Free Proposed Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
ESTATE OF THELMA J. MARR * C.A. No.: 05—243—SLR
and ELLIS D. MARR, as *
adminitrator of the Estate *
of Thelma J. Marr and *
individually, *
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Plaintiffs, *
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STONEBRIDGE LIFE INSURANCE * ORDER
COMPANY, a foreign *
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Defendant. *
At Wilmington this day of , 200__, the
parties having satisfied their obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P.
26(f), and the court having conducted a pretrial scheduling
conference pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and D. Del. LR l6.2(a)
and (b).
IT IS ORDERED that:
l. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The parties [have exchanged]
{will exchange by July 15, 2005] the information required by Fed.
R. clv. P. 26(a)(1) and D. Del. LR 16.2.
2. Discovery.
(a) Discovery will be needed on the following
subjects: the insurance policy and the underlying accident.
(b) All discovery shall be commenced in time to be
completed by January l, 2006 .
(c) Maximum of l0 interrogatories by each party to
any other party.
(d) Maximum of 10 requests for admission by each
party to any other party.

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(e) Maximum of _§_ depositions by Plaintiff and _§_ by
Defendant.
(f) Each deposition limited to a maximum of _g_ hours
unless extended by agreement of the parties.
(g) Reports from retained experts under Rule 26(a)(2)
on issues fore which any party has the burden of proof due by
November 1, 2005. Rebuttal expert reports due by February 1, 2006.
(h) Discovery Dispute. Any discovery dispute shall be
submitted to the court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. During the
course of discovery, each party is limited to two (2) Rule 37
motions. The court shall make itself available, however, to
resolve through a telephone conference, disputes that arise during
the course of a deposition and disputes related to entry of a
prospective order.
3. Joinder of other Parties, Amendment of Pleadings, and
Class Certification. All motions to join other parties, amend the
pleadings and certify a class action shall be filed on or before
August 1, 2005.
4. Settlement Conference. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636, this
matter is referred to Magistrate Judge Thynge for the purpose of
exploring ADR.
5. Sum ary Judgment Motions. All summary judgment motions
shall be served and filed with an opening brief on or before
March 1, 2006. Briefing shall be pursuant to D. Del. LR 7.1.2.
No summary judgment motion may be filed more than ten (910) days
from the above date without leave of the court.
6. Applications by Motion. Any application to the court

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shall be by written motion filed with the clerk. Unless otherwise
requested by the court, counsel shall not deliver copies of papers
or correspondence to chambers. Any non-dispositive motion shall
contain the statement required by D. Del. LR 7.1.1.
7. Motions in Limine. All motions in limine shall be filed
on or before [two weeks before pretrial conference]. All
responses to said motions shall be filed on or before {one week
before pretrial conference].
8. Pretrial Conference. A pretrial conference will be held
on at , __.m. in courtroom 6B, sixth floor
Federal Building, 844 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware. The
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and D. Del. LR 16.4 shall govern
the pretrial conference.
9. Trial. This matter is scheduled for a [day/week]
bench/jury trial commencing on ____ __ ______ __ ____ M _____ in
courtroom 6B, sixth floor Federal Building, 844 King Street,
Wilmington, Delaware. For purposes of completing pretrial
preparations, the parties should plan on being allocated a total
number of hours in which to present their respective cases.