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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Airline Crash

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CASE NO.: 13-MDL-02497 YGR LAOFFICE 149594V.1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: 

AIR CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO, 

CALIFORNIA, ON JULY 6, 2013

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MDL No.: 2497

[PROPOSED] TRIAL SETTING 

ORDER 

THIS ORDER RELATES TO: 

Qiao, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 13-cv-04903 YGR 

Lee, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 13-cv-04905 YGR 

Lee, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 13-cv-04907 YGR

Rha, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 14-cv-01486 YGR 

Chong, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc.et al. 

Case No. 14-cv-05510 YGR 

Rah v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 14-cv-05603 YGR 

Han, et al. v. The Boeing Company et al. 

Case No. 15-cv-00053 YGR 

Yuan v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 15-cv-02797 YGR 

Jang, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 15-cv-02799 YGR 

Martineau v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 15-cv-02800 YGR 

Hong, et al. v. The Boeing Company et al. 

Case No.15-cv-03370 YGR 

Hyun, et al. v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 15-cv-03511 YGR 

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The Court, having received and reviewed the parties’ Joint Case Management Conference 

Statement (Dkt. No. 679), and having conducted a further Case Management Conference on 

September 12, 2016, hereby ORDERS, in addition to the dates set by the Court in the Order on 

Schedule for Remaining Cases (Dkt. No. 642), the following pretrial schedule, applicable to all 

of the related cases referenced above: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CUT-OFF FOR DAMAGES FACT DISCOVERY SET BY 

PREVIOUS ORDER (DKT. NO. 642): December 30, 2016

EXCHANGE OF DAMAGES EXPERT REPORTS SET 

BY PREVIOUS ORDER (DKT. NO. 642): February 28, 2017

EXCHANGE OF REBUTTAL DAMAGES EXPERT 

REPORTS SET BY PREVIOUS ORDER (DKT. NO. 642): March 31, 2017

CUT-OFF FOR DAMAGES EXPERT DISCOVERY SET 

BY PREVIOUS ORDER (DKT. NO. 642): May 5, 2017

DISPOSITIVE AND DAUBERT MOTIONS FILED: July 7, 2017

OPPOSITIONS TO DISPOSITIVE AND DAUBERT 

MOTIONS FILED: July 21, 2017

REPLIES TO DISPOSITIVE AND 

DAUBERT MOTIONS FILED: July 28, 2017

HEARING ON DISPOSITIVE AND DAUBERT 

MOTIONS: Friday, August 18, 2017

10:00 a.m.

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE BELOW): Friday, September 1, 2017

9:01 a.m.

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 

10:00 a.m.

MDL JURY TRIALS SET: October 2, 2017, to October 30, 2017

Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall 

meet and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The 

compliance hearing on Friday, September 1, 2017, at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that 

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counsel have timely met and conferred as required by the Pretrial Instructions. The compliance 

hearing shall be held in Courtroom 1, United States Courthouse, Ronald V. Dellums Federal 

Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California. Five (5) business days prior to the date of the 

compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page JOINT STATEMENT confirming that they 

have complied with this requirement or explaining their failure to comply. If compliance is 

complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off calendar. 

Failure to do so may result in sanctions. 

The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and 

Standing Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. 

All Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at 

http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

The Court hereby relieves Frank Pitre of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP of all 

responsibilities associated with the task of Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel and hereby approves the 

appointment of Brian Alexander of Kreindler & Kreindler as the Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel. 

The next case management conference is set for Friday, January 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., 

in Courtroom 1, United States Courthouse, Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, 1301 Clay 

Street, Oakland, California. The parties shall file a joint case management conference statement 

by no later than January 6, 2017, reporting on the status of settlement negotiations and all cases 

that remain on the Court’s docket at that time. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________, 2016 _______________________________ 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

September 16

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