Wiley
Wiley v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DARRELL WILEY, Case No. 3:19-cv-02756-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE
v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 105, 106, 107 UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA,
11 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Darrell Wiley and defendant Unum Life Insurance Company of America (“Unum”) have each filed several motions in limine in advance of an upcoming trial. My resolution of those motions follows. This Order assumes familiarity with the record. I. UNUM’S MOTIONS 1. Motion in Limine No. 1: Limit the Testimony of Michael Moskowitz Unum moves to limit the opinions that can be offered by Dr. Michael Moskowitz, a medical doctor and one of Wiley’s experts. See Defendant’s Motions in Limine (“Unum MIL”) [Dkt. No. 105] 2–4. Moskowitz is qualified to opine about how the injuries in 1996 caused Wiley’s disability so long as his opinions stem from psychiatry and pain management; those are his areas of expertise, so he is confined to opining within them. See Fed. R. Evid. 702;…