HOTT v. AUTO SYSTEM CENTERS, INC.

Filing 55

ORDER (Memorandum 54 previously docketed as separate entry) GRANTING in part & DENYING in part deft's MSJ 38 - granted in deft's favor as to wrongful discharge claim (Ct II) & otherwise denied; directing Clrk of Ct to enter jdgmt in deft's favor & against pltf on same; noting court will schedule matter for jury selection & trial on surviving claim (Ct I) by separate order. (See order for complete details.) Signed by Christopher C. Conner on 9/28/18. (kmMD)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
CARL DALE HOTT,
Plaintiff
v.
AUTO SYSTEM CENTERS, INC.,
trading and doing business as Midas
Auto Service Experts,
Defendant

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:17-CV-97
(Chief Judge Conner)

ORDER
AND NOW, this 28th day of September, 2018, upon consideration of the
motion (Doc. 38) for summary judgment by defendant Auto System Centers, Inc.
(“Auto System”), and the parties’ respective briefs in support of and opposition to
said motion, and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum, it is
hereby ORDERED that:
1.

Auto System’s motion (Doc. 38) for summary judgment is GRANTED
in part and DENIED in part as follows:
a.
b.

2.

Summary judgment is GRANTED in Auto System’s favor as to
the wrongful discharge claim (Count II).
Auto System’s motion (Doc. 38) is otherwise DENIED.

The Clerk of Court shall enter judgment in Auto System’s favor and
against plaintiff Carl Dale Hott on the wrongful discharge claim
(Count II).

3.

The court will schedule the above-captioned matter for jury selection
and trial on the surviving claim (Count I) by separate order.

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