Opinion
4:19-cv-11427
01-11-2022
DEMETRIUS GLOVER, Plaintiff, v. ALLSTATE VEHICLE AND PROPERTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.
ORDER (1) GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR FILING CHALLENGES TO EXPERTS (ECF No. 22); (2) TERMINATING AS MOOT PLAINTIFF'S EARLIER-FILED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR FILING CHALLENGES TO EXPERTS (ECF No. 20); AND (3) GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO PARTIALLY EXCLUDE THE EXPERT OPINION TESTIMONY OF ROBERT TRENKLE (ECF No. 23)
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On today's date, January 11, 2022, the Court held a hearing on three motions filed by the Plaintiff. Two of these motions (ECF Nos. 20 and 22) are substantively identical: in both motions, Plaintiffs moved to extend the deadline for filing challenges to experts. In the third motion, Plaintiff moved to partially exclude the expert opinion testimony of Robert Trenkle (ECF No. 23). For the reasons stated on the record today, the Court GRANTS (1) Plaintiff's later-filed motion to extend the deadline for filing challenges to experts (ECF No. 22); and (2) Plaintiff's motion to partially exclude the testimony of Robert Trenkle (ECF No. 23). Because the Court is granting Plaintiff's later-filed motion to extend (ECF No. 22), it will TERMINATE AS MOOT Plaintiff's earlier-filed motion to extend (ECF No. 20). In addition, the Court ORDERS that Trenkle shall not offer opinions at trial that (1) “the most probable cause of the fire” which damaged Glover's home “was incendiary;” and (2) that the contents of Glover's home “did not conform to a normally lived in residence.”
The later-filed motion (ECF No. 22) appears to differ from the earlier-filed motion (ECF No. 20) only by some minor formatting changes.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties and/or counsel of record on January 11, 2022, by electronic means and/or ordinary mail.
Holly A. Ryan Case Manager