Hall, Katherine v. Boston Scientific Corp.

Filing 92

ORDER denying 46 Motion to Set Reasonable Limit on Length of Trial by Defendant Boston Scientific Corp. Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 9/10/2015. (arw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - KATHERINE HALL,
ORDER
Plaintiff,
15-cv-338-bbc
v.
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION,
Defendant.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This personal injury suit is scheduled for trial on October 13, 2015. Before the court
is defendant Boston Scientific Corporation’s motion to limit the trial to four days, divided
evenly between the parties. Dkt. #46. Plaintiff Katherine Hall opposes the motion, arguing
that the parties agreed to a trial of five to eight days at the preliminary pretrial conference
held on July 9, 2015, and that defendant has not offered any reason for the change in its
position.
Although I agree that a reasonable limit on the length of trial is important for many
of the reasons cited by defendant in its brief, eight days is not necessarily unreasonable for
a trial of this type. Because defendant has not provided a good reason for changing the
previously set schedule, I decline to do so. I encourage the parties to reach an agreement
with respect to how to divide the trial between them. If they cannot do so, I will resolve the
issue at the final pretrial conference on October 1, 2015.

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ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that defendant Boston Scientific Corporation’s motion to limit the
length of trial to four days, dkt. #46, is DENIED.
Entered this 10th day of September, 2015.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
__________________________________
BARBARA B. CRABB
District Judge

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