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Nationwide Life Ins. Co. v. Commonwealth Land Ti. Ins. Co.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Jan 20, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-281 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 20, 2011)

Summary

noting common use of a "bifurcated approach to the Motion in Limine" and allowing testimony on industry custom and practice, but excluding testimony and portions of report interpreting legal documents

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-281.

January 20, 2011


ORDER


AND NOW, this 20th day of January, 2011, upon consideration of Plaintiff Nationwide Life Insurance Company's Motion in Limine to Exclude the expert report and testimony of Defendant Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company's expert J. Bush Nielsen (Docket No. 40) and the Response of Defendant Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows:

1. Sections I and II of Mr. Nielsen's Report under the heading "Opinions" shall be excluded as impermissible conclusions of law;
2. The remainder of Mr. Nielsen's Report shall be deemed admissible.

It is so ORDERED.


Summaries of

Nationwide Life Ins. Co. v. Commonwealth Land Ti. Ins. Co.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Jan 20, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-281 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 20, 2011)

noting common use of a "bifurcated approach to the Motion in Limine" and allowing testimony on industry custom and practice, but excluding testimony and portions of report interpreting legal documents

Summary of this case from Bethlehem Area School District v. Zhou
Case details for

Nationwide Life Ins. Co. v. Commonwealth Land Ti. Ins. Co.

Case Details

Full title:NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE…

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 20, 2011

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-281 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 20, 2011)

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