Digges et al v. Helmerich & Payne LLC et al

Filing 91

ORDER: Discovery Motions due by 11/1/2018. Plaintiff(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 11/15/2018. Defendant(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 1/4/2019. Dispositive Motions due by 4/1/2019. By Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. (BG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Steven Digges and Cheri Digges,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling
Co., Samson Resources Company, RM
Oil Field Services, LLC, and Swanson
Oilfield Services, Inc.,
Defendants.

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ORDER

Case No. 4:15-cv-051

The court convened a status conference with the parties by telephone on May 22, 2018.
Pursuant to its discussion with the parties, the court rescheduled the final pretrial conference for
October 8, 2019, and the jury trial for October 21, 2019. The court now amends its scheduling order
as follows:
1.

The parties shall have until November 1, 2018, to complete fact discovery and to file
discovery motions.

2.

The parties shall provide the names of expert witnesses and complete reports under
Rule 26(a)(2) as follows:
a.

Plaintiff shall provide the names of expert witnesses and complete reports by
November 15, 2018; and

b.

Defendants shall provide the names of expert witnesses and complete reports
by January 4, 2019.

(Treating physicians need not prepare reports, only qualifications, unless they will
express opinions not reflected in the medical records.) (Reports to be served on other
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parties, but not filed with the court.)
3.

The parties shall have until March 15, 2019, to complete discovery depositions of
expert witnesses.

4.

The parties shall have until April 1, 2019, to file other dispositive motions (summary
judgment as to all or part of the case).

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 23rd day of May, 2018.
/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr., Magistrate Judge
United States District Court

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