IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

LINDA HUDSON AND : CIVIL ACTION

STEPHANIE HUDSON, Plaintiffs :

:

v. :

:

WILBERTO GONZALEZ AND :

DOLLAR RENT A CAR SYSTEMS,INC :

AND RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP :

Defendants : NO. 02-4365 

FIRST SCHEDULING ORDER

AND NOW, this 21st day of August, 2002, following a

status conference in the above captioned case, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED that:

1. All 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

January 31, 2003.

2. 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

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

of discovery.

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 3. 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 fifteen (15) days after the date for

completion of discovery.

4. Any summary judgment motion or other dispositive

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

before February 18, 2003.

5. The Court will hold a final pretrial and settlement

conference on March 18, 2003 at 4:30 p.m..

6. Trial in the case shall commence on March 24, 2003,

at 9:30 a.m..

7. 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;

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

pretrial conference.

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8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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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