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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Airline Crash

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE:

AIR CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ON JULY 6, 2013 

MDL No.: 2497

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 1

THIS ORDER RELATES TO: 

Kyung Rhan Rha v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 14-CV-01486 

Eugene Rah v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 14-CV-05603 

Eun Koo Chong v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 14-CV-05510 

Sook Young Hyun v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 15-CV-03511 

Woo Lee Han v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 15-CV-00053 

 

 

To all parties in the above-captioned actions: 

 As set forth in the Court's trial order, (Dkt. No. 691), each case must be prepared to proceed 

to trial in the order listed in the event that the preceding case(s) in the sequence resolves. Thus, all 

pretrial preparation shall be conducted in advance. Parties shall comply with the Court's Standing 

Order re Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases ("Standing Order") unless otherwise provided herein: 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

Event Date 

Last Day to File Dispositive and Daubert Motions Pursuant to Trial 

Setting Order [Dkt. 691] 

 July 7, 2017 

Last Day to File Oppositions to Dispositive and Daubert Motions 

Pursuant to Trial Setting Order [Dkt. 691] 

 July 21, 2017 

Last Day to File Replies to Dispositive and Daubert Motions 

Pursuant to Trial Setting Order [Dkt. 691] 

 July 28, 2017 

Last Day to Exchange (but not file) Motions in Limine 

Pursuant to Standing Order § 4a 

Parties Shall Meet and Confer to Resolve Within 7 Days Thereafter 

 August 16, 2017 

Last Day to Exchange Exhibits with All Counsel Pursuant to 

Standing Order § 6a 

Parties Shall File and Serve All Discovery Designations, All 

Deposition Designations, All Audio Designations and All Video 

designations 

 August 16, 2017 

Hearing on Dispositive and Daubert Motions Pursuant to Trial 

Setting Order [Dkt. 691] 

 August 16, 2017 

(10:00 am) 

Last Day to File Joint Statement Confirming Compliance with trial 

scheduling order 

 August 17, 2017 

Parties Shall Serve Cross-designations Regarding Discovery, 

Depositions, Video Footage, and Audio 

Thereafter Parties Shall Meet and Confer to Resolve Discovery and 

Deposition Designations 

August 21, 2017 

Last Day to File Unresolved Motions in Limine Pursuant to 

Standing Order § 4b 

 

Parties Shall File a Joint Motion Including All Disputes Regarding 

The Above-referenced Discovery Designations with a Proposed 

Form of Order Which Tracks the Motion and Any Evidence to 

Allow the Court to Rule 

 August 25, 2017 

Last Day to File Joint Pretrial Conference Statement Pursuant to 

Trial Setting Order [Dkt. 691] and Standing Order§ 2 

 August 28, 2017 

Last Day to File: 

 Oppositions to Motions in Limine Pursuant to Standing 

Order § 4b 

 Jury Instructions 

 Proposed Verdict Forms 

 August 30, 2017 

Last Day to Submit Separate Binder containing 

Motions in Limine and Joint Binder Containing other filings from 

August 30, 2017, Pursuant to Standing Order § 4c 

September 1, 2017 

(10:00 am) 

 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

Last Day to File Each of the Documents Listed Below and to 

Submit Two Copies of Joint Trial Readiness Binder 

Containing Pursuant to Standing Order § 3: 

 Proposed Order Re Trial Stipulations (Exhibit A to Pretrial 

Order) 

 Witness List 

 Expert Witness List 

 Exhibit Lists Annotated with Stipulations/Objections 

 List of Discovery Excerpts, Audios and Videos 

 Preliminary Statement of the Case 

 Jury Selection Materials 

September 6, 2017 

(12:00 pm) 

Pretrial Conference Date Pursuant to Trial Setting Order [Dkt. 691] September 13, 2017 

(10:00 am) 

Last Day to Submit Three Sets of Exhibits to Court 

(Original and Two Copies) 

 3 business days prior 

to jury selection 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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Exhibit A 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE:

AIR CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ON JULY 6, 2013 

MDL No.: 2497

PROCEDURAL STIPULATIONS

(EXHIBIT A TO PRETRIAL ORDER) 

 

PLEASE INITIAL AND SIGN as acceptable: 

It is stipulated that each of the jurors will be deemed present, upon reconvening after each 

adjournment or recess, unless the contrary is noted for the record. 

For the Plaintiff ______________ For the Defendant _____________ 

It is stipulated that the Jury Instructions and the Exhibits may go into the Jury Room during 

deliberations. 

For the Plaintiff ______________ For the Defendant _____________ 

It is stipulated that the parties need not be present when, during jury deliberations, the jurors are 

excused for lunch, return for lunch, and/or are discharged in the evening and resume in the 

morning. 

For the Plaintiff ______________ For the Defendant _______________ 

It is stipulated that, during jury deliberations, the jury may recess without further admonition and 

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without assembling in the jury box, and that they may resume their deliberations upon the Deputy 

Clerk’s determination that all jurors are present. 

For the Plaintiff ______________ For the Defendant _____________ 

In the absence if the trial judge, any judge of this court may receive the verdict. 

For the Plaintiff ______________ For the Defendant ________________ 

(Party Name) ______________________ (Party Name) _________________________ 

__________________________________ ________________________________ 

 Signature (Plaintiff’s Attorney) Signature (Defense Attorney) 

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