Plasti Dip International, Inc. v. Rust-Oleum Brands Company

Filing 233

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 166 Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony filed by Rust-Oleum Brands Company, Rust-Oleum Corporation (Written Opinion). Signed by Chief Judge John R. Tunheim on March 6, 2017. (HAZ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
______________________________________________________________________________
PLASTI DIP INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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

Plaintiff,
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION

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.

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

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