STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DATE FOR FILING JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER (THIRD REQUEST)

PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the order of this court (Doc. #60), the parties were to file a Joint Pretrial Order on or before July 13, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Donna Linardo treated with surgeon Randall Yee, D.O. on May 22, 2018 and Dr. Yee scheduled Plaintiff for knee surgery on July 2, 2018;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff claims that her need for knee surgery was caused by her fall at Wal-Mart which Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. disputes;

WHEREAS, the parties wish to schedule a mediation after Plaintiff's July 2, 2018 knee surgery;

WHEREAS, the knee surgery, any rehabilitation and their outcome will affect anticipated mediation;

WHEREAS, as a result of the anticipated knee surgery, Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Plaintiff Donna Linardo are in the process of scheduling a mediation date with Greg Hafen, Esq. or another suitable mediator for July 2018 or August 2018;

WHEREAS, the parties will utilize the medical documentation from the Plaintiff's July 2, 2018 knee surgery in preparation of the Joint Pretrial Order in the even mediation is unsuccessful;

IT IS HERBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Betsy C. Jefferies, Esq. of the law firm of PHILLIPS, SPALLAS & ANGSTADT LLC, Attorneys for Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Douglas M. Cohen, Esq. of WOLF, RIFKIN, SHAPIRO, SCHULMAN & RABKIN, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff Donna Linardo, as follows:

That the deadline for filing the Joint Pretrial Order be extended to August 30, 2018.

IT IS SO ORDERED.