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Parties Involved:
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Defendant
William White
Plaintiff

Document Text:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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) Case No. 2:06-CV-00665-WBS-GGH

CHERYL J. WHITE, SUCCESSOR TO )

WILLIAM WHITE, )

) AMENDMENT TO DECEMBER 10, 

Plaintiff, ) 2009 SCHEDULING ORDER

)

v. )

)

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS ) Complaint Filed: March 29, 2006

CORPORATION, ) Trial Date: November 16, 2010

)

Defendant. )

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The Court=s December 10, 2009 Scheduling Order (AScheduling Order@), by 

stipulation of the parties, is hereby amended as follows:

1. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (ANPC@) shall file its motion to preclude 

plaintiff from pursuing punitive damages at trial by June 18, 2010.

2. If the Court denies that motion, the parties shall confer in an effort to reach 

agreement regarding the scope and timing of any punitive damages discovery. If the 

parties do not reach agreement on this issue within 14 days from the Court=s order 

denying NPC=s motion, either party shall be permitted to file a motion within 21 days of 

the court’s order denying NPC’s motion, seeking a ruling from the Court regarding the 

scope and timing of punitive damages discovery.

3. Except to the extent amended herein, the Scheduling Order remains in effect.

Dated: June 2, 2010 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

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U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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