King County v Travelers Indemnity Company et al

Filing 775

ORDER Directing Parties to Meet and Confer and Submit an Updated Joint Status Report due by 5/10/2019. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (TH)

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Honorable Barbara J. Rothstein

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KING COUNTY, a Washington
municipal corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.

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ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO
MEET AND CONFER AND
SUBMIT AN UPDATED JOINT
STATUS REPORT

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY
COMPANY; et al.,

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Case No. 2:14-cv-01957 BJR

Defendants.

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On August 9, 2018, the Court entered the Order Granting … Joint Stipulated

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Motion to Modify Case Schedule (Dkt. No. 698). Among other things, that Order set

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deadlines for the three proposed “phases” for the filing of dispositive motions; directed

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the parties to schedule mediation within 60 days of the date of the Order; and modified

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and scheduled the remaining discovery, pretrial, and trial dates.

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King County filed two motions for summary judgment by the deadline of the

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first phase for dispositive motions. However, no dispositive motions were filed before

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the second phase deadline, March 1, 2019. Furthermore, the Court has also entered

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several orders granting parties’ motions to approve settlements, but the parties have not

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advised the Court of the status of the mediation that presumably took place last fall.

ORDER RE: UPDATED JOINT STATUS REPORT
Case No. 2:14-cv-01957

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Therefore, the Court hereby directs the parties to meet and confer, and provide

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the Court with a Joint Status Report containing, at a minimum, the following

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information:

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1. Whether any dispositive motions remain to be filed in this case; and if so,
how many and by what party/parties;

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2. Which parties remain in this matter;

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3. What the status is of mediation, and whether and what involvement by the

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Court would be helpful in furthering the prospect of additional settlements;

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4. A brief outline of the issues that the parties believe remain in this case;

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5. Whether, given resolution of some of the claims since this case was first

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filed, the parties still believe that a jury trial, scheduled to begin November

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25, 2019, will take 20 days.

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The parties are free to include in the Joint Status Report any additional

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information or requests they believe would be useful for pretrial and trial purposes.

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This Joint Status Report shall be filed no later than May 10, 2019.

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Dated this 2nd day of May, 2019.
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Barbara Jacobs Rothstein
U.S. District Court Judge

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ORDER RE: UPDATED JOINT STATUS REPORT
Case No. 2:14-cv-01957

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