Illinois Union Insurance Company v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

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ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION; CASE SCHEDULING ORDER. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on August 22, 2014. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/22/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,
Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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No. 13-cv-4863
NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,

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ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION; CASE
SCHEDULING ORDER

Defendant.
No. 13-cv-5801-JST

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At the April 23, 2014 case management conference, the Court consolidated these cases for

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all purposes other than trial. ECF No. 34. Therefore, solely for administrative purposes, the Clerk

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is directed to ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE Case No. 13-cv-5801. All future filings should be

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submitted in the lead case, No. 13-cv-4863. If the Court later determines that the cases should not

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be consolidated for trial, the Court will consider re-opening case number 13-cv-5801.
As stated at the case management conference, the Court set the schedule the parties

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proposed in their April 16 case management statement. The Court hereby issues the following

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scheduling order to confirm those dates:

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Event

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Deadline

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Designation of experts

January 5, 2015

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Designation of Rebuttal Experts

February 9, 2015

Close of Fact and Expert Discovery

March 9, 2015

Deadline to File Dispositive Motions

April 20, 2015

Pretrial conference statement due

July 3, 2015

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July 13, 2015

Pretrial Conference

at 2:00 p.m.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Trial

September 22, 2015
at 8:30 a.m.

Estimate of trial length (in days)

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Counsel may not modify these dates without leave of court. The parties shall comply with
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the Court’s standing orders, which are available at cand.uscourts.gov/jstorders.

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The parties must take all necessary steps to conduct discovery, compel discovery, hire
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counsel, retain experts, and manage their calendars so that they can complete discovery in a timely
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manner and appear at trial on the noticed and scheduled dates. All counsel must arrange their
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calendars to accommodate these dates, or arrange to substitute or associate in counsel who can.
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Trial dates set by this Court should be regarded as firm. Requests for continuance are
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disfavored. The Court will not consider any event subsequently scheduled by a party, party21
controlled witness, expert or attorney that conflicts with the above trial date as good cause to grant
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a continuance. The Court will not consider the pendency of settlement discussions as good cause
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to grant a continuance.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: August 22, 2014
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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