Dean v. Sam's West, Inc.
Plaintiff: Gloria Dean
Defendant: Sam's West, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Case Number: 1:2018cv08244
Filed: December 17, 2018
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Presiding Judge: Edmond E Chang
Nature of Suit: P.I.: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332
Jury Demanded By: Defendant
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 11, 2019 Filing 12 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Status hearing held. Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project disclosures due by 03/01/2019. ESI discovery, if any, shall be disclosed by 04/15/2019. The first round of written discovery requests must be issued by 03/08/2019, to fill gaps in the MID disclosures. Rule 16(b) deadline to add parties or amend pleadings is 06/03/2019. Fact discovery, including treating physicians (Rule 26(a)(2)(C) disclosures for any treaters are due no later than 60 days before the close of fact discovery), shall close by 10/28/2019. Plaintiff's counsel estimate around six or so treaters. Any other Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures (whether retained or not) are due 30 days after the close of fact discovery, and the 30-day deadline is adjusted automatically if the close of fact discovery is adjusted. No summary judgment motions may be filed before the close of discovery without leave of Court. The parties may start issuing non-party subpoenas immediately, especially for medical records. The parties shall work promptly on an agreed HIPAA order and discovery confidentiality order. Status hearing set for 05/07/2019 at 10:00 a.m. The parties shall confer on whether the sole proper defendant should be Sam's West, Inc., and if so, shall file a stipulation to that effect. Otherwise, the Court will inquire about the corporate entities again at the next status hearing. Emailed notice (slb, )
February 8, 2019 Filing 11 STATUS Report Joint Initial by Sam's West, Inc. (Sun, Lucas)
January 17, 2019 Filing 10 CERTIFICATE of Service Plaintiff's Mandatory Initial Discovery Responses by John K Vrdolyak on behalf of Gloria Dean (Vrdolyak, John)
January 15, 2019 Filing 9 ANSWER to Complaint by Sam's West, Inc.(Sun, Lucas)
January 7, 2019 Filing 8 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang:Initial status hearing set for 02/11/2019 at 9:30 a.m. The parties must file a joint initial status report with the content described in the attached status report requirements at least 3 business days before the initial status hearing. Plaintiff must still file the report even if not all Defendants have been served or have responded to requests to craft a joint report. Because the Procedures are occasionally revised, counsel must read them anew even if counsel has appeared before Judge Chang in other cases. Emailed notice (slb, ) (Additional attachment(s) added on 1/7/2019: #1 Status Report Requirements) (slb, ).
December 26, 2018 Filing 7 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Gloria Dean by John K Vrdolyak (Vrdolyak, John)
December 18, 2018 Filing 6 MAILED Notice of Removal letter to counsel of record. (lf, )
December 18, 2018 Filing 5 NOTICE TO THE PARTIES - The Court is participating in the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP). The key features and deadlines are set forth in this Notice which includes a link to the (MIDP) Standing Order and a Checklist for use by the parties. In cases subject to the pilot, all parties must respond to the mandatory initial discovery requests set forth in the Standing Order before initiating any further discovery in this case. Please note: The discovery obligations in the Standing Order supersede the disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(1). Any party seeking affirmative relief must serve a copy of the following documents (Notice of Mandatory Initial Discovery and the Standing Order) on each new party when the Complaint, Counterclaim, Crossclaim, or Third-Party Complaint is served. (lf, )
December 17, 2018 Filing 4 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Sam's West, Inc. by Lucas Sun (Sun, Lucas)
December 17, 2018 Filing 3 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Sam's West, Inc. by James P. Balog (Balog, James)
December 17, 2018 Filing 2 CIVIL Cover Sheet (Balog, James)
December 17, 2018 Filing 1 NOTICE of Removal from Cook County Court, Law Division, case number (2018 L 010846) filed by Sam's West, Inc. Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0752-15284065. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit F)(Balog, James)
December 17, 2018 CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Michael T. Mason. Case assignment: Random assignment. (jjr, )

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Plaintiff: Gloria Dean
Represented By: John K Vrdolyak
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Represented By: Lucas Sun
Represented By: James P. Balog
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