Bamford, Inc. v. Regent Insurance Company et al

Filing 147

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER regarding motions in limine 136 and 137 . The Court will sustain and overrule the objections as set forth in this order. The parties shall edit the videotape depositions in accordance with the rulings set forth in this order. Ordered by Senior Judge Lyle E. Strom. (JSF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
BAMFORD, INC., a Nebraska
business corporation,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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REGENT INSURANCE COMPANY,
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a Wisconsin business
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corporation,
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Defendant.
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______________________________)

8:13CV200

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on cross motions in
limine (Filing No. 136 and Filing No. 137) regarding video-tape
deposition designations.

The Court finds as follows:

Plaintiff’s Objections:
1) Stephen Ahl (April 16, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

31:14-21; 53:16-54:13.

The remaining objections will

be overruled.
2) Stephen Ahl (May 8, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

27:10-28:10,1 35:5-22, 40:2-41:24.

The remaining

objections will be overruled.

1

The Court notes the plaintiff objected to 27:6-28:10. See
Filing No. 136, at 1. The Court will overrule the plaintiff’s
objections as to 27:6-27:9 and will sustain the objections to
27:10-28:10. The Court inserted an asterisk behind other
partially sustained sections.

3) Brian Nolan (Volume I)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections: 63:25-64:3, 173:19-175:9.

The remaining objections

will be overruled.
4) Brian Nolan (Volume II)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

408:9-22, 413:11-414:22,* 459:18-466:23, 480:15-481:2.

The remaining objections will be overruled.
Defendant’s Objections:
1) Matthew Morrison (March 5, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
11:13-14:22,2 16:18-17:24, 18:19-21:07, 42:7-43:12,

sections:

45:24-47:20, 139:19-141:14.

The remaining objections will be

overruled.
2) Matthew Morrison (May 6, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to section
82:3-97:7.

The remaining objections will be overruled.

3) Matthew Valley (May 6, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

50:9-12, 54:13-56:19.

The remaining objections will

be overruled.

2

The Court notes the defendant objected to 11:13-14:23.
See Filing No. 137, at 1. The Court believes the defendant’s
objection to line 23 of page 14 is in error because it seeks to
omit a single line of a multiple-line question which exceeds the
objection of the defendant.
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4) Wesley Robin (April 25, 2014).
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

94:6-9, 104:10-105:18, 127:15-131:23, 135:17-136:2,

160:11-17, 167:2-18, 168:12-20, 168:22-169:15, 170:11-171:8,
180:5-14, 180:16-181:20, 186:12-190:9, 192:11-18, 197:24-198:14.
The remaining objections will be overruled.
5) Stephen Ahl (Vol. I April 16, 2014)
The Court sustains the objections to the following
sections:

10:22-11:04, 18:15-24, 27:08-28:09, 41:23-42:03,

46:18-22, 52:04-22, 53:10-15, 56:08-17, 58:23-59:17,* 77:07-13,
79:06-08,* 80:20-81:05, 84:07-85:04, 94:14-17.

The remaining

objections will be overruled.
6) Stephen Ahl (Vol. II May 8, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

7:15-20, 8:06-22, 10:20-11:01, 12:05-22, 18:17-19:03,

21:09-12, 30:03-15, 35:23-36:18, 36:23-37:17, 37:8-10.

The

remaining objections will be overruled.
7) Brian Nolan (Vol. I, April 15-16, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

36:01-37:12, 66:03-66:25, 67:13-67:22, 81:16-81:22,

82:13-83:01, 91:08-23, 95:17-97:9, 99:16-100:03, 101:2-7,
101:19-102:13, 123:18-124:02, 143:25-145:19, 157:21-158:7,
170:14-17, 172:7-173:2, 176:19-177:4, 209:12-210:07, 219:19-23,
232:09-23, 238:11-239:19, 241:08-242:10, 243:15-243:25,
245:22-246:7, 246:16-247:1, 248:2-24, 248:25-250:5, 251:12-18,
308:22-309:24, 317:12-318:14, 320:08-321:21, 322:04-24,
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323:01-23, 325:25-326:6, 328:13-330:23, 331:22-332:16,
341:21-342:07, 349:22-350:08.

The remaining objections will be

overruled.
8) Brian Nolan (Vol. II, May 8, 2014)
The Court will sustain the objections to the following
sections:

373:24-378:23, 392:05-393:04, 405:11-19,

488:23-489:23.

The remaining objections will be overruled.

IT IS ORDERED that the parties shall edit the videotape
depositions in accordance with the rulings set forth above.
DATED this 5th day of January, 2015.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Lyle E. Strom
____________________________
LYLE E. STROM, Senior Judge
United States District Court

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