STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME FOR EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURE; LR IA 6-1; LR IA 6-2; LR II 26-4

WILLIAM G. COBB, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff JAIME MENDOZA HERNANDEZ and Defendant BONDARS LOGISTICS, LLC, by and through their undersigned attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree to extend only the deadline to disclose expert witnesses from March 7, 2019 to March 28, 2019; and the deadline to disclose rebuttal expert witnesses from April 8, 2019 to April 25, 2019, The parties agree that good cause does exist for extension of the above deadlines because (1) Plaintiff is seeking a second medical opinion regarding possible future medical treatment, and (2) Defendant is also further investigating the accident location and forklift involved in the accident on a date mutually agreeable to the parties. This realization that the requested extension is appropriate occurred when the parties' counsel conferred during the deposition of Plaintiff on February 21, 2019, and both parties' counsel subsequently spent the following week coordinating dates with experts, their respective calendars, and Plaintiff's former employer. This is the first request for extension of time since the Court's November 8, 2019 Case Management Conference, and the parties have been diligent in discovery that has included exchanging written discovery requests and deposing three witnesses, including Plaintiff. It is not anticipated that the new expert disclosure dates will otherwise impact the court's previously adopted scheduling order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.