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Plasti Dip Int'l, Inc. v. Rust-Oleum Brands Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Mar 6, 2017
Civil No. 14-cv-1831 (JRT/SER) (D. Minn. Mar. 6, 2017)

Opinion

Civil No. 14-cv-1831 (JRT/SER)

03-06-2017

PLASTI DIP INTERNATIONAL, INC. Plaintiff, v. RUST-OLEUM BRANDS COMPANY and RUST-OLEUM CORPORATION, Defendants.

Kristine M. Boylan, Patrick S. Williams, John Degnan, Michael Sawers, Scott Flaherty, and Ruvin S. Jayasuriya, Esqs., BRIGGS & MORGAN, PA, 80 South Eighth Street, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 55402, for Plaintiff. Christopher A. Pinahs, Mark Schuman, and Peter Kohlhepp, CARLSON CASPERS, 225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200, Minneapolis, MN 55402 for Defendants. Raymond Rundelli, Jennifer Wick, Nathan Sellers, Ronald McMillan, and John Timothy Wiedemann, Esqs., CALFEE HALTER & GRISOLD LLP, 1405 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, OH 44114-1607, for Defendants.


ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

Kristine M. Boylan, Patrick S. Williams, John Degnan, Michael Sawers, Scott Flaherty, and Ruvin S. Jayasuriya, Esqs., BRIGGS & MORGAN, PA, 80 South Eighth Street, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 55402, for Plaintiff. Christopher A. Pinahs, Mark Schuman, and Peter Kohlhepp, CARLSON CASPERS, 225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200, Minneapolis, MN 55402 for Defendants. Raymond Rundelli, Jennifer Wick, Nathan Sellers, Ronald McMillan, and John Timothy Wiedemann, Esqs., CALFEE HALTER & GRISOLD LLP, 1405 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, OH 44114-1607, for Defendants.

The above-entitled matter comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau, dated February 13, 2017 [Docket No. 212]. No objections have been filed to that Report and Recommendation in the time period permitted.

Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants Rust-Oleum Brands Company and Rust-Oleum Corporation's Motion to Exclude Opinions and Testimony of Larry G. Chiagouris, Ph.D. [Doc. No. 166] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part consistent with the Report and Recommendation. Dated: March 6, 2017
at Minneapolis, Minnesota

s/John R. Tunheim

JOHN R. TUNHEIM

Chief Judge

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Plasti Dip Int'l, Inc. v. Rust-Oleum Brands Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Mar 6, 2017
Civil No. 14-cv-1831 (JRT/SER) (D. Minn. Mar. 6, 2017)
Case details for

Plasti Dip Int'l, Inc. v. Rust-Oleum Brands Co.

Case Details

Full title:PLASTI DIP INTERNATIONAL, INC. Plaintiff, v. RUST-OLEUM BRANDS COMPANY and…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

Date published: Mar 6, 2017

Citations

Civil No. 14-cv-1831 (JRT/SER) (D. Minn. Mar. 6, 2017)

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