Appel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOWARD APPEL, Case No.: 18-CV-814 TWR (BGS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER (1) BIFURCATING TRIAL

v. AND (2) REVISING TENTATIVE

RULINGS ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE

ROBERT S. WOLF,

Defendant. (ECF Nos. 117, 135, 137, 138) 16 Presently before the Court are filings from Plaintiff Howard Appel, (ECF No. 137), and Defendant Robert S. Wolf, (ECF No. 138), in response to the Court’s request for supplemental briefing on bifurcation and assumed damages and its tentative rulings on Plaintiff’s Motions in Limine. After carefully considering the Parties’ arguments, the record, and the relevant law, the Court BIFURCATES the trial on September 18, 2023. Furthermore, the Court REVISES its tentative rulings, as follows: (1) the first Motion in Limine was tentatively denied and that ruling is affirmed; (2) the second Motion in Limine was tentatively granted and that ruling is affirmed; (3) the third Motion in Limine was 25 …