Bastian v. TPI CORP.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

This case, the subject of several prior rulings of this court, see Bastian v. Wausau Homes, Inc., 620 F.Supp. 947 (N.D.Ill.1985), 635 F.Supp. 201, 638 F.Supp. 1325 (N.D.Ill.1986), is scheduled for trial on June 9, 1987. Wausau Homes is no longer a party. Now before the court are three pretrial motions. Defendant TPI Corporation moves to join Commercial Union Insurance Co. of Massachusetts, plaintiffs' insurer, as a party; to dismiss count III of plaintiffs’ amended complaint, which seeks punitive damages, for failure to state a claim; and to bar the…