Free Motion for Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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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 PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR STAY OF TRIAL & FOR ADOPTION AND ISSUANCE OF A REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER. (Dated: May 2, 2005) 3:02 CV 718 (RNC)(DFM)

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the the annexed Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law, dated May 2, 2005, and the annexed Exhibit 1, the undersigned counsel will move 1 this Court, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez, in the United States District
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ORAL ARGUMENT [IS ___ /IS NOT _X_] REQUESTED FOR THIS MOTION.

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Court, District of Connecticut, at the United States Courthouse, 450 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 for an Order and Decision granting the following relief:

1. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 (b) & L. Civ. R. 7 (b)(2) ­ (3), staying the trial of this action, currently scheduled for June 14, 2005, on the ground that additional time is needed to complete discovery by and from recently joined defendants in this action;

2. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 (a) (b) & (c), Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (f), L. Civ. R. 16(a) & (b) and L. Civ. R. 7 (b), adopting and issuing a revised scheduling order (attached hereto as Exhibit 1, "Case Management Plan Stipulation & Order", dated May 2, 2005) governing disclosure by and from newly joined defendants and extending the deadlines in the Case Management Order previously filed with this Court on November 9, 2004, in order to permit all parties to complete discovery by and from newly joined defendants;

and for such other and further relief deemed to be just and proper by this Court under the circumstances.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to L. Civ. R. 9(a) and the rules of Judge Chatigny, any paper opposing or answering this motion must be filed with the Court and served upon the undersigned counsel no later than twenty-one (21) days after the filing of this motion.

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Dated: Larchmont, New York May 2, 2005 Yours, etc.,
Digitally signed by Joseph Lanni DN: cn=Joseph Lanni, c=US, [email protected] Date: 2005.05.01 17:05:44 -04'00'

Joseph Lanni

_________________________________________ JOSEPH LANNI (CT 23566) The Law Firm Of JOSEPH LANNI, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff LAURA GUIGLIANO 138 Chatsworth Avenue, Suites 6-8 Larchmont, New York 10538 (914) 834- 6600 Fax: (914) 834-0152

TO:

SACHNER & O'CONNOR Attorneys for Defendants DEPUY, GRAY & WOLFF 765 Straits Turnpike, Bldg. 2, Ste. 1001 P.O. Box 1323 Middlebury, CT 06762-1323 NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTIETH, P.C. Attorneys for Defendants DANBURY HOSPITAL, OELBERG, YUAN, KOTCH, CIRCIUMARA, KUZNETSOV, TUDORICA, BENNETT, BROWN and HOFFMAN 195 Church Street New Haven, CT 06510 RYAN, RYAN, JOHNSON & DELUCA, LLP Attorneys for Defendant BORRUSO & DANBURY SURGICAL ASSOC., P.C. 80 Fourth Street Stamford, CT 06905

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TYLER, COOPER & ALCORN, LLP Attorneys for Defendant BERGER 205 Church Street New Haven, CT 06509-1910 Tel.: (203) 784-8200 HALLORAN & SAGE, LLP Attorneys for Defendant CATANIA One Goodwin Square Hartford, CT 06103 SCOTT F. MORGAN, ESQ. WEINER, MILLO & MORGAN, LLC Co-Counsel for Plaintiff LAURA GUIGLIANO 220 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York, New York 10001

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DECLARATION OF SERVICE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1746 I, JOSEPH LANNI, an attorney duly admitted to practice before this Court, hereby certify, under the penalty of perjury, that the following is true and correct: I am over 18 years of age, I am not a party to the action, and I reside in Westchester County in the State of New York. I served a true copy of the annexed: PLAINTIFFS'MOTION FOR STAY OF TRIAL & FOR ADOPTION AND ISSUANCE OF A REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER (dated May 2, 2005), PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR STAY OF TRIAL & FOR ADOPTION AND ISSUANCE OF A REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER (dated May 2, 2005), and EXHIBIT 1 (CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN STIPULATION & ORDER), on the date of May 2, 2005, by mailing the same via first class mail or the equivalent in a sealed envelope deposited in a post office or receptacle for mail provided by the U. S. Postal Service or via an express delivery courier service to the offices of counsel for the defendants located at the addresses indicated below: TO:
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 RYAN, RYAN, JOHNSON & DELUCA, LLP Attorneys for Defendants BORRUSSO & DANBURY SURG. ASSOC., P.C. 80 Fourth Street Stamford, CT 06905 Tel.: (203) 357-9200 HALLORAN & SAGE, LLP Attorneys for Defendants CATANIA One Goodwin Square Hartford, CT 06103 Tel.: (860) 522-6103 SACHNER & O'CONNOR Attorneys for Defendants DEPUY, GRAY, & WOLFFE 765 Straits Turnpike Building 2, Suite 1001 Middlebury, CT 06762-1323 Tel.: (203) 598-7585

TYLER, COOPER & ALCORN, LLP Attorneys for Defendant BERGER 205 Church Street New Haven, CT 06509-1910 Tel.: (203) 784-8200

SCOTT F. MORGAN (CT 23648) WEINER, MILLO & MORGAN, LLP Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs 220 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10001 Tel.: (212) 213-1220

Executed on May 2, 2005, Larchmont, New York.

Joseph Lanni ______________________________
JOSEPH LANNI (CT 23566)

Digitally signed by Joseph Lanni DN: cn=Joseph Lanni, c=US, [email protected] Date: 2005.05.01 17:06:18 -04'00'

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