Hammersley et al v. General Electric Company, et al

Filing 96

ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 3/11/2015 ORDERING 94 Disclosure of Expert Witnesses due by 7/1/2015, Defendant's disclosure of new rebuttal experts and supplemental reports by 7/31/2015/ Expert Discovery due by 9/1/2015; Dis positive Motions filed by 11/5/2015; Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statements by 1/7/2016; Final Pretrial Conference Reset for 1/14/2016 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2 (TLN) before District Judge Troy L. Nunley; Trial Brief shall be filed not later than 14 days before trial; Trial Reset for 3/7/2016 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 2 (TLN) before District Judge Troy L. Nunley. (Reader, L)

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TODD M. NOONAN (SBN 172962)
DLA PIPER LLP (US)
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95814-4428
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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MATTHEW J. EVANS (admitted pro hac vice)
JOHN W. ELDER (admitted pro hac vice)
PAINE | BICKERS, LLP
900 S. Gay Street, Suite 2200
Knoxville, TN 37902
Tel: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
GE HEALTHCARE INC., and
GE HEALTHCARE AS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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CARSON HAMMERSLEY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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CASE NO. 2:13-cv-0826-TLN-AC
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO
AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER AND
CONTINUE TRIAL

v.
GENERAL ELECTRIC, et al.,

MODIFIED FROM SUBMITTED VERSION

Defendants.

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The Parties have filed a Motion to Amend the Pretrial Scheduling Order in this matter and

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to continue the currently scheduled trial date. The Court, having considered the grounds set forth

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in the Parties’ Joint Motion, finds that the Motion is well taken, and is hereby GRANTED. The

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Court hereby ORDERS that:

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1.

The Scheduling Order (Doc. 66) entered on January 29, 2014, as previously

amended (Doc. 81), is amended to provide the following deadlines:
a.

Disclosure of supplemental reports from Plaintiffs’ previously disclosed
experts, as well as new experts solely limited to issues related to Plaintiff
Carson Hammersley’s cause of death, pathology obtained during the autopsy
and related opinions regarding pre-death pathology, shall be completed by
July 1, 2015.

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DLA P IPER LLP (US)
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b.

Defendants’ disclosure of new rebuttal experts and supplemental reports
from previously disclosed experts, in response to Plaintiffs’ disclosure on
July 1, 2015, shall be completed by July 31, 2015.

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c.

All expert discovery shall be completed by September 1, 2015.

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d.

All dispositive motions shall be heard by November 5, 2015.

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e.

The parties shall file, not later than January 7, 2016, a Joint Final Pretrial
Conference Statement.

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The Final Pretrial Conference is reset for January 14, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

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Trial Briefs shall be filed not later than fourteen (14) days before trial

h.

The trial of this case shall commence on March 7, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 11, 2015

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge

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DLA P IPER LLP (US)
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