RICHARD YOUNG, District Judge
Parties appear for the final pre-trial conference. Plaintiff, Opal A. Hines, appears by Steven T. Fulk; Defendant, DaimlerChrysler Corp., appears by R. Anthony Prather and Shannon M. Shaw. The court heard brief argument regarding a number of pending motions, and the court ruled on the same, memorialized below as follows:
1. Plaintiff's Motion in Limine.
a. Plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude any finding, supposed finding, or inability to make a finding by the EEOC is
GRANTED;
b. Plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude any evidence of the court's dismissal with prejudice of the Plaintiff's complaint of sex discrimination is
GRANTED.
2. Defendant's Motion in Limine
a. Defendant's motion in limine to exclude evidence of Plaintiff's claim of sex discrimination is
GRANTED;
b. Defendant's motion in limine to exclude evidence and argument
concerning punitive damages is
UNDER ADVISEMENT;
c. Defendant's motion in limine to exclude evidence or testimony from expert witnesses who may be called by Plaintiff is
GRANTED;
d. Defendant's motion in limine to exclude any testimony, exhibits, or references to Defendant's EEOC position statements is
GRANTED;
e. Defendant's motion in limine to exclude Defendant's financial information (for purposes of Plaintiff's punitive damages claim) is
UNDER ADVISEMENT;
f. Defendant's motion in limine to exclude evidence relating to the size of the law firm representing Defendant is
GRANTED.
3. Defendant's Motion to Bifurcate Damages from Liability is
GRANTED in part and
DENIED in part. Defendant's motion is
GRANTED with respect to any equitable damages Plaintiff may seek, and
DENIED with respect to compensatory damages.
4. Defendant's Motion for Separation of Witnesses is
GRANTED.
5. Plaintiff's Objection to Defendant's List of Witnesses Expected to Testify at Trial.
Plaintiff's objection to DaimlerChrysler representative, Cindy Pronger, named as a witness is
OVERRULED.
6. Defendant's objection to Plaintiff's exhibits 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 is
DENIED as MOOT, as the court granted Plaintiff leave to supplement her witness list to include Matt Ryan.
7. Defendant's objection to Plaintiff's exhibits 13 and 14 is
SUSTAINED. Plaintiff and Defendant will agree to the necessary redactions within the next week.
In other matters, the court discussed its voir dire process, and ordered the parties to file a joint Statement of the Case by Friday, February 24, 2006. The trial is expected to last three days.