18 Aug: Mediation Message No. 130

MICHAEL D. MARCUS’S MEDIATION MESSAGE NO. 130 EXPERT WITNESS DECLARATIONS AND MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Perry v. Bakewell Hawthorne, LLC (Cal. Supreme Court Feb. 2017) no. S233096, 2017 Cal. LEXIS 1351 holds that the exclusionary rule for expert witness declarations that do not meet disclosure requirements applies to summary judgment as well as the trial phase. The case is also a valuable reminder about the importance of admissible evidence at MSJs and the remedies available…