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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ABERDEEN DIVISION KMART CORPORATION, Plaintiff CIV. ACT. NO. 1:11-CV-103-GHD-DAS versus THE KROGER CO., et al. Defendants _____________________________________________________________________________________________
MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE Plaintiff, Kmart Corporation, files this Motion in Limine to exclude an unsigned letter dated September 25, 2010 as being not properly authenticated and as constituting inadmissible hearsay. During the corporate deposition of Kmart, Kansas City Southern Railway’s counsel questioned Kmart’s corporate representative with an unsigned letter on Sears Holdings’ letterhead purporting to be addressed to a store associate whose name was redacted from the letter.
While unsigned and containing certain redactions, the letter also contains certain
handwriting that has not been authenticated by any party. This letter should be stricken, however, because it has not been properly authenticated and constitutes inadmissible hearsay. In support of this motion, Kmart submits the following exhibits: Exhibit 1: Letter dated September 25, 2010 Exhibit 2: Excerpts of the Corporate Deposition Transcript of Kmart Exhibit 3: Excerpts of the Corporate Deposition Transcript of Fulton Improvements Dated: January 20, 2014
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/s/ Ryan O. Luminais ____________________________________ JAMES M. GARNER (La. Bar. No. 19589) JOHN T. BALHOFF, II (La. Bar. No. 24288) RYAN O. LUMINAIS (Miss. Bar. No. 101871) SHER GARNER CAHILL RICHTER KLEIN & HILBERT, L.L.C. 909 Poydras Street, Twenty-eighth Floor New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Telephone: (504) 299-2100 Facsimile: (504) 299-2300 ATTORNEYS FOR KMART CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the above and foregoing has been served on all known counsel of record with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will automatically send-email notification to all known counsel of record, this 20th day of January, 2014.
/s/ Ryan O. Luminais _________________________________________ RYAN O. LUMINAIS
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