Flanigan v. The Warranty Group, Inc. et al
| Erroll Flanigan |
| American Protection Plans LLC, The Warranty Group, Inc. and American Protection Plans LLC d/b/a American Residential Warranty |
| 1:2014cv01261 |
| February 20, 2014 |
| US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
| Chicago Office |
| Cook |
| Jorge L Alonso |
| Samuel Der-Yeghiayan |
| Other Statutory Actions |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1441 |
| Both |
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| Filing 60 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, this case is remanded to state court. Status hearing previously set for 7/30/15 is stricken. This case is remanded to Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division. Civil case terminated. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, ) |
| Filing 59 STIPULATION To Remand (Scharg, Ari) |
| Filing 58 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: Status hearing held and continued to 7/30/15 at 9:30 a.m. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, ) |
| Filing 57 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: Status hearing set for 7/14/15 at 9:30 a.m. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, ) |
| Filing 56 Notice of Settlement by Erroll Flanigan (Ochoa, John) |
Filing 55
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: Parties' joint motion to stay case for 28 days #53 is granted as follows: Plaintiff's supplemental motion for class certification is extended to 5/25/15; Responses extended to 7/7/15 and replies extended to 7/21/15. Deadline for Parties' dispositive motions are extended to 9/4/15; responses are extended to 10/14/15 and replies are extended to 11/3/15. Deadline for filing the pretrial order is extended to 11/24/15. Motion hearing date of 5/6/15 is stricken. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, )
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| Filing 54 NOTICE of Motion by John C. Ochoa for presentment of motion to stay #53 before Honorable Jorge L. Alonso on 5/6/2015 at 09:30 AM. (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 53 MOTION by Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan to stay Case for 28 Days (Joint Motion) (Ochoa, John) |
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Filing 52
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: Defendant American Protection Plans LLC.'s agreed motion for partial extension of discovery schedule #48 is granted in part as follows: Plaintiff is given until 4/27/15 to depose the employee representatives of Defendant American Residential Warranty. The cut off date for all other fact discovery remains set for 4/6/15. Plaintiff's expert disclosure and reports are extended to 5/14/15. Defendants' expert disclosures and reports are extended to 6/15/15. Expert discovery closure date is extended to 7/13/15. Plaintiffs supplemental motion for class certification is extended to 4/27/15; Responses extended to 6/9/15 and replies extended to 6/23/15. Deadline for Parties' dispositive motions are extended to 8/7/15; responses are extended to 9/15/15 and replies are extended to 10/6/15. Deadline for filing the pretrial order is extended to 10/27/15. Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc.'s unopposed motion for leave to withdraw as counsel #50 is granted. Attorney Bonnie LuAnn Keane is given leave to withdraw as counsel for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. Motion hearing dates of 3/18/15 and 3/19/15 are stricken. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, )
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| Filing 51 NOTICE of Motion by Bonnie LuAnn Keane for presentment of motion to withdraw as attorney #50 before Honorable Jorge L. Alonso on 3/19/2015 at 09:30 AM. (Keane, Bonnie) |
| Filing 50 MOTION by counsel for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. to withdraw as attorney (Keane, Bonnie) |
| Filing 49 NOTICE of Motion by Francis C Rowland for presentment of extension of time #48 before Honorable Jorge L. Alonso on 3/18/2015 at 09:30 AM. (Rowland, Francis) |
| Filing 48 MOTION by Defendant American Protection Plans LLC for extension of time Agreed Motion for Partial Extension of Discovery Schedule (Rowland, Francis) |
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Filing 47
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: Parties' joint motion to stay case #42 is granted as follows: Fact discovery closure date is extended to 4/6/15. Plaintiff's expert disclosure and reports are extended to 4/23/15. Defendants' expert disclosures and reports are extended to 5/26/15. Expert discovery closure date is extended to 6/22/15. Plaintiffs supplemental motion for class certification is extended to 4/6/15; Responses extended to 5/19/15 and replies extended to 6/2/15. Deadline for Parties' dispositive motions are extended to 8/7/15; responses are extended to 9/15/15 and replies are extended to 10/6/15. Deadline for filing the pretrial order is extended to 10/27/15. Status hearing date of 2/12/15 is stricken and reset to 10/8/15 at 9:30 a.m. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, )
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| Filing 46 STATUS Report by Erroll Flanigan (Ochoa, John) |
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Filing 45
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: This case has been reassigned to the calendar of Judge Jorge L. Alonso. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, all previously-set discovery and briefing schedules and deadlines remain intact. All previously-set status dates and motion hearing dates are stricken. A reassignment status conference is set for 2/12/15 at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Alonso in Courtroom 1700. The parties are directed not to file or notice any motions, with the exception of emergency motions, prior to appearing at the reassignment status conference. For all emergency motions arising prior to the date scheduled for the reassignment status conference, the parties are directed to contact chambers. To help the court learn about the case, it is hereby ordered that within 10 calendar days of this order's entry, counsel shall confer, prepare, and file a joint status report, not to exceed five pages. If the defendant's counsel has not yet filed an appearance, the plaintiff's counsel should prepare the status report. The report shall provide the information listed in the court's "Initial Status Report for Reassigned Case," a link to which is provided on Judge Alonso's web site. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, )
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| Filing 44 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso: Plaintiff's joint motion to stay #42 is entered and continued to 2/12/15 at 9:00 a.m. Motion hearing date of 1/27/15 is stricken. Notice mailed by judge's staff (ntf, ) |
| Filing 43 NOTICE of Motion by John C. Ochoa for presentment of motion to stay #42 before Honorable Jorge L. Alonso on 1/27/2015 at 09:30 AM. (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 42 MOTION by Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan to stay (Joint Motion) (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 41 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORDER: It appearing that, pursuant to the Executive Committee Order entered on December 19, 2014, the civil cases on the attached list have been selected for reassignment to form the initial calendar of the Honorable Jorge Luis Alonso; therefore IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the attached list of 306 cases be reassigned to the Honorable Jorge Luis Alonso. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall become effective on January 16, 2015. Case reassigned to the Honorable Jorge L. Alonso for all further proceedings. Signed by Executive Committee on 1/16/2015. Mailed notices.(mgh, ) |
| Filing 40 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Motion hearing held. Counsel appeared and reported to the Court that Defendants have agreed not to make an offer of Judgment at this time. Based upon counsels' representations, Plaintiff's oral request to withdraw its motion to certify class #38 is granted without prejudice to move at a later date. All dates previously set remain unchanged. Mailed notice (mw, ) |
| Filing 39 NOTICE of Motion by John C. Ochoa for presentment of motion to certify class #38 before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on 12/4/2014 at 09:00 AM. (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 38 MOTION by Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan to certify class (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 (Firm Resume))(Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 37 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Joint motion for extension of time #35 is granted as follows: Fact discovery to be completed by 02/03/15. Plaintiff's expert disclosure and reports to be served by 02/20/15. Defendants' expert disclosures and reports to be served by 03/20/15. Expert discovery to be completed by 04/15/15. Supplemental motion for class certification to be filed by 02/03/15. Responses to be filed by 03/13/15 and replies to be filed by 03/27/15. Dispositive motions to be filed by 06/01/15 with responses due 07/09/15 and replies due 07/30/15. Status hearing set for 02/05/15 at 9:00 a.m. to stand. Noticed motion date of 10/22/14 is stricken. Mailed notice (mw, ) |
| Filing 36 NOTICE of Motion by John C. Ochoa for presentment of extension of time #35 before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on 10/22/2014 at 09:00 AM. (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 35 MOTION by Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan for extension of time (Joint Motion) (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 34 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: The status hearing set for December 3, 2014 is canceled. No appearance is required on that date. Mailed notice (cdh, ) |
| Filing 33 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Motion hearing held. The plaintiff's joint motion for extension of time #31 is granted. All dates are extended as follows: Fact discovery to be completed by November 3, 2014; Plaintiff's expert disclosure and reports to be served by December 1, 2014; Defendants' expert disclosures and reports to be served by January 5, 2015; Expert discovery to be completed by February 2, 2015; Dispositive motions to be filed by April 16, 2015 with responses due May 7, 2015 and replies due May 21, 2015. A further status hearing is set for February 5, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. Mailed notice (cdh, ) |
| Filing 32 NOTICE of Motion by Norman K. Beck for presentment of extension of time #31 before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on 8/20/2014 at 09:00 AM. (Beck, Norman) |
| Filing 31 MOTION by Defendants American Protection Plans LLC, The Warranty Group, Inc. for extension of time (JOINT) (Beck, Norman) |
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Filing 30
ORDER: Defendant The Warranty Goup, Inc's unopposed motion to withdraw David Luger as counsel for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc #28 is granted. Noticed motion date of 8/14/14 is stricken. All other dates previously set on 4/09/14 are to stand. Signed by the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan. (gcy, )
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| Filing 29 NOTICE of Motion by David Luger for presentment of motion to withdraw as attorney #28 before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on 8/14/2014 at 09:00 AM. (Luger, David) |
| Filing 28 MOTION by counsel for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. to withdraw as attorney David Luger (Luger, David) |
| Filing 27 AGREED CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER Signed by the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on 5/27/2014: Mailed notice (mw, ) |
| Filing 26 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Motion hearing held. For the reasons stated on the record, Plaintiff's motion to strike Defendants' Affirmative Defenses #24 is denied. All dates previously set remain unchanged. Mailed notice (mw, ) |
| Filing 25 NOTICE of Motion by John C. Ochoa for presentment of motion to strike #24 before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on 4/22/2014 at 09:00 AM. (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 24 MOTION by Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan to strike Defendants' Affirmative Defenses (Attachments: #1 Appendix of Unpublished Authorities)(Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 23 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Status hearing held and continued to 12/03/14 at 9:00 a.m. The Court adopts the parties' proposed dates as follows: Plaintiff's expert disclosure and reports shall be served by 10/01/14 Defendants' expert disclosures and reports shall be served by 11/03/14. All fact discovery shall be noticed in time to be completed by 09/01/14. All expert discovery shall be noticed in time to be completed by 12/01/14. Dispositive motions are to be filed by 02/16/15. Responses to the dispositive motions, if any, are to be filed by 03/09/15 and replies, if any, are to be filed by 03/23/15. Mailed notice (mw, ) |
| Filing 22 Joint Jurisdictional Status Report by Erroll Flanigan (Attachments: #1 Declaration of John C. Ochoa in Support of the Joint Jurisdictional Status Report)(Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 21 STATUS Report by Erroll Flanigan (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 20 ANSWER to Complaint and Affirmative Defenses by American Protection Plans LLC(Rowland, Francis) |
| Filing 19 ANSWER to Complaint with Jury Demand and Affirmative Defenses by The Warranty Group, Inc.(Beck, Norman) |
| Filing 18 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant American Protection Plans LLC by Storrs Whitworth Downey (Downey, Storrs) |
| Filing 17 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant American Protection Plans LLC by Francis C Rowland (Rowland, Francis) |
| Filing 16 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Parties' request to continue status hearing is granted. Status hearing reset to 04/09/14 at 9:00 a.m. Status hearing set for 04/03/14 is stricken. Mailed notice (mw, ) |
| Filing 15 NOTICE by Kevin P. McCormick of Change of Address (McCormick, Kevin) |
| Filing 14 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Motion hearing held. Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc's agreed motion for extension of time to answer or otherwise plead #8 is granted, for both Defendants, to and including 03/24/14. Initial status hearing set for 04/03/14 at 9:00 a.m. At Least 4 days prior to the next status hearing, counsel are to file the Court's joint initial status report and joint jurisdictional status report as outlined on this Court's web page. Mailed notice (mw, ) |
| Filing 13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. by Kevin P. McCormick (McCormick, Kevin) |
| Filing 12 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan by Mark Stephen Eisen (Eisen, Mark) |
| Filing 11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan by John C. Ochoa (Ochoa, John) |
| Filing 10 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Erroll Flanigan by Ari Jonathan Scharg (Scharg, Ari) |
| Filing 9 NOTICE of Motion by Norman K. Beck for presentment of motion for extension of time to file answer #8 before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on 2/26/2014 at 09:00 AM. (Beck, Norman) |
| Filing 8 MOTION by Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. for extension of time to file answer to Class Action Complaint (AGREED) (Beck, Norman) |
| MAILED NOTICE of Removal Letter to Attorney(s) of Record. (gcy, ) |
| Filing 7 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. by Bonnie LuAnn Keane (Keane, Bonnie) |
| Filing 6 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. by David Luger (Luger, David) |
| Filing 5 NOTICE by The Warranty Group, Inc. re notice of removal #1 (Notice of Consent of Defendant American Protection Plans LLC d/b/a American Residential Warranty) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1)(Beck, Norman) |
| Filing 4 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by The Warranty Group, Inc. (Beck, Norman) |
| Filing 3 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant The Warranty Group, Inc. by Norman K. Beck (Beck, Norman) |
| Filing 2 CIVIL Cover Sheet (Beck, Norman) |
| Filing 1 NOTICE of Removal from Circuit Court of Cook County, case number (2014CH-956) filed by The Warranty Group, Inc. Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0752-9218148. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1)(Beck, Norman) |
| CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier. (daj, ) |
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