Brown-Day v. Allstate Insurance Co.

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Marijeanne Brown-Day ("Brown-Day") sued her insurer, Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate"), for underinsured motorist benefits. We have accepted this interlocutory appeal to review pretrial orders granting a motion for party substitution and a motion in limine, which collectively prohibited any explicit reference to Allstate. We reverse and remand.

Issues

There are two issues presented for interlocutory review:

I. Whether the trial court properly ordered that a previously-dismissed defendant should be substituted for Allstate as the named party defendant to…