Filed: Feb. 16, 2018
Latest Update: Feb. 16, 2018
Summary: ORDER MICHAEL D. NELSON , Magistrate Judge . This matter is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion to Extend Time to Serve Plaintiff's Expert Report (Filing No. 18). The parties request an extension of the deadlines related to expert witnesses. Upon review of the motion, and for good cause shown, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Extend Time to Serve Plaintiff's Expert Report (Filing No. 18) is granted, and the following deadlines related to experts as set forth in the earlier
Summary: ORDER MICHAEL D. NELSON , Magistrate Judge . This matter is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion to Extend Time to Serve Plaintiff's Expert Report (Filing No. 18). The parties request an extension of the deadlines related to expert witnesses. Upon review of the motion, and for good cause shown, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Extend Time to Serve Plaintiff's Expert Report (Filing No. 18) is granted, and the following deadlines related to experts as set forth in the earlier ..
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ORDER
MICHAEL D. NELSON, Magistrate Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion to Extend Time to Serve Plaintiff's Expert Report (Filing No. 18). The parties request an extension of the deadlines related to expert witnesses. Upon review of the motion, and for good cause shown,
IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Extend Time to Serve Plaintiff's Expert Report (Filing No. 18) is granted, and the following deadlines related to experts as set forth in the earlier Final Progression Order (Filing No. 17) are extended:
1. Disclosure of Expert Witnesses.1
Each plaintiff, counter-claimant, and crossclaimant shall identify expert witnesses and shall serve expert reports by March 16, 2018. Each defendant, counter-defendant, and cross-defendant shall identify expert witnesses and shall serve expert reports by April 16, 2018. If necessary to refute the disclosed opinions of an expert witness of an opponent, a plaintiff, counter-claimant, or cross-claimant may disclose additional expert witnesses not later than April 30, 2018, provided that the disclosing party then provides all of the information described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) and makes the expert witness available for deposition prior to the date set for completion of depositions. Supplementation of these disclosures, if originally made prior to these deadlines, shall be made on these deadlines as to any information for which supplementation is addressed in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e). The testimony of the expert at trial shall be limited to the information disclosed in accordance with this paragraph.
2. Expert Deposition Deadline.
All depositions related to expert witnesses shall be completed by May 30, 2018.
3. Motions in limine challenging the admissibility of expert testimony at trial under Fed. R. Evid. 702, see Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999), and Daubert v. Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993), shall be filed by June 15, 2018, and accompanied by a request for a hearing if necessary. Failure to timely move for a hearing may constitute waiver of the request for a hearing.
