Higgins v. Bayada Home Health Care, Inc.

Filing 149

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry)- IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: Defendants motion to stay discovery and for leave to file a motion for summary judgment, Doc. 137, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. Specifically, Defendants request to file a motion for summary judgment is GRANTED, but the request to stay discovery is DENIED. Defendants motion for a protective order, Doc. 141, is DENIED. See order for further details. Signed by Honorable Jennifer P. Wilson on 5/15/2020. (ve)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
STEPHANIE HIGGINS, MEGHAN
TANEYHILL, SHIELA LEVESQUE,
MARGARET MAGEE, SHERRI
KRAMER, SHELLY NEAL, and
YVETTE MARSHALL, for themselves
and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
BAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE,
INC.,
Defendant.

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Civil No. 3:16-CV-02382

Judge Jennifer P. Wilson

ORDER
AND NOW, on this 15th day of May, 2020, in accordance with the
accompanying memorandum of law, IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1) Defendant’s motion to stay discovery and for leave to file a motion for
summary judgment, Doc. 137, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED
IN PART. Specifically, Defendant’s request to file a motion for
summary judgment is GRANTED, but the request to stay discovery is
DENIED.
2) Defendant’s motion for a protective order, Doc. 141, is DENIED.
3) Defendant is permitted to file an early motion for summary judgment by
no later than September 25, 2020.

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4) Defendant shall cooperate with Plaintiffs to produce the following
evidence as detailed in Plaintiffs’ brief in opposition to the motion to stay
discovery, Doc. 145, p. 5:
a. Supplementation of Bayada’s document production with regard to
how the compensation policies and practices challenged in this
litigation are conveyed and/or applied in the six states with class
claims.
b. Updated data on the number of potential class members in each
putative state-law class asserted.
c. Production of employment documents for the six newly-added
named Plaintiffs.
5) Plaintiffs are permitted to proceed with the six fact depositions
previously noticed; but Plaintiffs must seek leave of the court to take any
additional depositions prior to the early summary judgment motion
deadline by showing good cause, unless the parties can otherwise agree.
6) The limited discovery detailed in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this order shall be
completed by August 28, 2020.

s/Jennifer P. Wilson
JENNIFER P. WILSON
United States District Court Judge
Middle District of Pennsylvania
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