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 CURATIVE
INSTRUCTION
v. (Doc. No. 373) LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation, 12 Defendant.
15 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff class representatives Isaias Vasquez and Linda 16 Hefke’s (“Plaintiffs”) March 16, 2023 Trial Brief, which requests that the Court instruct the jury to 17 disregard Defendant Leprino Foods Company’s representations that there is no evidence of class 18 members being disciplined for not responding to their supervisors or radios during breaks. Doc. 19 No. 373 at 10. Plaintiffs’ Trial Brief also requests that the Court preclude Leprino from making 20 these arguments throughout the remainder of trial. Id.; Doc. No. 396 at 2-3. For the reasons that 21 follow, the Court will deny Plaintiffs’ Trial Brief.
1 During its opening statement to the jury, Defendant stated the following: And…