Free Motion in Limine - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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LAW OFFICES One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 (602) 382-6000

Dan W. Goldfine (#018788) Richard G. Erickson (#019066) SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 East Van Buren Street Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Telephone: (602) 382-6000 Facsimile: (602) 382-6070 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Grant Woods, Esq. (#006106) GRANT WOODS, P.C. 1726 North Seventh Street Phoenix, Arizona 85006 Telephone: (602) 258-2599 Facsimile: (602) 258-5070 [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants and Third Party Defendants

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Meritage Homes Corporation, et al., Case No. CV-04-0384-PHX-ROS Plaintiffs, v. Ricky Lee Hancock, et al., Defendants. AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS Plaintiffs move to exclude all references at trial, by witnesses or by attorneys during argument, to Plaintiffs' settlement with Defendants Rick and Brenda Hancock, Rick Hancock Homes, LLC and RLH Development, LLC (the "Rick Hancock Defendants"). See Stipulation to Entry of Order of Dismissal (Aug 17, 2007) (Item # 512) and Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement (Aug 17, 2007) (Item # 513) ("Settlement"). (Assigned to the Honorable Roslyn O. Silver) PLAINTIFFS' MOTION IN LIMINE RE: SETTLEMENT WITH RICK HANCOCK DEFENDANTS

Case 2:04-cv-00384-ROS

Document 519

Filed 08/23/2007

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Defendant Greg Hancock has suggested that he can rely on the Settlement to show that Plaintiffs' claims against the Rick Hancock Defendants had no merit. The Settlement and its terms are, to the contrary, neither relevant to nor probative of any fact or defense that remains in issue. The only reason for making reference to the Settlement would be to unduly prejudice Plaintiffs in making their case to the fact finder. The Court should therefore preclude Defendants from making any reference to the Settlement at trial.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 23rd day of August, 2007. SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

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By s/ Rick Erickson Dan W. Goldfine Richard G. Erickson Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Street Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 Attorneys for Meritage and By s/ Grant Woods Grant Woods, Esq. GRANT WOODS, P.C. 1726 North Seventh Street Phoenix, Arizona 85006 Attorneys for Meritage CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 23, 2007, I electronically transmitted the foregoing document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Ivan K. Mathew Mathew & Mathew, P.C. 3300 North Central Avenue, Suite 1730 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Rick Hancock, Brenda Hancock, Rick Hancock Homes, L.L.C., and RLH Development, L.L.C.

Document 519- 2 - Filed 08/23/2007

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Robert M. Frisbee Frisbee & Bostock, PLC 1747 East Morton Avenue Suite 108 Phoenix AZ 85020 Attorneys for Greg Hancock s/ D. Yanazzo

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