Laloli

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FRANCIS LALOLI, Case No. 19-cv-05679-JST

Plaintiff, ORDER RE MOTIONS IN LIMINE v.

C.R. BARD, INC., et al., Defendants.

12 The Court now rules as follows regarding the parties’ motions in limine: I. Plaintiff’s Omnibus Motion in Limine No. 1 (ECF No. 156)

A. Motion To Preclude “Any Suggestion that Mr. Laloli’s Eclipse Filter Caught or Stopped a Clot and Saved His Life” 16 This motion is granted. Dr. Stein may not suggest that Laloli’s filter “accomplished its 17 mission” by stopping or dissolving a clot. Dr. Stein may identify the purpose of the IVC filter – to 18 stop and dissolve clots – and may note that Plaintiff Laloli appears not to have suffered a 19 pulmonary embolism after the device was implanted. What neither he nor any other witness may 20 do, however, is draw the conclusion that the Bard IVC filter necessarily stopped or dissolved a 21 clot. B. Motion to Preclude “Arguments Regarding Alleged Complaint or Failure Rates or the Medical Community…