ROMERO, et al v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE, et al

Filing 814

ORDER THAT THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS ARE DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO BAR AND EXCLUDE REFERENCES 714 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO BAR AND EXCLUDE 715 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENT 716 ; ALLSTATE' S MOTION TO BAR AND EXCLUDE REFERENCES 717 ; ALLSTATE'S MOITON TO EXCLUDE SALES ORGANIZATION 718 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO PRECLUDE 719 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO BAR AND PRECLUDE ANY REFERENCES 720 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO EXCLUDE HEA RSAY 721 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO PRECLUDE TESTIMONY 722 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO BAR AND EXCLUDE EVIDENCE 723 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO BAR EVIDENCE 724 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO BAR AND PRECLUDE EVIDENCE 725 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO SEQUESTER 726 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO BAR AND EXCLUDE REFERENCES 727 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO BAR AND EXCLUDE 728 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO PRECLUDE PLAINTIFFS 729 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO PRECLUDE PLAINTIFFS FROM ARGUING 730 ; AL LSTATE'S MOTION TO RENEW ITS MOTIONS 731 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO MODIFY STATEMENT 732 ; PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION IN LIMINE TO COMPEL 737 ; PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION TO PRECLUDE TESTIMONY 738 ; AND PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO AMEND 713 . THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS ARE DENIED AS MOOT, ALLSTATE'S MOTION TO DISMISS 764 ; DEFENDANT EDWARD M. LIDDY'S MOTION TO DISMISS 765 ; ALLSTATE'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY BRIEFS 793 ; AND PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUR-REPLY 802 . SIGNED BY HONORABLE RONALD L. BUCKWALTER ON 1/26/16. 1/28/16 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED, E-MAILED.(ti, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
GENE R. ROMERO, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 01-3894
CONSOLIDATED WITH
NO. 01-6764
NO. 01-7042

ORDER
AND NOW, this 26th day of January, 2016, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:
1. The following Motions are DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to the parties’ right
to re-file them after the reassignment of this case to and a case status conference before a
new judge:
a.

Defendants Allstate Insurance Company, et al.’s (“Allstate’s) Motion to
Bar and Exclude References to Allstate’s June 1997 Submission to the
Internal Revenue Service Concerning Allstate’s Employee Agent Program
(Docket No. 714);

b.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar and Exclude References to Allstate’s July 1999
Board of Directors’ Meeting and Related Documents (Docket No. 715);

c.

Allstate’s Motion to Exclude Evidence and Argument Regarding the
Allstate Service Allowance Plan and the Allstate Severance Pay Plan
(Docket No. 716);

d.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar and Exclude References to Allstate’s Internally
Projected Costs or Savings Relating to the Preparing for the Future
Program (Docket No. 717);

e.

Allstate’s Motion to Exclude Sales Organization of the Future Documents,
Evidence, and Testimony (Docket No. 718);

f.

Allstate’s Motion to Preclude Plaintiffs from Arguing or Presenting
Evidence in Support of Their Commission Rates Misrepresentation Theory

(Docket No. 719);
g.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar and Preclude Any References to the Outcome of
the June 2015 Release Trial (Docket No. 720);

h.

Allstate’s Motion to Exclude Hearsay Testimony by Burton English
(Docket No. 721);

i.

Allstate’s Motion to Preclude the Testimony of Sandra Guthrie, Harold
Tiller, Joseph Tomec, and Carel Tornes (Docket No. 722);

j.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar and Exclude Evidence and Argument Related to
the Merits of Plaintiffs’ Underlying Claims (Docket No. 723);

k.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar Evidence Challenging Plaintiffs’ At-Will
Employment and Evidence that is Inconsistent with the Terms of the
R1500 and R830 Employment Agreements (Docket No. 724);

l.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar and Preclude Evidence Contesting Facts
Established in the Court’s 2014 Summary Judgment Opinion and the
Third Circuit’s 2015 Opinion (Docket No. 725);

m.

Allstate’s Motion to Sequester Plaintiffs During the Testimony of Other
Plaintiffs (Docket No. 726)

n.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar and Exclude References to Certain Alleged
Misrepresentations in Connection with Individual Plaintiffs that Cannot
Have Relied Upon Them (Docket No. 727);

o.

Allstate’s Motion to Bar and Exclude (i) Testimony About Unreimbursed
Business Expenses and Plaintiffs’ Financial Condition for which No
Underlying Documents Were Produced; and (ii) Testimony that
Unidentified Managers “Urged” Unreimbursed Business Expenses
(Docket No. 728);

p.

Allstate’s Motion to Preclude Plaintiffs from Designating Witness
Testimony from Depositions Taken in Other Cases (Docket No. 729);

q.

Allstate’s Motion to Preclude Plaintiffs from Arguing the Release Was the
Product of Both Fraud and Duress (Docket No. 730);

r.

Allstate’s Motion to Renew Its Motions Granted in the Court’s April 16,
2015 Order (Docket No. 731);

s.

Allstate’s Motion to Modify Statement of Established Facts (Docket No.

732);
t.

u.

Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion to Preclude Testimony of Charles A. Shanor
(Docket No. 738); and

v.

2.

Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion in Limine to Compel Allstate’s compliance
with the December 20, 2012 Order and Exclude Evidence of Plaintiffs’
Post-2000 Financial Circumstances (Docket No. 737);

Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend the Court’s Established Facts for the Limited
Purpose of Substituting Facts Relating to the Ten Plaintiffs for the Second
Release Trial (Docket No. 713).

The following Motions are DENIED AS MOOT
a.

Allstate’s Motion to Dismiss the Anzivine and Siegfried Intervenor
Complaints (Docket No. 764);

b.

Defendant Edward M. Liddy’s Motion to Dismiss the Anzivine and
Siegfried Intervenor Complaints (Docket No. 765)

c.

Allstate’s Motion for Leave to File Reply Briefs in Motions in Limine
Nos. 2, 3, 6, and 8 (Docket No. 793); and

d.

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply in Opposition to Allstate’s
Motions in Limine Nos. 2, 3, and 6 (Docket No. 802).

It is so ORDERED.

BY THE COURT:

s/ Ronald L. Buckwalter
RONALD L. BUCKWALTER, S.J.