City and County of San Francisco v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN Case No. 18-cv-07591-CRB FRANCISCO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING WALGREENS’

MOTION TO STRIKE

v. 11 PURDUE PHARMA L.P., et al., 12 Defendants.

14 Walgreens has moved to strike one of Plaintiff’s witness, Carol Lu, from testifying 15 at the abatement phase of the trial. Walgreens’ Mot. to Strike (dkt. 1590). Ms. Lu is the 16 Citywide Revenue Manager from the San Francisco Controller’s Office and plans to testify 17 about the mechanics and logistics of administering the abatement fund. Id. at 3–4; Opp. at 18 2 (dkt. 1594). According to Plaintiff, Ms. Lu is prepared to explain how the Controller’s 19 Office administers special purpose revenue funds, and how the City tracks these spendings 20 through audits and reports. Opp. at 2. Plaintiff represents that Ms. Lu will assist the Court 21 in understanding, among other things, the City’s logistics of “overseeing, tracking, and 22 reporting abatement fund expenditures.” Id. 23 Walgreens accepts that Ms. Lu’s expected testimony is relevant to the upcoming…