Final Pretrial Order

    Cv89-0360977sS 

  

MILO SHEFF, et al. 

Plaintiffs SUPERIOR COURT 

JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF 

HARTFORD/NEW BRITAIN 

AT HARTFORD 

Vv. 

WILLIAM A. O'NEILL, et al. 

Defendants SEPTEMBER 2, 1992 

  

FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER 
  

I. DISCOVERY 

The parties may continue to pursue discovery, with final 

discovery deadlines as set out herein: 

1. All further Interrogatories and Requests for Production 

shall be served no later than September 15, 1992. 

2. All Requests for Admission shall be served and filed with 

the Court no later than September 15, 1992. The Court may 

determine the appropriate scope of such requests. 

3. All further Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and 

Requests for Admission shall be responded to within che jos 

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4. Depositions shall be conducted between April 15% 1992.and 

October 15, 1992, for outside expert witnesses, and up to October 

31, 1992, for all other witnesses. Such depositions may include 

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deponent’s testimony, as long as two weeks notice is given to the 

deponent. Any depositions sought to be taken after October 15 or 

31, 1992, must be permitted by order of the Court, or by 

stipulation, for good cause shown. Good cause may include 

identification of witnesses after or near the deadline for taking 

of depositions. 

5. Depositions of any expert witness identified by either 

party shall be permitted pursuant to Practice Book §220(A)(2). 

The terms and conditions under which these depositions will be 

taken shall be established by agreement of the parties, or by 

order of the Court if the parties cannot agree. 

6. Depositions may be tape-recorded or videotaped pursuant 

to a stipulation by the parties and upon approval by the Court, 

provided that nothing herein shall be construed to relieve the 

party taking the deposition from any obligation they may have to 

produce a transcription of the deposition if that party expects to 

use that deposition or any part thereof at trial. The parties may 

agree to a transcription of less than the full deposition. 

7. All motions for orders compelling discovery shall be 

filed no later than October 1, 1992. Responses to said motions 

shall be filed within twenty-one days of receipt of said motions. 

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II. LIST OF WITNESSES 

8. The parties shall continue their practice, approved by 

the court, of mutual notification every sixty days of experts 

anticipated’ to testify at trial, along with a statement of the 

subject matter on which the expert is expected to testify, the 

substance of the facts and opinions to which the expert is 

expected to testify, and a summary of the grounds for each 

opinion. Such continuing notification is scheduled for March 15, 

May 15, and July 15, 19932. 

9. The plaintiffs shall submit a final list of expert 

witnesses on September 4, 1992. Such list shall include each 

expert's name, title, and address, and shall state the subject 

matter on which the expert is expected to testify, the substance 

of the facts and opinions to which the expert is expected to 

testify, and a summary of the grounds for each opinion. 

10. The defendants shall submit a final list of expert 

witnesses on October 4, 1992. Such list shall include each 

expert's name, title, and address, and shall state the subject 

matter on which the expert is expected to testify, the substance 

of the facts and opinions to which the expert is expected to 

testify, and a summary of the grounds for each opinion. 

11. The parties shall exchange a preliminary list of non- 

expert witnesses on August 1, 1992. Such list shall include each 

witness’s name and address, and a brief statement of the subject 

matter of each witness’s anticipated testimony. The parties shall 

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exchange a final list of non-expert witnesses on September 28, 

1992. 

12. The parties shall each file and serve a pretrial 

memorandum on October 27, 1992 (twenty-one days prior to the 

commencement of trial), which shall include but not be limited to 

a list of stipulations on any issues of fact and/or law as to 

which the parties have been able to agree and may also include 

proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. 

13. The parties shall each file and serve a final list of 

exhibits on October 27, 1992 (twenty-one days prior to the 

commencement of trial), and the exhibits shall be made available 

to the other party for inspection and copying. Unless within five 

business days, an objection on grounds of authenticity to the 

admissibility of any exhibit is filed with a brief and citation of 

authority in support of the specific ground of objection, such 

exhibit may be admitted without further proof of authenticity. 

The right to object on all other grounds is reserved until the 

time of trial. The parties will make good faith efforts to 

stipulate to the admissibility of exhibits. All exhibits shall be 

premarked. Only exhibits listed pursuant to this Order will be 

offered at trial, except for good cause shown. 

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III. TRIAL 

14. The trial in this case will commence on November 17, 

1992, at the Hartford Superior Court, 95 Washington Street, 

Hartford, Connecticut, or at a location to be determined by the 

Court. 

IV. EXTENSION OF TIME 

15. Time deadlines set by this Order may be extended upon 

     
application to the Court for good cause 

SUPERIOR ZOURT JUDGE 

Dated this 2 day of September, 1992. 

CERTIFICATE OF ‘SERVICE 
  

This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing has been mailed 

postage prepaid to all counsel of record, this 2nd day of September, 

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Philip D. Tegeler     
  

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