Lynne Coates v. Farmers Group, Inc. et al

Filing 120

ORDER Continuing Case Management Conference. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 3/15/2016. (lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/15/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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LYNNE COATES, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 15-CV-01913-LHK
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MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

v.
FARMERS GROUP, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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The case management conference set for March 16, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. is hereby

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CONTINUED to June 8, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case management

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statement by June 1, 2016.

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On March 9, 2016, the parties filed a joint case management statement with a proposed

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case schedule. ECF No. 117. The parties proposed a fact discovery cut-off of October 14, 2016

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and anticipated the case being ready for trial by April 24, 2017. Id. at 12.

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On March 14, 2016, the Court proposed a case schedule and invited the parties to file any

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objections to the proposal. ECF No. 118. The Court’s proposed schedule adopted the parties’

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proposed fact discovery cut-off of October 14, 2016, but proposed a trial date of July 10, 2017 to

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provide sufficient time for the parties to brief dispositive motions, the Court to rule on dispositive

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motions, and the parties to comply with the Court’s pretrial conference filing deadlines. The

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Court also proposed April 20, 2017 as the hearing date for dispositive motions.

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On March 15, 2016, Defendants Farmers Group, Inc., Farmers Insurance Exchange, and

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Farmers Insurance Company, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) filed objections to the proposed

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schedule. ECF No. 119. Defendants asked the Court to extend the fact discovery deadline from

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October 14, 2016 to December 15, 2016. Defendants also extended the trial expert discovery

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dates and the dispositive motion briefing schedule. Plaintiffs Lynne Coates, Serena Neves, Karen

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Wasson, Keever Rhodes, and Celeste Stokes did not file any objections to the proposed case

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schedule.

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The Court adopts Defendants’ proposed fact and expert discovery extensions. However,

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the briefing schedule for dispositive motions remains as proposed by the Court. Accordingly, the

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Court adopts the following case schedule:

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Scheduled Event

Date

Opening Expert Reports

June 2, 2016

Further Case Management Conference

June 8, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.

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Rebuttal Expert Reports

June 30, 2016

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Close of Expert Discovery

July 21, 2016

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Briefing Schedule on Motions for Class
Certification and/or Decertification

Motion: July 21, 2016
Opposition: August 18, 2016
Reply: September 8, 2016

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification

September 29, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

Close of Fact Discovery

December 15, 2016

Opening Trial Expert Reports

January 9, 2017

Rebuttal Trial Expert Reports

January 24, 2017

Close of Trial Expert Discovery

January 27, 2017

Briefing Schedule on Dispositive Motions

Motion: February 23, 2017
Opposition: March 16, 2017
Reply: March 30, 2017

Briefing Schedule on Daubert Motions

Motion: March 9, 2017
Opposition: March 23, 2017

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Hearing on Dispositive and Daubert
Motions

April 20, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

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Final Pretrial Conference

June 29, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

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Jury Trial

July 10, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.

Length of Trial

9 days

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: March 15, 2016
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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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