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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT =========================================X LAURA GUIGLIANO, as Administrator of the Estate of MICHAEL GUIGLIANO, Deceased, and LAURA GUIGLIANO, Individually, Plaintiff(s) -againstDANBURY HOSPITAL, JAMES DEPUY, M.D., F. SCOTT GRAY, M.D., GEORGIANA KNOWLES, P.A., DEANNA WOLFFE, P.A., DAVID OELBERG, M.D., DAVID YUAN, M.D., J. BORRUSSO, M.D., JOSEPH J. CATANIA, M.D., SCOTT B. BERGER, M.D., DANBURY SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C., ARTHUR KOTCH, M.D., IULIA CIRCIUMARA, M.D., ANDREI KOUZNETSOV, M.D., MIHAELA TUDORICA, M.D., MAUREEN BENNETT, R.N., JOANN BROWN, R.N., BETH ANN HOFFMAN, R.N., VANESSA SAIPHER, JOE ROTH and "JANE DOE NO. 1" (full identity unknown, being identified as a DANBURY HOSPITAL employee who was assigned to monitor, supervise and attend to patient MICHAEL GUIGLIANO prior to and during a CT Scan procedure on 2/17/01), Defendants. =========================================X CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN STIPULATION & ORDER

(RNC)(DFM) 3:02 CV 718

The following "Case Management Plan Stipulation & Order" amends and modifies the sections entitled "Case Management Plan" (Section V) and "Trial Readiness" (Section VI) contained in the L. Civ. R. 38 (a) Report of Parties' Planning Meeting, dated July 31, 2002, and the "Case Management Plan Stipulation & Order", dated November 5, 2004, and previously filed with and approved by the Court in this action on November 9, 2004:

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(V)

CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN:

(D)

JOINDER OF PARTIES & AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS: (See,

Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint, dated March 9, 2005.) (E) DISCOVERY: (1) The parties anticipate that discovery will be needed on all aspects of the claims and defenses set forth above in Section III. (2) All discovery, including the depositions of expert witnesses pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (b) (4), will be commenced by acceptance of the Scheduling Order and completed by January 31, 2006. (3) (4) (5) Discovery will not be conducted in phases. N/A The parties anticipate that the plaintiff will require a total of four (4) depositions of fact witnesses. The depositions of fact witnesses will commence promptly after initial document production and be completed by September 1, 2005. (6) (7) N/A. The plaintiff intends to call 5 expert witnesses at trial. The

plaintiff has designated these trial experts and has provided opposing counsel with expert disclosure and expert reports,

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pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (a) (2). Depositions of any such experts will be completed by September 30, 2005. (8) At present, the defendants estimate that they will call a total of 10 expert witnesses at trial. The defendants will designate all trial experts and provide opposing counsel with expert disclosure and expert reports, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (a) (2) by November 30, 2005. Depositions of any such experts will be completed by January 31, 2006. (9) A damage analysis will be provided by any party who has a claim or counterclaim for damages by September 2, 2005. Plaintiff has already provided a damage analysis via the report of her expert economist. (F) DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS: Dispositive motions will be filed on

or before February 28, 2006. (G) JOINT TRIAL MEMORANDUM: The joint trial memorandum

required by the Standing Order on Trial Memoranda in Civil Cases will be filed by February 28, 2006.

(VI)

TRIAL READINESS:

The case will be ready for trial, as directed by the

Court, on April 1, 2006.

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As officers of the Court, the undersigned counsel agree to cooperate with each other and the Court to promote the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of this action.

Dated: May 2, 2005

Plaintiff:

By: ______________________________ JOSEPH LANNI (CT 23566) The Law Firm Of JOSEPH LANNI, P.C. 138 Chatsworth Avenue, Ste. 6 ­ 8 Larchmont, New York 10538 Tel: (914) 834-6600

By: _______________________________ SCOTT F. MORGAN (CT 23648) WEINER, MILLO & MORGAN, LLP 220 Fifth Avenue Seventh Floor New York, New York 10001 Tel.: (212) 213-1220

Defendants:

By: ______________________________ ERIC STOCKMAN (CT 14981) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH Attorneys for Defendants DANBURY HOSPITAL, OELBERG, YUAN, KOTCH, CIRCIUMARA, KOUZNETSOV (s/h/a KUZNETS), TUDORICA, BURNETT, BROWN, HOFFMAN, DOE NO. 1, DOE NO. 2 & DOE NO. 3 195 Church Street New Haven, CT 23067 Tel.: (203) 821-2000

By: _______________________________ RICHARD A. O'CONNOR (CT 18976) SACHNER & O'CONNOR, L.L.P. Attorneys for Defendants DEPUY, GRAY, & WOLFFE 765 Straits Turnpike Building 2, Suite 1001 Middlebury, CT 06762-1323 Tel.: (203) 272-0371

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Defendants (cont'd):

By: _______________________________ KEVIN A. TEPAS (CT 05552) RYAN, RYAN, JOHNSON & DELUCA, LLP Attorneys for Defendants BORRUSSO & DAN. SURG. ASSOC. 80 Fourth Street Stamford, CT 06905 Tel.: (203) 357-9200

By: ______________________________ By: _______________________________ REGINA DUCHIN KRAUS (CT 08873) RICHARD C. TYNAN (CT 04235) TYLER, COOPER & ALCORN, LLP HALLORAN & SAGE, LLP Attorneys for Defendant Attorneys for Defendants BERGER CATANIA 205 Church Street One Goodwin Square New Haven, CT 06509-1910 Hartford, CT 06103 Tel.: (203) 784-8200 Tel.: (860) 522-6103

SO ORDERED:

_________________________________ U.S.D.J.

___________ Date

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