Thomas et al v. Coca Cola Company et al

Filing 194

ORDER granting 155 Motion in Limine regarding any suggestion that Joseph Stevens' driver's license was suspended. Signed by Honorable Patrick Michael Duffy on 1/13/10.(chub, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION VALERIE THOMAS, M.D. and ROBERT E. THOMAS, JR., P.A., individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Thomas, Plaintiffs, vs. Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, Piedmont CocaCola Bottling Partnership, Joseph James Stevens, Willbrook Links Investment Group, LLC, d/b/a Tradition Golf Club, Palmetto Labor Services, Inc., Nivardo Ramirez, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-01580-PMD

GRANTED

January 13, 2010

DEFENDANT COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED'S MOTION IN LIMINE REGARDING ANY SUGGESTION THAT JOSEPH STEVENS' DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED

Defendant Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated ("CCBCC") hereby moves, in limine, to preclude Plaintiffs from tendering any insinuation at trial that Joseph Stevens' driver's license was ever suspended, either before or during his employment with CCBCC. Throughout the discovery process, Plaintiffs' counsel has questioned virtually every lay and expert witness as to whether Joseph Stevens' driver's license was suspended shortly before he came to work for CCBCC, implying that it was. As established unequivocally by the Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles on December 15, 2009, Joseph Stevens' driver's license was never suspended. (William Wannamaker Dep. Tr. at 5:6­17, 9:13 ­ 10:2) (attached as Ex. 1).