digEcor case
posted on
Apr 20, 2009 07:22PM
Schedule of remaining events from Doc 329:
4/24/09 - All parties serve motions in limine and Daubert motions. *
4/27/09 - digEcor serves Proposed Pre-Trial Order. All parties disclose the demonstrative exhibits they will or may use at trial.
4/28/09 - 10:00am - Special Attorney Conference.
4/29/09 - All parties serve their objections to opponents' pre-trial disclosures that were made on 4/15/09.
4/30/09 - 2:30pm - Final Pre-Trial Conference.
5/4/09 - Trial
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* Motions in limine: A request submitted to the court before trial in an attempt to exclude evidence from the proceedings. A motion in limine is usually made by a party when simply the mention of the evidence would prejudice the jury against that party, even if the judge later instructed the jury to disregard the evidence. For example, if a defendant in a criminal trial were questioned and confessed to the crime without having been read his Miranda rights, his lawyer would file a motion in limine to keep evidence of the confession out of the trial.
A Daubert motion is a motion, raised before or during trial, to exclude the presentation of unqualified evidence to the jury. This is a special case of motion in limine, usually used to exclude the testimony of an expert witness who has no such expertise or used questionable methods to obtain the information.