Centrix Financial, LLC et al v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA et al

Filing 195

ORDER re 142 Plaintiffs' Objections to Defendants' Deposition Designations as to Andrew MacLeod. By Judge Philip A. Brimmer on 6/12/15. (pabsec)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLORADO
By Judge Philip A. Brimmer
Civil Action 09-cv-1542-PAB-CBS
In re: CENTRIX FINANCIAL, LLC, et al.,
CENTRIX FINANCIAL LIQUIDATING
TRUST, and
JEFFREY A. WEINMAN in his capacity
as Trustee for the Centrix Financial
Liquidating Trust,
Plaintiffs,
v.
NATIONAL UNION FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY OF
PITTSBURGH, PA, and AIG
DOMESTIC CLAIMS, INC.,
Defendants.
ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTIONS TO DEFENDANTS’
DEPOSITION DESIGNATIONS AS TO ANDREW MACLEOD
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Objections to Defendants’
Deposition Designations [Docket No. 142]. The Court has reviewed the
objections and rules as follows as to the deposition of Andrew MacLeod:
DEPOSITION OF ANDREW MACLEOD – 9.12.2012
Item #
Testimony Objection
199. 13:2 – 13:15 Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Knowledge
200. 15:2 – 16:19 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion
201. 26:3 – 26:16 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion
1

Ruling
Overruled
Overruled
26:3 to 26:12 –
Overruled

202. 28:17 – 28:24 Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Knowledge
203. 30:4 – 30:19 Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Knowledge
204. 36:2 – 36:20 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation;
Incomplete hypothetical

Overruled

205. 37:6 – 37:15

Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Knowledge; Rule 611(a): Vague
Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 611(a): Vague
Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained –
foundation
Sustained.
Also, foundation

206. 42:12 – 43:9

207. 43:11 – 44:3
208. 44:5 – 45:19

Sustained
Sustained –
speculation

Sustained –
relevance,
speculation.
Also, no
substantive
answer given.

209. 46:12 – 46:23 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

210. 47:22 – 48:20 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained.
Also,
speculation.
Sustained.
Also,
speculation.
Sustained.
Also,
speculation.
Sustained –
Rule 701
Sustained

211. 49:11 – 50:2

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion; Rule 602:
Foundation; Incomplete hypothetical

212. 50:20 – 51:15 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion
213. 51:16 – 51:24 Rule 602: Best evidence
214. 52:2 – 52:6

Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Knowledge; Rule 701: Legal
Conclusion/Impermissible Lay Witness Opinion
215. 54:12 – 54:23 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Sustained
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation
216. 55:10 – 56:20 Rule 602: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Sustained
Lay Witness Opinion

2

217. 58:9 – 60:4

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Incomplete hypothesis

Sustained.
Also,
speculation.

218. 61:3 – 63:2

Rule 602: Foundation; Rule 701: Legal
Conclusion/Impermissible Lay Witness
Opinion; Rule 611(a): Assumes facts not in
evidence

61:3-68:13 –
Overruled.
61:15-63:2 –
Sustained.

219. 69:22 – 70:19 Rule 602: Foundation; Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge; Rule 701: Legal
Conclusion/Impermissible Lay Witness Opinion
220. 70:21 – 71:8 Rule 611(a): Misstates Evidence
221. 71:10 – 71:23 Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Knowledge; Foundation
222. 72:4 – 72:10 Rule 602: Foundation
223. 72:24 – 73:4 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

224. 73:16 – 74:9

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

225. 74:18 – 75:11 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

226. 75:22 – 76:12 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

227. 77:13 – 78:24 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

228. 80:12 – 80:15 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

229. 81:2 – 81:12

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation

Sustained

230. 81:24 – 82:5

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation

Sustained

231. 83:1 – 83:13

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation

Sustained

3

Sustained
Sustained
Overruled
Sustained

232. 84:3 – 85:24

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation

Sustained

233. 86:23 – 87:3

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation

Sustained

234. 88:17 – 89:12 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

235. 92:9 – 92:18

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation

Sustained

236. 93:1 – 93:17

Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Knowledge; Foundation

Sustained

237. 95:11 – 96:11 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

Sustained

238. 97:7 – 97:15

Sustained

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Opinion

239. 99:9 – 99:23

Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Overruled
Knowledge; Foundation
240. 100:17 –
Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks Personal
Overruled
101:8
Knowledge; Foundation
241. 103:2 – 104:9 Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay Overruled
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge
242. 106:19 –
108:1

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay Sustained
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge

243. 108:19–
108:24

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge
Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge
Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge
Rule 701: Legal Conclusion; Rule 602:
Speculation/Lacks Personal Knowledge

244. 109:18 –
110:12
245. 112:4 –
112:23
246. 122:5 –
122:20

4

Sustained

Sustained

Sustained

Sustained

247. 123:22 –
124:4

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay Sustained
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge; Rule 611(a): Assumes
facts not in evidence

248. 125:10 –
125:20

Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge
Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible Lay
Witness Opinion; Rule 602: Speculation/Lacks
Personal Knowledge
Rule 701: Legal Conclusion/Impermissible
Lay Witness Testimony; Rule 602:
Speculation/Lacks Personal Knowledge

Sustained speculation

Rule 611: Compound Question

Sustained

249. 126:10 –
126:24
250. 130:11 –
130:24

251. 172:18 –
172:24

DATED June 12, 2015.
BY THE COURT:

s/Philip A. Brimmer
PHILIP A. BRIMMER
United States District Judge

5

Overruled

Sustained