Smith et al v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company

Filing 165

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Stephan M. Vidmar SETTING Agenda for Pretrial Conference. (am)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
MELVIN SMITH and STAN FOWLER,
Plaintiffs,1
v.

No. 15-cv-1153 SMV/GBW

AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
ORDER SETTING AGENDA FOR PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
THIS MATTER is before the Court in anticipation of the Pretrial Conference set for
February 7, 2018. The following agenda is set:
1. Objections to the exhibit lists
2. Objections to the witness lists
3. Objections to the deposition designations
4. Daily trial scheduling and management (e.g., start times, end times, break times,
courtroom technology, etc.)
5. Defendant’s pending request to exclude any “theories of liability not pleaded in
Plaintiff’s Complaint and outside the Scope of Phase 1.” [Docs. 146, 139].
6. Parties’ Proposed Pretrial Order [Doc. 144]
a. Plaintiff contests personal jurisdiction (p. 2)
b. “Plaintiff seeks discovery as to Motion for Remand and supplementation of
treating doctors.” (p. 15)
c. Exceptions section (p. 25–26)
IT IS SO ORDERED.
_____________________________
STEPHAN M. VIDMAR
United States Magistrate Judge
Presiding by Consent
1

Judgment was entered in favor of Plaintiff Stan Fowler on November 2, 2016, after he accepted Defendant’s offer
of judgment. [Doc. 84]. Melvin Smith is the sole remaining Plaintiff in this case.