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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE 

COMPANY, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,

Defendant.

AND CONSOLIDATED CASES

Case Nos. 13-cv-04863-JST; 13-cv-5801-

JST; 15-cv-4834-JST

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Yesterday the Court conducted a case management conference concerning the scheduling 

of the trial or trials in these consolidated cases. Having carefully considered both the parties’ case 

management statements, ECF Nos. 106 &107, and their arguments at the conference, the Court 

believes that further briefing is required before the Court can set a case schedule. Accordingly, the 

parties are hereby ordered to brief the following issue: Does Intuitive Surgical have a right to a 

jury trial under the Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution regarding its breach of 

contract claim, which right would require the Court to schedule a trial on Intuitive Surgical's 

breach of contract claim prior to or simultaneously with a bench trial on the insurers' rescission

claims? 

Intuitive Surgical shall file an opening brief not to exceed 15 pages within seven court days 

of this order. The insurers shall file a single joint response brief not to exceed 15 pages within 

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seven court days of Intuitive's brief. Intuitive will then have three court days to file a reply brief 

not to exceed 5 pages.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 21, 2016

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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