Hayer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIA HAYER, Case No. 22-cv-05420-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE

v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151,

ALEX LIVERANT,

152, 153, 166, 183 Defendant.

This order summarizes the Court’s rulings on the parties’ motions in limine. As a reminder, a ruling on a motion in limine may be revised at trial. See City of Pomona v. SQM North America Corp., 866 F.3d 1060, 1070 (9th Cir. 2017). Liverant’s Motions in Limine 1. Liverant’s Motion in Limine #1 to exclude the testimony of Hayer’s expert, Elba Romo, is granted in part and denied in part. Romo’s testimony is relevant to the standard of care in Hayer’s negligence claim. Romo is qualified to opine on this issue as she has worked in the property management business for twenty-two years. Her testimony is also reliable since it draws on her many years of experience in the property management field. See Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137, 150-51 (1999). Romo is not permitted to opine specifically, based on her own review of the evidence, that Liverant breached his duty of care, because that would be an impermissible legal…