SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-1023 ) Plaintiff/Counterclaim-defendant, ) JUDGE JOY FLOWERS CONTI ) ) ) v. ) ) PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., ) ) Defendant/Counterclaimant. ) OPINION I. Introduction On June 18, 2020, the special master entered four reports and recommendations (individually a “R&R,” collectively the “R&Rs”) on Daubert and evidentiary issues (ECF Nos. 555, 556, 558 and 561).1 The special master’s R&Rs were issued after extensive briefing and oral argument by video conference, which the…