A.M. v. Valve Corporation

Filing 112

MINUTE ORDER directing Defendant Valve Corporation to provide the Court with complete copies of (1) Plaintiff's original discovery responses from January 2017, and (2) Plaintiff's supplemental discovery responses disclosed after the disp ositive motion deadline, no later than Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. ; The parties should be prepared to discuss the following issues at the Pretrial Conference this Friday, October 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m (see Order for details). Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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A. M.,

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Plaintiff,
C16-1166 TSZ
v.
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VALVE CORPORATION,

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Defendant.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
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(1)
Defendant Valve Corporation is DIRECTED to provide the Court with
complete copies of (1) Plaintiff’s original discovery responses from January 2017, and
(2) Plaintiff’s supplemental discovery responses disclosed after the dispositive motion
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deadline, no later than Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 12:00 p.m.
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(2)
The parties should be prepared to discuss the following issues at the Pretrial
Conference this Friday, October 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.: (1) Whether Plaintiff’s Sixth
and Seventh Causes of Action are equitable in nature and, if so, whether these claims
should be decided by the Court (see, e.g., Hodge v. Superior Court, 145 Cal. App. 4th
278, 284–85 (2006)); (2) Whether Plaintiff can succeed on her Sixth and Seventh Causes
of Action if the jury determines that she is an independent contractor (see, e.g.,
Beaumont-Jacques v. Farmers Grp., Inc., 217 Cal. App. 4th 1138, 1147–48 (2013)); and
(3) The Motions in Limine that the Court has deferred to the pretrial conference (see
Docket No. 111).
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record.

The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of

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Dated this 11th day of October, 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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