Laurino

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 MARICELA LAURINO, et al., No. 1:18-cv-00636-NONE-SAB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

ADVERSE INFERENCE WITHOUT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PREJUDICE AND DENYING MOTION FOR

TERMINATING SANCTIONS

Defendant. (Doc. Nos. 54, 55, 58)

18 BACKGROUND The central dispute in the case is whether the United States (“defendant”) is liable for the wrongful death of Manuel Jurado (“Jurado”), who was riding his motorcycle when he was involved in an accident with a US Postal Service vehicle. (See generally Doc. No. 1.) Jurado died as a result of the accident. (Id. ¶ 2.) Jurado had two sets of children from his first and second wives (the “Laurino Plaintiffs” and the “Jurado Plaintiffs,” respectively). Both sets of children are plaintiffs in this consolidated wrongful death action. (See Doc. No. 54 at 2.) The extended family also was involved in a probate dispute after Jurado’s death. (See 27 …