Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-01538-SLR Document 113 Filed 11/02/2005 Page 1 of 4
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
HEIDI VASCEK, individually and as :
Administratrix of the ESTATE OF :
JOHN VASCEK, JR., :
Plaintiffs, :
: C.A. N0. 04-1538 SLR
vs. :
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. and
MARK BARD, :
Defendants. :

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF
EXPERT REBUTTAL REPORTS
Richard R. Wier, Jr. (#716)
Daniel W. Scialpi (#4146)
1220 Market Street, Suite 600
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)888—3222
[email protected]
OF COUNSEL:
Michael T. van der Veen
Kats, Jamison, van der Veen & Associates
25 Bustleton Pike
Feastewille, PA 19053
November 2, 2005

Case 1:04-cv-01538-SLR Document 113 Filed 11/02/2005 Page 2 of 4
1. ln accordance with the Court’s Order dated February 23, 2005 and the
subsequent Order extending deadlines by sixty (60) days, the deadline for submission of
expert reports was October 19, 2005.
2. On October 19, 2005, Plaintiff submitted the report, inter alia, of George
C. Govatos, Ph.D.
3. On October 19, 2005, Defendants submitted their reports of William M.
Otto and Tyler Kress, Ph.D.
4. November 2, 2005 is the deadline for submitting expert rebuttal reports.
5. ln order to prepare his rebuttal report, Plaintiffs expert requires the
documents considered by Defendants’ experts Otto and Kress.
6. On October 26, 2005 via fax, Plaintiff requested documents, publications
and other materials considered by Otto and Kress in reaching their conclusions.
7. On October 28, 2005, in response to a similar request by Defendant,
Plaintiff hand delivered the documents considered by Plaintiffs expert in preparing his
report.
8. On November 1, 2005 via fax Defendants advised Plaintiff that they
would forward the requested materials "as soon as possible". The materials have not
been received.
9. Without these materials, Plaintiffs expert is unable to prepare his rebuttal
report.
10. The mediation conference is scheduled for November 21, 2005.
1 1. Accordingly, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the deadline for
submission of rebuttal expert reports be extended to November 20, 2005.

Case 1:04-cv-01538-SLR Document 113 Filed 11/02/2005 Page 3 of 4
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD R. WIER, JR., P.A.
Dated: 11/2/05 /s/ Daniel W. Scialpi
Richard R. Wier, Jr. (#716)
Daniel W. Scialpi (#4146)
1220 Market Street, Suite 600
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)888—3222
[email protected]
OF COUNSEL:
Michael T. van der Veen
Kats, Jamison, van der Veen & Associates
25 Bustleton Pike
Feastewille, PA 19053

Case 1:04-cv-01538-SLR Document 113 Filed 11/02/2005 Page 4 of 4
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
HEIDI VASCEK, individually and as :
Administratrix of the ESTATE OF :
JOHN VASCEK, JR., :
Plaintiffs, :
: C.A. N0. 04-1538 SLR
vs. :
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. and
MARK BARD, :
Defendants. :

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Daniel W. Scialpi., Esquire, certify that on this 2nd day of November, 2005,
that I caused to be electronically filed the attached with the Clerk of the Court using
CM/ECF, which will send notification of such filing(s) to the following:
William J. Catie, III, Esquire
Rawle & Henderson
300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1015
PO Box 588
Wilmington, DE 19899
Attomey for Defendants
Jayne A. Risk, Esquire
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 4900
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Via Regular Mail
RICHARD R. WIER, JR., P.A.
/s/ Daniel W. Scialpi
Richard R. Wier, Jr. (#716)
Daniel W. Scialpi (#4146)
1220 Market Street, Suite 600
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(302)888—3222
[email protected]