IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

MARIA A. MONTEVERDE, : CIVIL ACTION

Plaintiff :

:

v. :

:

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP. :

Defendant : NO. 02-4214

SCHEDULING ORDER

AND NOW, this _____ day of March, 2003, following a

status conference in the above captioned case, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED that:

1. Discovery shall proceed forthwith and continue in

such manner as will assure that all requests for, and responses

to, discovery will be served, noticed and completed by August 29,

2003.

2. The parties shall attend a settlement conference

with Magistrate Judge Linda Caracappa as soon as such a

conference can be arranged.

3. Plaintiffs shall serve reports of liability expert

witnesses and/or respond to expert witness discovery relating to

liability at least thirty (30) days before completion of

discovery. Plaintiff(s) shall serve reports of expert witnesses

on damages and/or respond to expert witness discovery relating to

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damages at least fifteen (15) days before the date for completion

of discovery.

 4. Defendants shall serve any reports of liability

expert witnesses and/or respond to expert witness discovery

relating to liability on or before the date for completion of

discovery. Defendants shall serve any reports of expert

witnesses on damages and/or respond to expert witness discovery

relating to damages within eleven (11) days after the date for

completion of discovery.

5. Any summary judgment motion or other dispositive

motion, together with supporting brief, shall be filed on or

before September 30, 2003.

6. The Court will hold a final pretrial and settlement

conference on October 21, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. 

7. The case will be scheduled for trial on 

October 27, 2003 at 9:30 a.m.

8. All parties shall prepare and file with the Clerk

of Court their Pretrial Memoranda, in accordance with this order

and Local Rule of Civil Procedure 16.1(c) as follows:

A. Plaintiffs - fifteen (15) days before the

final pretrial conference;

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B. Defendants - five (5) days before the final

pretrial conference.

9. At least five (5) working days before the case is

listed for trial, each party shall submit to the Court, and serve

on each other, two (2) copies of proposed points for charge and

any proposed special jury interrogatories. Each point for charge

or proposed jury interrogatory shall be numbered and shall be on

a separate sheet of paper identifying the name of the requesting

party. Supplemental points for charge will be permitted during

and at the conclusion of trial. Points for charge should be

accompanied by appropriate citations of legal authority.

10. If a party uses any version of the Word Perfect

word processing system, it is urged to provide the Court with a

disk containing the proposed points for charge and proposed

special jury interrogatories.

11. Before commencement of trial, counsel will premark and exchange all exhibits, and a schedule of exhibits which

shall briefly describe each exhibit. Two (2) copies of the

exhibits must be submitted to the Court at least five (5) working

days before the case is listed for trial.

BY THE COURT:

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MARY A. McLAUGHLIN, J.

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