IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

CAMDEN VICINAGE

JENNIFER KASILAG, et al.,

 

Plaintiffs,

v.

HARTFORD INVESTMENT FINANCIAL 

SERVICES, LLC,

 Defendant.

 Civil No. 11-1083-RMB-KMW

SCHEDULING ORDER

This Scheduling Order confirms the directives given to 

counsel at the Initial Scheduling Conference held pursuant to Rule 

16, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on June 28, 2013; and the Court 

noting the following appearances: Arnold Lakind, Esquire, and Dan 

Sweetser, Esquire, appearing on behalf of the plaintiffs; and Robert 

Skinner, Esquire, and Anthony Sylvester, Esquire, appearing on behalf 

of the defendants,

IT IS this 28th day of June, 2013, hereby ORDERED:

1. The time within which to seek amendments to the 

pleadings or to add new parties will expire on June 2, 2014.

2. Pretrial factual discovery will expire on September 

5, 2014. All pretrial discovery shall be concluded by that date. 

All discovery motions and applications pursuant to L. CIV. R. 

37.1(a)(1) shall be made returnable before the expiration of pretrial 

factual discovery.

3. Discovery Applications. All discovery applications 

pursuant to L. CIV. R. 37.1(a)(1) shall include an Affidavit or 

Certification that includes the information identified in L. Civ. R. 

37.1(b)(1). Absent exigent circumstances, the Court expects parties

to “meet and confer” in person or via telephone before making a 

discovery application, rather than just exchanging letters or 

e-mails.

4. Depositions. All depositions are to be conducted in 

accordance with the procedures set forth in the order of Judge 

Gawthrop in Hall v. Clifton Precision, 150 F.R.D. 525 (E.D. Pa. 1993).

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5. All expert reports and expert disclosures pursuant to 

FED. R. CIV. P. 26(a)(2) on behalf of plaintiffs shall be served upon 

counsel for defendant no later than November 3, 2014. All expert 

reports and expert disclosures pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 26(a)(2) 

on behalf of defendant shall be served upon counsel for plaintiffs

no later than January 5, 2015. All rebuttal expert reports and expert 

disclosures pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) shall be served upon 

opposing counsel no later than February 6, 2015. 

Each such report should be accompanied by the curriculum 

vitae of the proposed expert witness. No expert opinion testimony 

shall be admitted at trial with respect to any witness for whom this 

procedure has not been timely followed. Depositions of proposed 

expert witnesses shall be concluded by April 3, 2015.

For purposes of this Scheduling Order, treating 

physicians shall not be considered expert witnesses and shall be 

treated as fact witnesses who are, however, required to provide 

reports and records concerning their treatment. However, any doctor 

who is going to express an opinion as to the cause of a particular 

condition or as to the future prognosis of a particular condition, 

shall be considered an expert subject to the requirement of FED. R.

CIV. P. 26(a)(2)(B).

The parties shall also exchange, in accordance with 

the foregoing schedule, written statements identifying all opinion 

testimony counsel and the parties anticipate will be presented at 

trial pursuant to FED. R. EVID. 701 and Teen-Ed v. Kimball Int’l, Inc., 

620 F.2d 399 (3d Cir. 1980).

6. Dispositive Motions. Dispositive motions shall be 

filed with the Clerk of the Court no later than May 15, 2015. 

Opposition to the motion should be served in a timely fashion. 

Counsel are to follow L. CIV. R. 7.1, 7.2, 56.1 and 78.1 (Motion 

Practice - Generally). 

7. The Court will conduct a telephone status conference 

on September 25, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Counsel for plaintiff shall 

initiate the telephone call.

8. Any application for an extension of time beyond the 

deadlines set herein shall be made in writing to the undersigned and 

served upon all counsel prior to expiration of the period sought to 

be extended, and shall disclose in the application all such extensions 

previously obtained, the precise reasons necessitating the 

application showing good cause under FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b), and whether 

adversary counsel agree with the application. The schedule set 

herein will not be extended unless good cause is shown.

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THE FAILURE OF A PARTY OR ATTORNEY TO OBEY THIS ORDER MAY 

RESULT IN IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 16(f).

s/ Karen M. Williams 

KAREN M. WILLIAMS

United States Magistrate Judge

cc: Hon. Renée M. Bumb 

 

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