261 motiontoexcludetestimonykellyblakemendrop kmart combine

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI

ABERDEEN DIVISION

KMART CORPORATION,

PlaintiffCIV. ACT. NO. 1:11-CV-103-GHD-DAS

versus

THE KROGER CO., et al.

Defendants

MOTION TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONY OF KELLY BLAKE MENDROP

Plaintiff, Kmart Corporation, respectfully moves this Court to exclude the testimony of Mr.

Kelly Blake Mendrop, P.E., P.L.S., the expert witness of Defendant, Kansas City Southern Railway

Company. Mr. Mendrop’s opinions regarding the effect of debris blockage in Elam Creek under

KCSR’s bridge at milepost 328.10 on the flooding at Kmart’s store in Corinth, Mississippi on May

2, 2010 should be excluded because Mr. Mendrop’s opinions are based on models that use

insufficient and unreliable data that does not accurately reflect the conditions of the KCSR bridge

and the area between the bridge and the Kmart store at the time of the flood. Mr. Mendrop’s

opinions are, therefore, unreliable and inadmissible.

In support of its Motion, Kmart submits the following:

• Exhibit “A” - June 2013 Report of Mendrop Engineering Resources;

• Exhibit “B” - Excerpts of Deposition of Kelly Blake Mendrop, dated

September 5, 2013; and

• Exhibit “C” - Construction Drawings.

Accordingly, Kmart respectfully requests that this Court grant its Motion to Exclude the

proffered expert testimony of Mr. Mendrop in its entirety.

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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 FloorNew Orleans, Louisiana 70112Telephone: (504) 299-2100Facsimile: (504) 299-2300ATTORNEYS 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 8 day of October, 2013.th

/s/ Ryan O. Luminais_________________________________________RYAN O. LUMINAIS

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