Yang et al v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al

Filing 25

ORDER ON SCHEDULE; SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Case Management Statement due by 1/6/2017. Damages Fact Discovery due by 5/5/2017. Further Case Management Conference set for Friday, 1/13/2017 10:00 AM in Courtroom 1, 4th Floor, Oakland. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 9/16/16. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/16/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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IN RE:

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AIR CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA, ON JULY 6, 2013

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON SCHEDULE;
SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
CASE NO.: 13-MDL-02497 YGR

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MDL No.: 2497
[PROPOSED] ORDER ON SCHEDULE;
SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
THIS ORDER RELATES TO:
Yang, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 14-cv-02038 YGR
Zhang, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 15-cv-02591 YGR
Zhang, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 15-cv-02594 YGR
Xia, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 15-cv-02602 YGR
Zhang, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 15-cv-02617 YGR
Wen, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc.et al.
Case No. 15-cv-02631 YGR
Zhang, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 15-cv-02633 YGR
Lu, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 15-cv-02678 YGR
Han, et al. v. The Boeing Company.
Case No. 15-cv-03586 YGR
Hyun, et al. v. The Boeing Company.
Case No. 15-cv-03507 YGR
Hyun, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al.
Case No. 15-cv-03511 YGR
Knaus, et al. v. The Boeing Company.
Case No. 15-cv-03916 YGR

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Li, et al. v. The Boeing Company
Case No. 15-cv-03989 YGR
Qian, et al. v. The Boeing Company
Case No. 15-cv-03990 YGR
Ku, et al. v. The Boeing Company
Case No. 15-cv-03991 YGR

The Court, having received and reviewed the parties’ Joint Case Management Conference

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Statement (Dkt. No. 679), and having conducted a further Case Management Conference on

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September 12, 2016, and having considered the parties’ request that direct settlement

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negotiations be allowed to continue in the related cases referenced above, that a cut-off date for

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damages fact discovery only be set and that no other damages or liability deadlines or trial dates

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be set at this time, and good cause appearing, the Court APPROVES the parties’ proposed

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schedule and hereby ORDERS:

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CUT-OFF FOR DAMAGES FACT DISCOVERY:

May 5, 2017

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The next case management conference is set for January 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in

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Courtroom 1, United States Courthouse, Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street,

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Oakland, California. The parties shall file a joint case management conference statement by no

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later than January 6, 2017, reporting on the status of settlement negotiations and all cases that

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remain on the Court’s docket at that time.

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The Court hereby relieves Frank Pitre of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP of all

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responsibilities associated with the task of Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel and hereby APPROVES

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the appointment of Brian Alexander of Kreindler & Kreindler as the Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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September 16
Dated: _________________, 2016

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
United States District Court Judge

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SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
CASE NO.: 13-MDL-02497 YGR

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