Abbit
Abbit v. ING USA Annuity & Life Insurance Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Honcuriel, J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFF’S REMAINING CLAIMS
[ECF No. 130.]
Before the Court is Defendants ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company and ING U.S., Inc.’s (collectively, “Defendants” or “ING”) Motion for Summary Judgment on the Remaining Claims. (Dkt. No. 130.) 1 Plaintiff Ernest 0. Abbit (“Plaintiff’ or “Abbit”) opposed the motion, (Dkt. No. 141), and Defendants filed a reply, (Dkt. No. 149).
A motion hearing was conducted on April 6, 2017. (Dkt. No. 163.) Andrew Hutton and Timothy Tatro appeared on behalf of Plaintiff. (Id.) Clark Johnson, Michael Leigh, and David Noonan appeared on behalf of Defendants. (Id.)
After the hearing, the Court granted Plaintiff leave to file supplemental evidence, consisting of the deposition testimony of William Bainbridge and an additional expert report by Dr. McCann, and a supplemental brief explaining the relevance of the evidence to the instant motion. (Dkt. No. 164.) The Court also granted Defen *1005 dants leave to respond to Plaintiffs supplemental briefing. (Id.) Plaintiff filed the supplemental briefing and evidence, and Defendants responded. (Dkt. Nos. 171, 174,176,178.)