IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

LUMBERMAN’S UNDERWRITING *

ALLIANCE and CAMBRIDGE *

INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP, INC. *

as Subrogees of TRANSPORT LEASING/ *

CONTRACT, INC.; HANSEN & ADKINS *

AUTO TRANSPORT, *

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Plaintiffs, *

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vs. * Case No. 3:06-CV-645-MEF

*

EMORY LEE YOUNG * Formerly Russell County Circuit

an individual, * Court Case No: CV-06-224

*

Defendant. *

REPORT OF PARTIES’ PLANNING MEETING

1. Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(f), a telephonic meeting was held 

on August 24, 2006, and was attended by Ryan Wesley Shaw, on behalf of plaintiffs

Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance and Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc., as

subrogees of Transport Leasing/Contract, Inc. and Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport, and Joshua 

J. Jackson, on behalf of defendant Emory Lee Young.

2. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The parties will exchange by September 15, 2006 the 

information required by Rule 26(a)(1), Fed. R. Civ. P.

3. Discovery Plan. The parties jointly propose to the court the following discovery 

plan:

a. Discovery will be needed on the following subjects: (i) liability of the 

parties; (ii) damages; and (iii) defenses.

b. All discovery commenced in time to be completed by March 1, 2007.

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c. Maximum of 50 interrogatories by each party to any other party. 

Responses due 30 days after service.

d. Maximum of 50 requests for admission by each party to any other party. 

Responses due 30 days after service.

e. Maximum of 15 depositions by plaintiffs and 15 depositions by defendant.

f. Each deposition limited to maximum of 8 hours unless extended by

agreement of parties.

g. Reports from retained experts under Rule 26(a)(2) due:

(i) from plaintiffs by December 15, 2006;

(ii) from defendant by February 1, 2007.

h. Supplementations under Rule 26(e) due within 15 days of acquiring new 

information responsive to any discovery request.

4. Other Items.

a. The parties do not request a conference with the court before entry of the 

scheduling order.

 b. The parties request a pretrial conference in June 2007.

c. Plaintiffs should be allowed until November 1, 2006 to join additional 

parties and to amend the pleadings.

d. Defendant should be allowed until December 1, 2006 to join additional 

parties and to amend the pleadings.

e. All potentially dispositive motions should be filed by April 2, 2007. 

Pursuant to the Court’s Rule 26(f) Order, the parties are requesting herein 

that the deadline for filing dispositive motions be approximately 60 days 

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prior to the pretrial conference, rather than the customary 90 days. This 

case involves four (4) nonresident corporations as plaintiffs, and the

subject matter of the case is a five-vehicle accident. The parties expect 

that it will take a fair amount of time to investigate and complete

discovery in this case. At the parties’ planning meeting, counsel for the 

plaintiffs and defendant attempted to tailor this report so as to allow ample 

time for discovery to be completed prior to the deadline for filing

dispositive motions, yet also to allow ample time after dispositive motions 

are filed for responsive and reply briefs, and for this Court to have the 

opportunity to study the briefs and arguments prior to any hearing on the 

said dispositive motions.

f. Settlement cannot be evaluated prior to the completion of discovery.

g. Final lists of witnesses and exhibits under Rule 26(a)(3) should be due 

from plaintiffs by May 1, 2007 and from defendant by June 1, 2007.

h. Parties should have 15 days after service of final lists of witnesses and 

exhibits to list objections under Rule 26(a)(3).

i. This case should be ready for trial by June 25, 2007 and at this time is 

expected to take approximately 2-3 days.

DATED: August 24, 2006

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__/s/ Ryan Wesley Shaw______________ ___/s/ Joshua J. Jackson_______________

Michael S. Jackson (JAC015) Joshua J. Jackson (JAC072)

Ryan Wesley Shaw (SHA071) Christopher J. Hughes (HUG031)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendant

BEERS, ANDERSON, JACKSON, PATTY SAMFORD & DENSON, LLP

& VAN HEEST, P.C. P.O. Box 2345

P.O. Box 1988 Opelika, AL 36803-2345

Montgomery, AL 36102-1988 Telephone (334) 745-3504

Telephone: (334) 834-5311 Facsimile (334) 745-3506

Facsimile: (334) 834-5362 jackson@samfordlaw.com

wshaw@beersanderson.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on August 24, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the 

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to all 

counsel of record.

 /s Joshua J. Jackson__________

Of Counsel

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