Filed: Apr. 03, 2014
Latest Update: Apr. 03, 2014
Summary: ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER (Doc. 41) JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge. WHEREAS, Plaintiff Diana McMillen and Defendants Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Americo Life, Inc., Great Southern Life Insurance Company ("the Parties") are scheduled to participate in a Settlement Conference on June 5, 2014; WHEREAS, trial is not scheduled to begin until January 13, 2015, and therefore the Parties believe it is possible to continue certain of the
Summary: ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER (Doc. 41) JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge. WHEREAS, Plaintiff Diana McMillen and Defendants Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Americo Life, Inc., Great Southern Life Insurance Company ("the Parties") are scheduled to participate in a Settlement Conference on June 5, 2014; WHEREAS, trial is not scheduled to begin until January 13, 2015, and therefore the Parties believe it is possible to continue certain of the ..
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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER (Doc. 41)
JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge.
WHEREAS, Plaintiff Diana McMillen and Defendants Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Americo Life, Inc., Great Southern Life Insurance Company ("the Parties") are scheduled to participate in a Settlement Conference on June 5, 2014;
WHEREAS, trial is not scheduled to begin until January 13, 2015, and therefore the Parties believe it is possible to continue certain of the dates regarding experts without affecting the trial date;
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to avoid the unnecessary expenditure of time and money in expert disclosures and discovery which could become unnecessary based on the foregoing events and which may make the matter more difficult to resolve at the upcoming Settlement Conference;
THEREFORE, with the approval of the Court, the Parties have agreed to extend the deadlines relating to expert discovery by 74 days as follows:
1. The Parties agree to extend the deadline to disclose expert witnesses from April 14, 2014 to June 27, 2014.
2. The Parties agree to extend the deadline to disclose rebuttal witnesses from May 12, 2014 to July 25, 2014.
3. The Parties agree to extend the deadline for expert discovery from June 12, 2014 to August 25, 2014.
The Parties submit that, based upon the foregoing, there is good cause to continue the date for expert disclosure and discovery as set forth above.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
ORDER
Before the Court is the stipulation of the parties to extend the expert discovery period by 74 days in order to avoid expending resources prior to the settlement conference, currently set on June 5, 2014. (Doc. 41) In light of the fact that dispositive motions has already been filed and decided, the Court will GRANT the stipulation. However, due to a calendar conflict, the settlement conference will be advanced. Thus, the Court ORDERS:
1. The settlement conference, currently set on June 5, 2014, is ADVANCED to June 4, 2014 at 9:301;
2. The stipulation of the parties (Doc. 41) is GRANTED and the scheduling order is amended as follows:
a. The parties SHALL disclose their expert witnesses no later than June 27, 2014;
b. The parties SHALL disclose their rebuttal expert witnesses no later than July 25, 2014;
c. All expert discovery SHALL be completed no later than August 25, 2014;
d. Nondispositive motions SHALL be filed no later than August 29, 2014 and heard no later than September 26, 2014.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
