Agliori v. Alcoa, Inc.

Full title: MONICA M. AGLIORI, Plaintiff, v. ALCOA, INC., Defendant.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Mar 13, 2012

11cv685 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 13, 2012)

Opinion

11cv685

03-13-2012

MONICA M. AGLIORI, Plaintiff, v. ALCOA, INC., Defendant.

Arthur J. Schwab

ELECTRONICALLY FILED

MEMORANDUM ORDER RE: ADMISSIBILITY OF DEPOSITION TESTIMONY

(DOC. NO. 89)

AND NOW, this 13th day of March 2012, after careful consideration of the parties' Joint Statements on the Parties' Use of Deposition Testimony of Human Resources Manager Nedine Hunter at Trial (Doc. No. 89), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deposition of Ms. Hunter may only be used to impeach her as a witness. See Doc. No. 59. The Court finds that Ms. Hunter is not a "managing agent" within the meaning of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 32(a)(3). Although Ms. Hunter possesses the title Human Resources Manager, she did not have "superior authority" and "general powers to exercise [her] judgment and discretion in dealing with [Alcoa's] affairs." Luther v. Kia Motors America, Inc., 2009 WL 1727909 at *2 (W.D. Pa. June 18, 2009) (Standish, J.).

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Arthur J. Schwab

United States District Judge

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