Anderson

Anderson v. SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJanuary 30, 20234:15-cv-02172California1,328 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

BACKGROUND

19 The procedural history and facts underlying this dispute, including EII’s involvement in 20 the litigation, have been recounted in prior orders and will not be repeated here. See, e.g., Morizur 21 v. SeaWorld Parks and Entm’t, Inc., No. 15-cv-2172-JSW, 2020 WL 6044043 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 13, 22 2020); Dkt. Nos. 188-189, 590. Before trial, Plaintiffs designated four testimonial experts: Dr. 23 Ingrid Visser, Dr. Javier Gallego, Dr. E.C.M. Parsons, Dr. David Duffus. They also designated 24 EEI officers Mark Palmer and David Phillips as consulting experts. (Dkt. No. 604-2, Declaration 25 of David Phillips (“Phillips Decl.”), ¶ 3.) 26 SeaWorld moved to exclude testimony from each of the testifying experts (“Daubert 27 motions”) and filed motions to seal in conjunction with their Daubert motions, arguing there was good cause to seal portions of the briefs and supporting exhibits. The Court granted each motion to seal finding “good cause” to do so. (Dkt. Nos. 387-388, 403-404 (the “Report Redactions”).) The Court never ruled on the Daubert motions, because it bifurcated the issue of standing from the merits, held a bench trial, and found the…

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