Vasquez
Vasquez v. Leprino Foods Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ISAIAS VASQUEZ and LINDA HEFKE, CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00796-AWI-BAM on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals ,
ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ TRIAL
Plaintiffs, BRIEF REGARDING RULE 30(B)(6)
TESTIMONY
v.
LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY, a (Doc. Nos. 369 & 374) Colorado Corporation, 12 Defendant.
15 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff class representatives Isaias Vasquez and Linda Hefke’s 16 (“Plaintiffs”) Trial Brief, which moves the Court to preclude Defendant Leprino Foods Company 17 (“Leprino” or “Defendant”) from presenting evidence or argument that does not align with the 18 testimony of Leprino’s Rule 30(b)(6) witness Robert Tuttrup. Doc. Nos. 369 & 374. For the 19 reasons that follow, the Court will grant in part and deny in part Plaintiffs’ Trial Brief.
21 Legal Standard 22 “[A] corporation generally cannot present a theory of the facts that differs from that 23 articulated by the designated Rule 30(b)(6) representative.” Snapp v. United Transp. Union, 889 24 F.3d 1088, 1103 (9th Cir. 2018). This…