Allison et al v. Conair Corporation

Filing 13

ORDER granting 9 Motion to Consolidate Cases. Signed by Jane M Virden on 01/10/2014. (lec)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
OXFORD DIVISION
MARY L. RINEHART

PLAINTIFF

v.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:13-cv-237-NBB-JMV

CONAIR CORPORATION

DEFENDANT
And

MARY L. ALLISON and STACY A. LITWA
v.

PLAINTIFFS
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:13-cv-238-NBB-SAA

CONAIR CORPORATION

DEFENDANT
ORDER

Before the court is a joint motion to consolidate for discovery purposes [8] filed by the
plaintiff in Rinehart v. Conair Corporation., 3:13-cv-237-NBB-JMV. Specifically, the plaintiff
seeks an order consolidating Rinehart with Allison, et al. v. Conair Corporation, 3:13-cv-238NBB-SAA, on the grounds that these cases involve the same defendant who is represented by the
same attorney; the plaintiffs in these separate cases are represented by the same attorney; and
both actions arise from the same incident and likely involve some common questions of law and
fact. The court concludes the motion is well taken, and the cases will be consolidated for
discovery and scheduling purposes. They will remain separate for dispositive motion and trial
purposes. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED:
1. That the plaintiff’s joint motion to consolidate for discovery purposes is hereby
GRANTED;

2. That the above styled cases are consolidated for discovery and scheduling purposes
only;
3. That the above styled cases are to remain separate for trial and dispositive motion
purposes;
4. That there will be a joint case management conference held on January 16, 2014, and
the parties will be required to provide draft case management orders for each case
reflecting mirror deadlines as to all matters other than the final pre-trial conference and
trial dates, which shall be set separately by the court; and
5. Rhinehart will be the lead case for purposes of filing discovery and other nondispositive motions and notices.
SO ORDERED, this 10th day of January, 2014.
/s/ Jane M. Virden
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE