Taylor v. QCHC Management Services Company, Inc. et al

Filing 25

ORDER granting 24 Joint MOTION to Amend/Revise 23 Order on Motion to Amend/Correct 16 Scheduling Order filed by Susan Taylor. Signed by Magistrate Judge Susan K Lee on 11/22/2024. (DCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT CHATTANOOGA
SUSAN TAYLOR,
Plaintiff,
v.
QCHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES
COMPANY, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 1:23-cv-0249-KAC-SKL

ORDER
Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to amend the Scheduling Order and extend
certain deadlines [Doc. 24]. The current Scheduling Order was previously amended when the
Court granted Plaintiff’s unopposed motion extending the deadlines for the parties’ expert
disclosures [Doc. 23]. For cause, the parties state extensions of certain deadlines will limit
additional expenses prior to the mediation set December 10, 2024, discovery is “voluminous,” and
additional time is required for preparation of an expert’s report [Doc. 24 at Page ID # 108]. The
parties do not seek an extension of the dispositive motions deadline and do not seek to continue
the trial date of this matter.
A scheduling order “may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s
consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). For good cause shown and by agreement, the parties’ joint
motion [Doc. 24] is GRANTED and the following paragraphs of the amended Scheduling Order
[Doc. 16 and Doc. 23] are hereby AMENDED 1 as follows:

All other deadlines and requirements of the amended Scheduling Order remain in place. Although
the parties did not address a deadline for disclosure of rebuttal experts in their motion, a deadline
for same is contained in the original Scheduling Order, so a revised deadline for disclosure of
rebuttal experts is included in this amendment.
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Disclosure and Discovery; Including Experts:

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(e)

Expert Testimony: Disclosure of any expert testimony in accordance with
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) and (C) shall be made by Plaintiff on or before
1/30/2025, and by Defendants on or before 2/28/2025. Parties shall disclose
rebuttal expert testimony no later than 3/07/2025. Parties shall supplement
these disclosures when required under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e).

(f)

All Discovery: All non-expert discovery and depositions shall be
completed by 3/01/2025. All expert-related discovery and depositions shall
be completed by 3/31/2025. All written discovery requests should be served
sufficiently in advance of the discovery deadline so that responses will be
due prior to the deadline.

Other Scheduling Matters and Motion Practice:

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(c)

Expert Witness and Daubert Motions: Objections to a proposed expert
witness’s qualifications or that witness’s competency to offer an expert
opinion, or any objection to a proposed expert’s testimony under Federal
Rules of Evidence 701 through 706 and Daubert, shall be filed by
4/15/2025. Responses shall be filed on or before 5/09/2025. Pursuant to
E.D. Tenn. L.R. 7.1(c), unless otherwise stated by the Court, reply briefs
are not necessary and are not required by the Court.

SO ORDERED.
ENTER:

Susan K. Lee

s/

SUSAN K. LEE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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