F.A. GOSSETT, Magistrate Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Defendant's Motion for Continuance; Request for Leave to File Opposition Expert Reports/Designations and Daubert Motions; Request for Hearing; Motion in Limine; and Clarification of Pre-Trial Order Setting Length of Trial (
Trial is scheduled to begin in this case on September 17, 2013. Defendant requests that the Court continue the trial of this matter and give Defendant additional time to conduct discovery and file motions pertaining to expert witnesses. Alternatively, Defendant asks that the Court exclude the testimony of two of Plaintiffs' expert witnesses.
In support of its motion, Defendant argues that Plaintiffs' expert, Dr. Joan Meyer, issued a supplemental expert report on July 2, 2013, which substantially and materially alters her previous report served on April 30, 2012. Defendant maintains that it should be given more time to depose Dr. Meyer, submit reports refuting her updated findings and file a Daubert motion seeking to exclude her testimony.
Similarly, Defendant maintains that Plaintiffs' expert Mark Klingenstein's Supplemental Declaration is inadmissible. Klingenstein's Declaration (
Moreover, Defendant contends that each experts' supplemental report is untimely. Dr. Meyer's initial report was served on April 30, 2012, and her supplemental report was served on July 2, 2013. Klingenstein's report was served on April 30, 2012, and his Supplemental Declaration was submitted on March 19, 2013. Defendant argues that the deadline for supplementation of expert reports was April 21, 2013, or thirty-days before the original trial setting of May 21, 2013.
Having considered the totality of the circumstances and the arguments advanced by the parties, the Court will deny Defendant's motion. Dr. Meyer's supplemental report was provided to Defendant in early July of this year. At the time the supplement was served, Plaintiffs' counsel provided defense counsel dates and times that Dr. Meyer would be available for deposition. (
The issues Defendant raises with Klingenstein's Declaration have previously been addressed by the Court, and will not be rehashed at this time. In her Memorandum and Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp stated: "The matters Klingenstein addressed in his Supplemental Declaration are made in response to the allegations and issues [Defendant] raised for the first time in its brief opposing the Summary Judgment Motion, and nothing causes the Court to believe [Defendant] has suffered from surprise or prejudice because of Klingenstein's Supplemental Declaration. Therefore, [Defendant's] objection to Klingenstein's Supplemental Declaration will be overruled . . ." (
Accordingly,