation;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Overruled
613:15-17 Beyond the scope; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice Sustained
614:13-615:11 Beyond the scope; Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
624:8-22 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Document speaks for
itself; No high-ranking official from Reynolds;
Cumulative; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
630:24-631:15 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First Amendment;
Document speaks for itself; Asked and Answered
(see 629:03-630:01); Cumulative; Unsegregated
Aggregate Harm Sustained
633:12-634:22 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First Amendment;
Document speaks for itself; Asked and Answered
(see 629:03-630:01); Cumulative; Unsegregated
Aggregate Harm Sustained
657:20-661:4 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Speculative; Vague;
Calls for Legal Conclusion; Beyond the scope;
Express Preemption; Cumulative; Unsegregated Sustained
Aggregate Harm
661:9-25 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Beyond the scope;
Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
662:8-14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Beyond the scope;
Speculative; Cumulative; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Sustained
664:5-8 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Vague; Beyond the
scope; Unsegregated Aggregate Harm Sustained
677:15-24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First Amendment
(advertising); Document speaks for itself; Calls for a
legal conclusion Sustained
709:4-13 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Vague; Beyond the
scope; Cumulative; Asked and Answered Sustained
711:17-20 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Vague; Beyond the
scope; Cumulative; Asked and Answered Sustained
711:23-24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Beyond the scope;
Cumulative; Asked and Answered Sustained
720:20-721:15 No objection
733:13-736:5 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Confusion; Inflame;
Foundation; Document speaks for itself Sustained
736:13-737:7 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Confusion; Inflame;
Foundation; Document speaks for itself; Vague Sustained
738:10-16 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Confusion; Inflame;
Foundation; Calls for Legal Conclusion; Cumulative;
Speculative; Meaning or Intent of Company
Documents Sustained
739:1-10 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Confusion; Vague;
Inflame; Foundation; Calls for Legal Conclusion;
Cumulative Sustained
739:24-740:14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Foundation; Document
speaks for itself Sustained
741:3-18 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Foundation; Document
speaks for itself; Sustained
741:19-22 Improper Designation Sustained
741:24-742:5 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Foundation; Document
speaks for itself; Sustained
743:4-745:22 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Foundation; Document
speaks for itself; Meaning or Intent of Company
Documents Sustained
Defendants' Plaintiff's Objections Court's Ruling
Counter
Designations
Dr. James Figlar, 8/15/2011 (Vol. 6)
1308:15-1309:20 No objection
1311:9-1314:6 No objection
1314:12-1314:19 No objection
1315:1-1315:9 No objection
1315:18-1316:5 No objection
1316:7-1316:19 No objection
1316:21-1317:5 No objection
1320:2-1320:25 Irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial (403) Overruled
Irrelevant, vague, ambiguous, post-1987 evidence,
1321:3-1321:17 lacking in foundation, unfairly prejudicial (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, vague, ambiguous, post-1987 evidence,
1321:19-1322:14 lacking in foundation, unfairly prejudicial (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, vague, ambiguous, post-1987 evidence,
1322:16-1322:23 lacking in foundation, unfairly prejudicial (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, vague, ambiguous, post-1987 evidence,
1324:7-1324:10 lacking in foundation, unfairly prejudicial (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, vague, ambiguous, post-1987 evidence,
1324:12-1324:12 lacking in foundation, unfairly prejudicial (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, post-1987 evidence, unfairly prejudicial
1325:3-1325:5 (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, post-1987 evidence, unfairly prejudicial
1325:7-1325:17 (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, post-1987 evidence, unfairly prejudicial
1325:19-1325:21 (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, post-1987 evidence, unfairly prejudicial
1326:2-1326:6 (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, post-1987 evidence, unfairly prejudicial
1326:9-1326:9 (403) Sustained
Irrelevant, post-1987 evidence, unfairly prejudicial
1326:11-1326:14 (403) Sustained
Vague, ambiguous, irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial
1356:23-1357:1 (403), post-1987 evidence. Overruled
Vague, ambiguous, irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial
1356:3-1357:4 (403), post-1987 evidence. Overruled
1357:17-1357:20 Design evidence, irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial (403) Sustained
1357:22-1358:17 Design evidence, irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial (403) Sustained
1358:19-1359:24 No objection
1360:1-1360:9 No objection
1360:11:1360:25 No objection
1361:8-1362:23 No objection
1363:2-1363:4 No objection
1363:6-1363:13 No objection
1370:22-1371:1 No objection
1371:3-1371:20 No objection
1371:22-1372:1 No objection
1376:16-1376:21 No objection
1377:11-1377:17 No objection
1378:3-1378:6 No objection
1378:8-1378:9 No objection
1378:11-1379:14 No objection
1379:16-1380:4 No objection
1380:6-1380:11 No objection
1380:13-1380:13 No objection
1383:15-1384:7 No objection
1384:9-1384:16 No objection
1384:18-1385:4 No objection
1385:6-1386:6 No objection
1386:8-1386:14 No objection
1386:16-1386:25 No objection
1387:2-1387:17 No objection
1387:19-1387:23 No objection
1388:15-1388:19 No objection
1388:23-1389:9 No objection
1389:10-1389:25 No objection
1390:10-1390:13 No objection
1390:15-1391:4 No objection
1391:6-1391:23 No objection
1391:25-1391:25 No objection
1392:2-1392:3 No objection
1392:5-1392:22 No objection
1392:24-1393:7 No objection
1393:9-1393:15 No objection
1393:17-1393:24 No objection
1394:1-1394:8 No objection
1394:10-1394:14 No objection
1394:16-1395:5 No objection
1395:7-1395:16 No objection
1395:18-1395:18 No objection
1463:3-1463:22 No objection
1463:24-1463:24 No objection
1465:5-1465:6 No objection
1465:9-1465:25 No objection
1466:3-1466:3 No objection
1466:5-1466:25 No objection
1467:3-1467:4 No objection
1467:6-1467:10 No objection
1467:12-1467:23 No objection
1467:25-1468:1 No objection
1468:3-1469:13 No objection
1469:15-1469:20 No objection
1469:22-1469:23 No objection
1469:25:1470:2 No objection
1470:4-1470:5 No objection
1473:21-1474:1 No objection
1474:3-1474:9 No objection
1474:11-1475:12 No objection
1475:14-1476:12 No objection
1476:14-1477:22 No objection
1478:3-1479:2 No objection
1479:4-1479:14 No objection
1525:2-1526:3 No objection
1526:11-1526:13 No objection
1526:15-1526:19 No objection
1526:21-1527:6 No objection
1527:9-1528:4 No objection
1528:6-1528:21 No objection
1528:23-1529:14 No objection
1529:16-1530:8 No objection
1530:10-1530:14 No objection
Testimony Defendant's Objections Court's Ruling
Dr. James Figlar, 8/16/2011 (Vol. 7)
1643:13-1645:15 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Speculative; Leading; Mischaracterizes Witness
Testimony; Argumentative Overruled
1646:15-25 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative; Mischaracterizes Witness Testimony;
Argumentative Overruled
1647:02-1648:16 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm; Cumulative Mischaracterizes Witness Testimony;
Argumentative Overruled
1648:18-24 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative Mischaracterizes Witness Testimony;
Argumentative Overruled
1649:01-1649:01 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State Farm;
Cumulative Mischaracterizes Witness Testimony;
Argumentative Overruled
1651:09-19 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Williams/State
Farm; Cumulative Mischaracterizes Witness
Testimony; Argumentative; Unsegregated Aggregate
Harm Overruled
1674:21-1675:14 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm; Argumentative; Asked and
Answered; First Amendment; Vague Overruled
1675:16-17 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; Cumulative;
Williams/State Farm; Argumentative; Asked and
Answered; First Amendment; Vague Overruled
1702:2-1703:5 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First Amendment;
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969) Sustained
1703:7-1704:6 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First Amendment; Sustained
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969)
1704:8-1705:8 Irrelevant; Unfair Prejudice; First Amendment;
Express Preemption (Post-July 1, 1969) Sustained
1709:20-1710:13 Irrelevant, Unfair Prejudice, Cumulative Sustained
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Source: Leagle
