Opinion
2:21-cv-00509-RSL
12-03-2021
NORTHGATE PLAZA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Washington Non-Profit Corporation, Plaintiff, v. WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation; and DOE INSURANCE COMPANIES 1-10, Defendants.
STEIN, SUDWEEKS & STEIN, PLLC JESSICA R. BURNS JERRY H. STEIN, WSBA 27721 JUSTIN D. SUDWEEKS, WSBA 28755 DANIEL J. STEIN, WSBA 48739 JESSICA R. BURNS, WSBA 49852 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF COZEN O'CONNOR WILLIAM F. KNOWLES, WSBA NO. 17212 CAMERON D. YOUNG, WSBA NO. 54232 9990 ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT
STEIN, SUDWEEKS & STEIN, PLLC JESSICA R. BURNS JERRY H. STEIN, WSBA 27721 JUSTIN D. SUDWEEKS, WSBA 28755 DANIEL J. STEIN, WSBA 48739 JESSICA R. BURNS, WSBA 49852 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
COZEN O'CONNOR WILLIAM F. KNOWLES, WSBA NO. 17212 CAMERON D. YOUNG, WSBA NO. 54232 9990 ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT
STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR DISCLOSURE OF REPORTS FROM EXPERT WITNESSES UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 26(A)(2)
HONORABLE ROBERT S. LASNIK
I. STIPULATED MOTION
Comes now, Plaintiff Northgate Plaza Homeowners Association (“Association”) and Defendant Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company (“Westchester”), by and through their respective counsel, and stipulate to this motion for a continuance of the deadline for disclosure of reports from expert witnesses under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2).
Counsel for the Association and Westchester have conferred and propose an extension of the following deadline:
Current Deadline
Proposed Deadline
Deadline for Disclosure of Reports from Expert Witnesses under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)
12/08/2021
12/22/2021
II. GOOD CAUSE SHOWN
Pursuant to LCR 16(b)(6), a scheduling order may be modified “only for good cause and with the judge's consent.” Good cause exists here because the parties have agreed to enter into mediation of this matter on December 6, 2021. For purposes of judicial economy, the parties propose that the deadline for disclosure of reports from expert witnesses under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) be continued for two weeks to avoid incurring additional expenses on behalf of the parties should the matter resolve during mediation. No. previous extensions of time have been requested or granted by the Court in this matter, and this extension is not made for purposes of delay, but rather to permit the parties additional time in an attempt to resolve this matter amicably without incurring substantial further costs or requiring additional time and resources on behalf of the Court. No. other deadlines or events in this matter are to be altered. The parties respectfully request that the Court extend the currently scheduled deadline as set forth above. A proposed order is included herewith.
ORDER
Based on the above Stipulated Motion, IT IS SO ORDERED that the deadline for disclosure of the parties' reports from expert witnesses under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) be extended as follows:
Current Deadline
Proposed Deadline
Deadline for Disclosure of Reports from Expert Witnesses under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)
12/08/2021
12/22/2021
No other deadlines or events are altered.