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A.pril 19, 2{I}5
Refer te; FHM-158-LD
RE: Cumberland Mutual Fire Insu.ra11ce Cemgarijg a;‘s,f e Bryan C. Crethers
and Fenelege A. Crethers v. 5.C. fehnsern Sr Seri, Inc.
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ELECTRONIC FILING
The Henerable Sue L. Rebinsen
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Yeur I-lener:
Attached please find the Prepesed Order which was discussed en the
teleceriference held this rr1er11i.11g. If the Ceurt has any questieus, cetmsel is
available at the Ceurt’ s cenverdence.
Respectfully yerers,
DANIEL F. BENNETT
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Themes B. Schult, Esquire [wl! enc.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT CD {IRT
FOR THE DISTRICT DF DELA IRA RE
CDR-IBER LAN D MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE : CIVIL ACTION
CO}.-[PAN`! af af 0 BRYAN C. arial :
PENELOFE A. CROTHEREL : NO. tl1I·l5·|I|*3
Plaintiff,
ELC. _IO1·lNSOl\l IE: SON, INC.,
Defendant. ;
O R D E R
At IN`ilr11.i11gt011 thie 19A" dev ef April 2Llll5, the pertiee having satisfied
their ebligatiehs u.ncler Ped. R. Civ. P. “2t3[f]. and the ceurt having ccrnductecl a
pretrial eclteduling ceitfererice pureuant te Iecl. R. Civ. P. I6 and D. Del. LR
“it:».2{a] and {la].
IT I5 ORDERED that:
1. Pre—Disc·:;rvery Disclusures- The parties have exchanged the
i.n.fer1riatic»n required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 2tE•{a][I} and D. Del. LR 16.2.
2. Diaeevery.
[aj Disceverjr will he needed cart the fellciwirig subjects: {brief
eleacriptiein nf aubjecte nn which clietteverv will be needed].
{b) All diaccmverjr shall be cerrunencecl in time te he cempleted
by December 3i], EDGE.
{tt) Maximum ef Ng A interrcigateriea by each party te any ether
party.

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{dj Maximum of NQ Pt. requests for aclmission by each party to
any other
{e) Maximum of Eiga depositions by plaintiff and Nga by
defendant.
ff] Each deposition [other than of f limited to a
maximum of Nfa hours unless extended by agreement of
parties.
{g} Reports from retained experts under Rule 26{a][2} on issues
for which any party has the burden of proof due by
September 30, 2005- Rebuttal expert reports due by
November 30, 2005.
fh} Discovery Disputes. Any discovery dispute shall be
submitted to the court pursuant tn Fed. R. Civ. P. 3.7. During
the course of discovery, each party is limited to two [2] Rule
B? 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 protective order.
3. joinder of other Parties, Amendment of Pleadings, and Class
Certification. all motions to join other parties, amend the pleadings, and certitf:
a class action shall be filed on or before NQ Pc
-1. Settlement Conference. Pursuant to 28 U.5.C. § 636, this matter is
referred to lviagisuate judge Thynge for the purposes of exploring ADR.
5. Summary judgntent Motions. All summary judgment motions
shall be served and filed witlt an opening brief on or before january 3'I, 2006.
Briefing shall be pursuant to D. &l- LR 2.1.2. No summary judgtznent motion
may be filed more than ten [10} days from the above date without leave of the
court. All briefing shall be completed by March E, 2005.

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th. Applicaticnns by ltflcrticin. An}: applicatien te the ceurt shall be bj:
written metien tiled with the clerk. Unless etherwise requested by the ceurt,
ceunsel shal.l net deliver cepies ei papers er cerrespendence te chambers. Any
nen-dispesitive metien shall centain the statement required by D.Del. LR
7*21.1.
P`. lvletiens in Limine. All mntiens in limine shall be filed en er
betnre April 5, 2lll.l6. All respenses te said rnetiens shall be iiled en er befere
April 12,2l]i}E.
B. Pretrial Ccnnference. A pretrial centerence will be held en April 19,
2l]tlE· at 4:3lJ p..i:n. in ceurtreem BB, sixth Fleer Federal Building, B44 King Street,
ltiilmingten, Delaware. The Federal Rules ef Civil Precedure and D. Del. LR 16.4
shall gnvern the pretrial eenterence.
9. Trial. `l'his matter is scheduled ter a week jury trial eemmencing
en Maj; 1, 2l]=llE¤ in ceurtreem BB, sixth Fleer Federal Building, 344 King Street,
Wilmingtnn, Delaware. Fer purpeses ef cempleting pretrial preparatiens, the
parties shnuld plan en being allecatecl a tetal nurnber et heurs in which te
present their respective eases.