Free Objection - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 GOMEZ & PETITTI
David F. Gomez, Esq.
2 2525 East Camelback Road _
Suite 860
3 Phoenix, Arizona 85016-4279
4 (602) 956-9854
STUART H. SANDHAUS, APC
5 Stuart H. Sandhans, Esq., Bar No. 146525 ,
Los Rios Historic District .
6 31901 Los Rios Street
San Juan Capistrano, California 92675 -
7 Telephone: (949) 481-0236
8 Attorney for Plaintiff, Constance Ann Maynard =
9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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U rtg 12 CONSTANCE ANN MAYNARD, ) CASE NO. CV 04-0525-PHX—RCB ‘
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HEWITT LONG TERM DISABILITY ) ‘
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22 Plaintiff CONSTANCE ANN MAYNARD, hereby SUTBMITS HER Evidentiary Objections .
23 to the Affidavit of Cheryl Sauerhofi the unauthenticated April 24, 2001 internal memorandum by `
24 CNA’s medical director Dr. Eugene Truchelut.
25 Defendants submitted an affidavit by Cheryl Sauerhoff in support of its Motion. Plaintiff
26 objects to this Affidavit on the grounds that it violates the Federal Rules of Evidence (Ev. R.),
27 including, without limitation, Ev. R. 601, 602, 603 (witness’s lack of (1) competency, (2) personal
28 knowledge and (3) oath or affirmation), and at best constitutes inadmissible hearsay under Ev. R.
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1 801 (e). _
2 Additionally, Plaintiff objects to the admissibility of Defendants document entitled
3 “Evaluation letter from Dr. Eugene Trucheiut to Mary Lou Watson dated April 24, 200l" on the
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5 The aforementioned document is inadmissible on grounds that it is inadmissible
6 hearsay, and has not been authenticated by its drafter - CNA medical director, Dr. Eugene Truchelut. I
7 The subject medical opinion is being proffered by one of Defendant CNA’s claims handlin A
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8 personnel, Cheryl Sauerhoff (Exhibit "E” attached to Sauerhoff Aff.) In its Statement of Facts in
9 Support of Motion for Summary Judgment, Defendants improperly attempt to offer their own
10 rendition of Dr. T1uche1ut’s letter by "summarizing” its contents and "interpreting’° Dr. Truchelufs
il opinion. This is in violation of Rule 56 (e). (This also constitute inadmissible hearsay.) Z
U R 12 Defendants Motion is utterly devoid of a declaration and/or affidavit authenticated under
ig Tg § § 13 penalty of perjury by Dr. Eugene Truchelut. Therefore Defendants may only attest to the fact that .
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18 {[1] 9, 10, ll, 12, 13, and 14 in Support of their Motion for Summary Judgment in their entirety,
19 (Defendants improperly attempt to offer as admissible evidence Dr. Truche1ut’s tmauthenticated
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21 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this /2 Day of August, 2005.
22 STUART H. SANDHAUS, APC
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Stuart H. Sandhaus, Esq.
26 Los Rios Historic District
31901 Los Rios Street
27 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Attorney for Plaintiff
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 I hereby certify that on the 22nd day of August, 2005, I electronically transmitted
3 the attached document to the Clerk’s office using the CM/ECE Systems for tiling and
4 transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to CM/ECE registrants.
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