KARAHODZIC v. JBS CARRIERS INC., 12-cv-1040-DRH. (2016)
Court: District Court, S.D. Illinois
Number: infdco20160408o03
Visitors: 13
Filed: Apr. 07, 2016
Latest Update: Apr. 07, 2016
Summary: ORDER DAVID R. HERNDON , District Judge . Pending before the Court is defendants' motion to continue trial setting of May 9, 2016 (Doc. 143). Defendants indicate a need for additional time before trial due to recently discovered health concerns of defendants' retained expert, Dennis Wylie. The condition makes Wylie unavailable to attend and testify on the currently scheduled trial date. Plaintiffs oppose the continuance on various grounds (Doc. 144.) However, the Court will not entertain r
Summary: ORDER DAVID R. HERNDON , District Judge . Pending before the Court is defendants' motion to continue trial setting of May 9, 2016 (Doc. 143). Defendants indicate a need for additional time before trial due to recently discovered health concerns of defendants' retained expert, Dennis Wylie. The condition makes Wylie unavailable to attend and testify on the currently scheduled trial date. Plaintiffs oppose the continuance on various grounds (Doc. 144.) However, the Court will not entertain re..
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ORDER
DAVID R. HERNDON, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is defendants' motion to continue trial setting of May 9, 2016 (Doc. 143). Defendants indicate a need for additional time before trial due to recently discovered health concerns of defendants' retained expert, Dennis Wylie. The condition makes Wylie unavailable to attend and testify on the currently scheduled trial date. Plaintiffs oppose the continuance on various grounds (Doc. 144.) However, the Court will not entertain reargument on the merits of plaintiffs' motion seeking to exclude Wylie's testimony. Furthermore, defendant's characterization in this motion regarding what Wylie will testify to does not trump the Court's ruling on the matter.
The issue at hand is whether the defendants should be forced to forego a witness, whom they consider critical to their case, due to an unforeseen medical procedure completely out of their control and that of the witness. To do so would be fundamentally unfair, and the Court will not require the defendants to do without the expert at trial. Therefore, defendant's motion to continue trial setting of May 9, 2016 (Doc. 143) is GRANTED. The Court CONTINUES the jury trial scheduled for May 9, 2016, to Monday, August 29, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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