Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:006-CV-194-WAP-SAA.
July 15, 2008
ORDER
Defendants Mariner Health Care, Inc. et al seek an order to strike all of plaintiff's witnesses listed in the pretrial order [docket no. 135]. Plaintiff's pretrial order dated July 2, 2008 listed 86 "may call" witnesses. Plaintiff has further reduced the list of "may call" witnesses to 32 individuals as evidenced in a pretrial order submitted to the court on July 11, 2008. In addition, the determination of the reasonable number of witnesses to be called at trial is best left to the trier of fact. For these reasons, it is
ORDERED
That defendants' motion to strike all of plaintiff's witnesses is DENIED.