Melton v. Great West Casualty Company et al

Filing 46

ORDER DIRECTING Defendants to file a response to Plaintiff's arguments concerning collateral estoppel within 20 days from the date of this Order re 6 MOTION to Remand and Attorney Fees and Incorporated Brief filed by James R. Melton. Signed by Judge William T. Moore, Jr on 6/22/17. (loh)

IN THE tJNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION

JAMES R. MELTON, as surviving
spouse of Wendy Riner Melton,
deceased.
Plaintiff,
CASE NO. CV416-275

V.

GREAT WEST CASUALTY COMPANY;
GEORGIA FREIGHTWAYS

CORPORATION; CMA-CGM

(AMERICA), LLC; SOUTH
ATLANTIC CONSOLIDATED CHASSIS

POOL LLC; CONSOLIDATED
CHASSIS MANAGEMENT LLC;

INTERPOOL, INC., d/b/a Trac
Intermodal; DIRECT

CHASSISLINK, INC.; and DAVID
J. GIBBONS;
Defendants.

ORDER

This

accident

case

is

that

1

of

occurred

6

based

along

on

a

horrible

Interstate-16

vehicle

at

the

interchange with Interstate-95 caused by a tractor trailer

colliding with stopped traffic.^ (Doc. 6 at 2.) The tractor

^ As a member of this Court's bar, counsel for Plaintiff
should

even

be

an

aware

of

absence

this

of

district's

familiarity

local

should

rules.

not

However,

excuse

a

practicing attorney's failure to include simple pagination
in his pleadings. See S.D. Ga. L.R. 10.1 ("All pleadings,
notices, orders, and other papers in all cases shall, when
offered for filing, . . . be double-spaced, be numbered on
each
page,
and
contain
an
appropriate
appearance
as
provided in LR 83.6. Page numbering shall begin on the