Golden State Truck Sales, Inc. v. Bay Trailer Sales, LLC

          PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

          MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.

         After reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, the Court makes the following Pretrial Scheduling Order.

         I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

         All named Defendants have been served and no further service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown.

         II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS

         No joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown.

         III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

         Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. section 1332. Jurisdiction and venue are not contested.

         IV. DISCOVERY

         All discovery, with the exception of expert discovery, shall be completed by February 13, 2017. In this context, “completed” means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance with the local rules of this Court.

         V. DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT WITNESSES

         All counsel are to designate in writing, file with the Court, and serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert that they propose to tender at trial not later than April 13, 2017.^[1] The designation shall be accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the witness. The report shall comply with Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B).

         Within thirty (30) days after the designation of expert witnesses, any party may designate a supplemental list of expert witnesses who will express an opinion on a subject covered by an expert designated by an adverse party. The right to designate a supplemental expert for rebuttal purposes only shall apply to a party who has not previously disclosed an expert witness on the date set for expert witness disclosure by this Pretrial Scheduling Order.

         Failure of a party to comply with the disclosure schedule as set forth above in all likelihood will preclude that party from calling the expert witness at the time of trial. An expert witness not appearing on the designation will not be permitted to testify unless the party offering the witness demonstrates: (a) that the necessity for the witness could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time the list was proffered; (b) that the Court and opposing ...