Kennedy v. Electric Insurance Company, No. 4:2018cv00148 - Document 45 (S.D. Ga. 2020)
Court Description: ORDER granting in part and denying in part 38 Motion in Limine. Motions in Limine 41 and 42 are construed as Motions for Summary Judgment. The parties are required to file any supplement ten days from the date of this order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 3/24/20. (jrb)
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Bodum, Inc.," " ( ¸" " " ( ¸ " %Æø " " $ œ "¬ " æº Ø¸ "ß ß"Æß"¬ œ" øæ ¸ø ØØ "ÆŒ øæ ø" æø"ß " æøß"ßæ"¸Æœ æœ "æ " ¸ º¸ ºß œ "ƺ Æß Ø " 溸 ß"¸ ºœ "æº" " ŒæßÆæº"in limine "¬ "ø © øœ "ß " æøß œ"¸ ÆœÆæº" º¸"ø Œ º¸" æø" øß ø" øæ ¸Æº œ " Mid-America Tablewares, Inc. v. Mogi Trading Co., " ( ¸" " " ß " %Æø " " ƺ¸Æº " ß ß" ø Œ ºß"ø ø¸Æº "ß "œ Æ Æ º "æ " ©Æ¸ º " ŒÆ ß" " " øæ ø" ø Œ ºß" æø"œŒŒ ø "ª¸ Œ ºß"æø"ª¸ Œ ºß" œ" "Œ ßß ø"æ "Ø ¬ "Æß" Æœ" ºæß" " øæ ø" œÆœ" æø" " ŒæßÆæº" ßæ" ® ظ " ©Æ¸ º " øÆæø" ßæ" ßøÆ Ø """ " Gold Cross Ems, Inc. v. Children’s Hospital of Ala. " "( 4 & " " " 5 & ") " ""% Æ ",¸ "* ØØ"¬ ºß"æº"ßæ"ºæß "ß ß"¬ ÆØ "ß " ø ßÆ "æ "¸ÆœŒÆœœÆº " " Ø ÆŒœ" "ŒæßÆæº"ƺ"Øƌƺ " Æœ"ºæß"º ø ¸ ºß ¸ "ƺ"ß Æœ"%Æø Æß" º¸" ß"Ø œß" ߬æ"æß øœ "¸ Øƺƺ "ßæ"¸æ"œæ"¬ œ"Œæø " øæ øÆ ß ""0æø"Æœ"Æß"º ø ¸ ºß ¸" ƺ"ß Æœ"%Æø Æß"ßæ"¸ Øƺ "ßæ"øØ "æº"Æœœ œ"æ " æºßø ß"Æºß ø ø ß ßÆæº"©Æ " "ŒæßÆæº" ƺ"Øƌƺ ""See, e.g.,"Plaza South Assoc., Inc. v. QBE Ins. Corp. " "9." " ß" " " 5 & "(Ø " " ¸ Øƺƺ "ßæ"ø " œßÆæº"æ " æºßø ß"Æºß ø ø ß ßÆæº"©Æ " œŒŒ ø " ª¸ Œ ºß " Hatch v. GeoVera Specialty Ins. Co. " " 9." " / & "(Ø " " ¸ Øƺƺ "ßæ"æ© øßøº"œŒŒ ø "ª¸ Œ ºß"¸ ß øŒÆº ßÆæº"©Æ " ŒæßÆæº"ƺ"Øƌƺ "see contra "Ins. House, Inc. v. Ins. Data Processing Inc. " " 9." " 0 & ") " " " 6 Æœ"Æœ" øß ÆºØ " " Øæœ ø" œ "ß º"ß ß" ¸¸ø œœ ¸"ƺ"Gold Cross " ß"ß " %æøß" æº Ø¸ œ" ß ß" ¬ ß" ß " øßÆ œ" ø " œ ƺ " Æœ" ºæß" ß " ® ØœÆæº" æ " ©Æ¸ º " ©Æ " " ŒæßÆæº" ƺ" Øƌƺ " ß" ø ß ø " ø ØÆ " ¬ Æ " should" © " º" øæ ß" ©Æ " " ŒæßÆæº" æø" œŒŒ ø " ª¸ Œ ºß " " 6 " øßÆ œ" ø " œœ ºßÆ ØØ " œ ƺ "ßæ" œßæ "ß "æß ø" øæŒ" ø ƺ "ß "ØÆŒÆßœ"æ "ØÆ ÆØÆß "æº"ß " æØÆ ""6 " Œ "ß Æœ"ø œß" " œ ƺ "ß "%æøß"ßæ"Æºß ø ø ß"ß "ß øŒœ"æ "ß " æºßø ß " ø ß ø" ß º" ßæ" æøŒ ØØ " ® ظ " ©Æ¸ º " " 9 ÆØ " ºæß" œ " ¸Æœ æœÆßÆ© " " ¸ ß øŒÆº ßÆæº"¬ÆØØ" ßÆ© Ø "ØÆŒÆß"ß "ø æ© ø " © ÆØ Ø "ßæ" Ø ÆºßÆ " º¸"¬æظ" ø © ºß" ¸ º¸ ºß" øæŒ" ø ƺ " ß ß" ß " ß øŒœ" æ " ß " æØÆ " ® ظ " ® œœ" ø æ© ø ""6 œ "Æß"Æœ"º œœ ø "ßæ" 溩 øß"ß "ŒæßÆ溜"ƺßæ" ø朜 ŒæßÆ溜" æø" œŒŒ ø "ª¸ Œ ºß" º¸" Æ© "ß " øßÆ œ"ß º"¸ œ"ßæ"œ Ø Œ ºß"ß "ø æø¸ "" " " +º"¸æƺ "œæ " æ¬ © ø "Æß"Æœ"º œœ ø "ßæ" ¸¸ø œœ" øß Æº"Æœœ œ ""(Æøœß "ß " øßÆ œ" œ æظ" " ø ø ¸" ßæ" øÆ " ßæ" ß " %æøß" ¬ " ß " ŒæßÆ溜 " øæ øØ " 溜ßø ¸ " ø "ºæß"ºßÆŒ Ø ""5 溸 "ß " øßÆ œ"œ æظ" " ø ø ¸"ßæ" ¸¸ø œœ " œ Æ Æ ØØ " æ¬") æø Æ "øØ œ"æ " æºßø ß"Æºß ø ø ß ßÆæº" Ø ""6 " øßÆ œ" ø " ø ŒÆº¸ ¸"ß ß "ƺ") æø Æ " æºßø ß"Æºß ø ø ß ßÆæº"Æœ" "ß ø œß " øæ œœ " + ºÆßÆ ØØ " 溜ßø ßÆæº"Æœ" " Œ ßß ø"æ "Ø ¬" æø"ß " æøß "(Æøœß "ß " ßøÆ Ø" æøß" Œœß" ¸ Ƹ " ¬ ß ø" ß " Ø º " Æœ" Ø ø" º¸" º Œ Æ æœ " + " Æß" Æœ " ß " æøß" œÆŒ Ø " º æø œ" ß " æºßø ß" æø¸Æº "ßæ"Æßœ" Ø ø"ß øŒœ "ß " æºßø ß" Øæº "Æœ"Øææ ¸"ßæ" æø"Æßœ" Œ ºÆº " 0 ®ß " Æ " ß " æºßø ß" Æœ" Œ Æ æœ" ƺ" œæŒ " ø œ ß " ß " æøß"Œœß" Ø "ß "øØ œ"æ " æºßø ß" 溜ßø ßÆæº"ßæ"ø œæØ© "ß " Œ Æ Æß "(ƺ ØØ "Æ "ß " Œ Æ Æß "ø Œ ƺœ" ß ø" Ø Æº "ß "øØ œ" æ " 溜ßø ßÆæº "ß "Æœœ "æ "¬ ß"ß " Œ Æ æœ"Ø º "Œ ºœ" º¸"¬ ß"ß " øßÆ œ"Æºß º¸ ¸"Œœß" "ø œæØ© ¸" " "ªø " æø"æß ø" ß Æº¸ ø " 6 " ®Æœß º " æø" ºæº ®Æœß º " æ " º" Œ Æ Æß " Æœ" " œßÆæº" æ " Ø ¬" æø" ß " æøß " + " ß " æøß" ¸ ß øŒÆº œ" ß ß" º" Œ Æ Æß " ®Æœßœ " æ¬ © ø " "ªø " œßÆæº"¸æ œ"ºæß" ßæŒ ßÆ ØØ " øÆœ " ß" ø ß ø" ß " æøß" Œœß" Æøœß" ßß Œ ß" ßæ" ø œæØ© " ß " Œ Æ Æß " " Ø Æº "ß "øØ œ"æ " 溜ßø ßÆæº"ƺ"1%)#" " " White v. Kaminsky " ") "# " " " "5 ' ¸" " ""+ß"Æœ" Ø ø"æ " æøœ "ß ß"ß "%æøß"Œœß" 溜ßø " º " Œ Æ ÆßÆ œ"Œæœß"œßøæº Ø " ƺœß"ß " øß "¬ æ"¸ø ß ¸"ß " ø Œ ºß ""Hertz Equip. Rental. Corp v. Evans " ") " " "5 ' ¸" " ""6 Æø¸ "ß "%æøß"ºæß œ"ß ß"both" øßÆ œ"ø ø º " øß Æº"ƺ¸œßø "œß º¸ ø¸œ"¬Æß "ºæ"œ æøßƺ " Ƹ ©Æßœ ""See, e.g. "¸æ " " ß" " 4 Ø Œ ºß" æœß" øß ÆºØ "Æœ" "ß øŒ"æ " øß"ƺ"ß "ƺœø º "ƺ¸œßø "¸æ " " ß" " +º"ß "ƺœø º "ƺ¸œßø "Æß"Æœ"œß º¸ ø¸"ßæ"œß ß "ß œ " æ© ø œ" º¸" " ØÆŒÆßœ"æ " æ© ø œ"æº"ß "¸ Ø ø ßÆ溜" ""+ "ß "%æøß"¸ ß øŒÆº œ"ß ß" º" Œ Æ Æß " ®Æœßœ "" øßÆ Ø øØ "¬Æß "ø ø¸œ"ßæ"ß "ß øŒ" ø Ø Œ ºß" æœß " º¸" Æßœ" 挌æº"æø"º¸ øœßææ¸"Œ ºÆº "Æß"Æœ" º ø ØØ " œßæŒ ø "ßæ" øæ©Æ¸ "œæŒ " ©Æ¸ º " ƺ" œ æøß" æ " ß " ¸ ƺÆßÆæº" º æø ¸" " ß " øßÆ œ " " See, e.g., 1 % ) # " " " 9æø¸œ" º ø ØØ " ø"ß Æø"œ Ø" º¸" 挌æº"œÆ ºÆ Æ ßÆæº " ß" ß ºÆ Ø" ¬æø¸œ " ¬æø¸œ" æ " øß " æø" ¬æø¸œ" œ ¸" ƺ" " øßÆ Ø ø" ßø ¸ " æø" œÆº œœ"¬ÆØØ" " 溜ßø ¸ " º ø ØØ "ßæ" "œ ¸"ƺ"ø ø º "ßæ"ß Æœ" øßÆ Ø ø" Œ ºÆº ""6 "Øæ Ø"œ "æø"º¸ øœß º¸Æº "æ " "¬æø¸"Œ " " øæ© ¸"ƺ"æø¸ ø" ßæ" øøÆ© " ß"ß "Œ ºÆº "Æºß º¸ ¸" "ß " øßÆ œ ""6 "%æøß"Æœ"¸ÆœÆº Øƺ ¸"ßæ" 溜Ƹ ø" ºœ¬æøº" œœ øßÆ溜" ß" ß Æœ"œß " 溜Ƹ øƺ " ß " œÆ ºÆ Æ º " æ " ß " øØƺ œ"ø ¸" "ß " øßÆ œ ""+º"œ æøß "ø ß ø"ß º" ø ©Æ ß ¸"ŒæßÆæº"ƺ"Øƌƺ " œß Ø " ø Œ ºßœ"ø ø¸Æº "ß "ƺœø º " æºßø ß "ß " øßÆ œ"œ æظ" ø ø " œ Ø Œ ºßœ" ¬ Æ " ØØ " º¸" æŒ Ø ß Ø " œ æøß" ß Æø" ø Œ ºßœ" œ" ßæ" ß " øæ øÆ ß " æºßø ß"Æºß ø ø ß ßÆæº"ƺ"ß Æœ" œ ""+ "ß " øßÆ œ" ØÆ © "ß ß" º " æøßÆæº"æ "ß " æºßø ß"Æœ"œ Æ Æ ºßØ " Œ Æ æœ"ß ß"ß ø "Æœ" " œßÆæº"æ " ß" æø"ß "ªø "ß "%æøß" ºßÆ Æ ß œ"ß ß"ß " øßÆ œ"¬ÆØØ" ØØ " øÆ "ß ß"Æœœ " œ" ¬ ØØ "" " CONCLUSION (æø"ß " æø æƺ "ø œæºœ "¸ º¸ ºß œ"(Æøœß"/æßÆæº"ƺ".ƌƺ "¸æ " "Æœ" GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART ""2Ø ÆºßÆ œ"/æßÆæº"ƺ".ƌƺ "¸æ " " " º¸" ¸ º¸ ºß œ" œ 溸" /æßÆæº" ƺ" .ƌƺ " ¸æ " " ø " CONSTRUED AS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT " " 6 " øßÆ œ" ø " ¸Æø ß ¸" ßæ" ÆØ " º " º œœ ø "œ Ø Œ ºß ßÆæº"¬Æß Æº"ß º"¸ œ" øæŒ"ß "¸ ß "æ "ß Æœ"æø¸ ø " SO ORDERED, ß Æœ" ß "¸ "æ "/ ø " " " " " *4 4+5612* *'4 '4". 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