Opinion
Civil Action No. 10-cv-00892-MSK-KLM
02-06-2012
DONALD L. ETHERTON, Plaintiff, v. OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.
MINUTE ORDER
ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KRISTEN L. MIX
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion for Leave to Substitute Expert and to Supplement Disclosure Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 26 [Docket No. 53; Filed January 31, 2012] (the "Motion"). Plaintiff states that his expert witness, Richard "Mike" Hodges ("Hodges"), passed away on December 27, 2011. Plaintiff requests time to find a substitute expert witness as well as the setting of appropriate deadlines for a new expert report and related depositions. The discovery deadline was January 1, 2011.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall disclose an expert witness pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) to substitute for Hodges no later than March 1, 2012. Defendant shall designate any rebuttal expert to the Hodge substitute pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) no later than April 1, 2012. All expert discovery shall be completed by May 1, 2012.