Appeals, Appealable Orders, Attorney Disqualification, Exclusion as a Witness, 1, 1
A ruling on an in limine motion either excluding or refusing to exclude an attorney’s testimony as an expert witness is not an appealable order. Unlike an order disqualifying a lawyer from representing a party to the action, an order excluding a witness does not act as an injunction and so does not fall within the rationale of (Meehan v. Hopps (1955) 45 Cal.2d 213, which allowed appeals from disqualification orders. The opinion disagrees with a two sentence contrary holding in Brand v. 20th Century Ins.Co./21st Century Ins. Co. (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 594.