Britt v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company et al

Filing 322

ORDER granting 294 Motion in Limine; granting 296 Motion in Limine; granting 300 Motion in Limine; granting 302 Motion in Limine. Signed by Senior Judge Neal B. Biggers on 9/22/2021. (llw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
ABERDEEN DIVISION
MEGAN BRITT
V.

PLAINTIFF
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:17CV219-NBB-DAS

MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY AND SOUTHERN FARM
BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Presently before the court are the joint motions in limine filed by the defendants
Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company and Southern Farm Bureau Life
Insurance Company. The defendants move in limine as follows: (1) to prohibit evidence
regarding allegations of mistreatment or harassment of other female agents and staff in the
Lowndes County Farm Bureau office; (2) to prohibit evidence regarding allegations of
mistreatment or harassment of the plaintiff by the now-dismissed defendant Roy Weathers;
(3) to prohibit evidence regarding punitive damages during the liability and compensatory
damages phase of the trial; and (4) to prohibit evidence regarding other lawsuits involving the
defendants.
The plaintiff filed no responses or objections to any of the aforementioned motions in
limine, and the motions will be granted as unopposed. The court notes that it will also grant the
defendants’ request that the trial of this cause be bifurcated into a liability and compensatory
damages phase and a punitive damages phase, if the latter is required at the conclusion of the
first phase.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the defendants’ motions in limine
are GRANTED.
This 22nd day of September, 2021.
/s/ Neal Biggers
NEAL B. BIGGERS, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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