Ehlers v. Pfizer Inc

Filing 13

ORDER granting 5 MOTION filed by Carla Ehlers and Setting Coordinated Final Pretrial and Trial Dates herein: As explained in the attached Order, the Court GRANTS the joint motion to coordinate actions for pretrial proceedings, CONFIRMS the Track C designation of this case, and SETS a Final Pretrial Conference and Firm Trial Date for this case. Magistrate Judge Wilkerson will enter a coordinated Scheduling and Discovery Order for this case plus Hines and Conner. See Order for details. Signed by Judge Michael J. Reagan on 10/9/13. (soh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
CARLA EHLERS,
Plaintiff,
vs.
PFIZER, INC.,
Defendant.

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Case No. 13-cv-0468-MJR-DGW

ORDER REGARDING COORDINATED
FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATES
REAGAN, District Judge:
By Order entered October 7, 2013, the Court granted a motion to coordinate -- for
purposes of discovery and pretrial proceedings – the above-captioned case and two
closely related lawsuits, Hines v. Pfizer, Case No. 13-cv-0404-MJR-DGW, and Conner v.
Pfizer, Case No. 13-cv-0635-JPG-DGW. By Orders entered October 8, 2013, Ehlers and
Conner were reassigned to the undersigned District Judge and Magistrate Judge
Wilkerson. (The three cases have not been consolidated into a single action. Filings will
continue to be made in individual lawsuits, with the appropriate caption and party
names.)
For the reasons thoroughly articulated in the Court’s October 7, 2013 Order in
Hines, and subject to the limitations set forth therein, the Court GRANTS the joint
motion to coordinate actions (Doc. 5) pending herein.

All three cases have been

designated as Track C cases. Judge Wilkerson will enter an appropriate Scheduling
Discovery Order (with discovery and dispositive motion deadlines) in these three cases,
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using the firm trial date already assigned to Hines and now given to Conner and Ehlers,
as well.
Jury Trial = Monday, October 27, 2014, 9:00 am (all 3 cases); and
Final Pretrial Conference =

Friday, October 17, 2014, 9:30 am (Hines)
Friday, October 17, 2014, 10:15 am (Ehlers)
Friday, October 17, 2014, 11:00 am (Conner). 1

IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED:

October 9, 2013.
s/ Michael J. Reagan
Michael J. Reagan
United States District Judge

Questions about these dates may be directed to Judge
Reagan’s law clerk, Sheila, at 618-482-9229.
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