Opinion
Civil Action 19-513
01-16-2024
PENN ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING CORP., Plaintiff v. PENINSULA COMPONENTS, INC., Defendant
ORDER
GENE E.K. PRATTER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
AND NOW, this 16th day of January, 2024, upon consideration of Peninsula Components' Motion to Bifurcate (Doc. No. 374), Penn Engineering's Response in Opposition (Doc, No. 378), Peninsula's Reply (Doc. No. 380), Penn Engineering's Surreply (Doc. No. 382), and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion (Doc. No. 374) is GRANTED. The jury will hear issues on liability only, and the Court will hear damages issues, if needed.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that there is no claim for punitive damages operative at this time, but the parties are permitted to move the Court to include/exclude punitive damages from trial based on their submission of facts of record as of two weeks before the trial's start date.