BAUM v. METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Filing 70

ORDER (Memorandum 69 previously filed as separate document) DENYING deft's motion 38 to submit 3 non-parties to jury as joint tortfeasors on verdict form. (See order for complete details.) Signed by Christopher C. Conner on 1/11/18. (kmMD)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
BARBARA A. BAUM,

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Plaintiff
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v.
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METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND :
CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, :
t/d/b/a METLIFE AUTO & HOME,
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Defendant
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:16-CV-623
(Chief Judge Conner)

ORDER
AND NOW, this 11th day of January, 2018, upon consideration of the motion
(Doc. 38) filed by defendant Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance
Company seeking to submit three nonparties to the jury as joint tortfeasors on the
verdict form and the supplemental briefing regarding same (Docs. 53, 56, 59, 62),
and for the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum, it is hereby
ORDERED that the motion (Doc. 38) to submit three nonparties to the jury as joint
tortfeasors on the verdict form is DENIED.

/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania