Woman Says Deposition Exclusion Improperly Built ‘Evidentiary Wall’

(December 17, 2020, 1:14 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A trial judge built an “evidentiary wall” between an asbestos insulator and its supplier by precluding a plaintiff from using previous deposition testimony from either defendant to build a case against the other, improperly prevented the plaintiff from relying on already admitted testimony and then wrongly granted summary judgment to both, a woman told a California appeals court on Nov. 12.  The plaintiff reached a settlement with one of the defendants, according to a Dec. 10 docket entry (Alma Bartz, et al. v. Metalclad Insulation LLC, et al., No. B307140, Calif. App., 2nd Dist.)....

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