Park et al v. Welch Foods Inc.

Filing 61

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR BRIEFING AND HEARING ON MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION re 60 Signed by Judge Paul S. Grewal on May 4, 2015 (psglc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/4/2015)

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Plaintiffs Elizabeth Park and Carolyn Otto and Defendant Welch Foods, Inc., A Cooperative

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Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification was filed on January 12, 2015.

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The Opposition brief of Welch’s was originally due on February 23, 2015, but was

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extended to May 12 by prior stipulation of the parties, as approved by the Court.
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Despite the joint efforts of counsel, the parties have not been able to complete the out-of-

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state depositions of the expert witnesses in time for the transcripts to be available for the

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Opposition brief.

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Counsel have worked together to schedule the depositions of Plaintiffs’ three experts, Dr.
Capps, Dr. Caswell, Dr. Scarbrough, for the last week of May and first week of June.

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In the meantime, counsel have had some additional scheduling issues that have arisen,
including an upcoming arbitration and a period of active duty military service in June.

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Good cause exists to move the Opposition, Reply and Hearing dates, because both sides

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need a fair opportunity to complete the expert witness depositions and utilize the

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transcripts in the briefing.

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Subject to the approval of the Court, the briefing schedule will be extended as follows:

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Welch’s Opposition:

June 26, 2015

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Plaintiff’s Reply:

July 23, 2015

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Hearing:

August 18, 2015 (Tuesday, at 10:00 AM)

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Other dates in the Scheduling Order will be adjusted as necessary, by further order of the
Court.

DATED: May 1, 2015

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

By: //S//: Rick L. Shackelford
Rick L. Shackelford
Attorneys for Defendant,
WELCH FOODS, INC., A COOPERATIVE
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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION
CV-12-6449-PSG

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2 DATED: May 1, 2015
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PRATT & ASSOCIATES
By: //S//: Ben F. Pierce Gore
Ben F. Pierce Gore
Attorney for Plaintiffs,
ELIZABETH PARK and CAROLYN OTTO

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION
CV-12-6449-PSG