Agency One Insurance, Inc. et al v. Westport Insurance Corp.

Filing 85

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER that on or before August 15, 2014, Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company shall file any motion to substitute itself for the currently named plaintiffs as the real party in interest for this lawsuit. The summary jud gment filing deadline is September 15, 2014. The deadline for completing discovery is November 3, 2014. The Pretrial Conference is set for November 25, 2014 at 2:00 PM by WebEx before Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. The Jury Trial set for December 8, 2014 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom 1, Robert V. Denney Federal Building, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE before Senior Judge Richard G. Kopf. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (JSF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
AGENCY ONE INSURANCE, INC.,
PAMELA A SIROKY,
8:13CV78
Plaintiffs,
vs.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WESTPORT INSURANCE CORP.,
Defendant.
After conferring with the parties,
IT IS ORDERED:
1)

On or before August 15, 2014, Metropolitan Property and Casualty
Insurance Company shall file any motion to substitute itself for the
currently named plaintiffs as the real party in interest for this lawsuit. The
plaintiffs shall file a copy of the written assignment of Plaintiffs’ abovecaptioned case to Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company,
either as a separate filing on this court’s docket, or as an attachment to its
motion to substitute.

2)

The summary judgment filing deadline is September 15, 2014.

3)

Although the discovery deadline has otherwise passed, the parties may
engage in additional discovery limited to exploring the terms and
underlying basis of the settlement reached between Agency One Insurance,
Inc. and Pamela A Siroky, the above-named plaintiffs, and Metropolitan
Property and Casualty Insurance Company in a companion Iowa federal
case. (Filing No. 67-1). The deadline for completing this discovery is
November 3, 2014.

4)

The Pretrial Conference is scheduled to be held before the undersigned
magistrate judge on November 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., and will be
conducted by WebEx Conferencing. An email will be sent to counsel of
record with the instructions and codes for participating in the pretrial
conference by WebEx. The parties’ proposed Pretrial Conference Order
and Exhibit List(s) must be emailed to [e-mail], in either
Word Perfect or Word format, by 5:00 p.m. on November 24, 2014.

5)

The jury trial of this case is set to commence before Richard G. Kopf,
Senior United States District Judge, in Courtroom 1, United States
Courthouse, Lincoln, Nebraska, at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 08,
2014, or as soon thereafter as the case may be called, for a duration of five
(5) trial days. This case is subject to the prior trial of criminal cases and
such other civil cases as may be scheduled for trial before this one. Jury
selection will be held at the commencement of trial.

August 5, 2014
BY THE COURT:
s/ Cheryl R. Zwart
United States Magistrate Judge

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