Opinion
Civil Action No. 99-3121 (AMW)
March 20, 2001
Michail S. Waters, Esq., CARPENTER, BENNETT MORRISSEY, Newark, New Jersey, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Efros Wopat, Attorneys for Contemporary Motor Cars, Inc.
Pollock, Montgomery Chapin, Attorneys for David Michael Motor Car
The Margolis Law Firm, Attorneys for Ray Catena Motor Car Corp.
CONSENT ORDER
This matter having been opened by Carpenter, Bennett Morrissey, Esqs. attorneys for the plaintiff Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. and Berger Montague, Esqs. attorneys for defendants, Coast Automotive Group, Ltd. and Tamim Shansab, and the parties having advised the Court that an agreement has been reached to coordinate discovery in this matter with discovery in In Re Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. and Berger Montague, Esqs. attorneys for defendants, Coast Automotive Group, Ltd. and Tamim Shansab having represented to the Court that they have withdrawn their motion to intervene in the asserted Class Action with prejudice to any future renewal, and all parties having consented to the form and entry of this order, and for good cause shown,
It is on this 20th day of March, 2001
ORDERED that the time for completion of discovery in this matter be and it hereby is extended to such date as shall be fixed for the completion of all discovery in the asserted Class Action; and it is further
ORDERED that all depositions of witnesses in this matter who are also going to be deposed in the asserted Class Action (as indicated by the parties' rule 26 filings) will not be taken until such time as they can be taken simultaneously in both matters; and it is further
ORDERED that depositions of all other witnesses in this matter may proceed; however, reasonable advance notice will be given to all lead counsel in the asserted Class Action so a determination can be made as to whether it is appropriate to have the deposition conducted in both matters; and it is further
ORDERED that documents, answers to interrogatories and requests for admissions produced or responded to in the asserted Class Action will be treated as produced or responded to in this matter, subject to the terms of any Protective Order that may apply. The parties hereto consent to the entry of a reciprocal Order in the asserted Class Action.