Ocasio v. Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Edward Ocasio
Defendant: Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. and The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc.
Not Classified By Court: Richard F McDevitt
Case Number: 2:2020cv00297
Filed: August 14, 2020
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Presiding Judge: Joshua P Kolar
Referring Judge: James T Moody
Nature of Suit: P.I.: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Personal Injury
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
March 16, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 36 ORDER: Finding good cause shown and noting the parties' agreement, the Court GRANTS #35 Joint Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines. Any evidentiary objections to another party's expert witness to be filed by 6/15/22. All discovery to be completed by 6/15/22. Approved by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 3/16/2022. Text entry order. (tc)
March 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 35 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery by Plaintiff Edward Ocasio. (Mead, Michael)
February 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 34 NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel F Ford on behalf of All Defendants (Ford, Daniel)
December 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 33 TELEPHONIC STATUS CONFERENCE held on 12/16/2021, before Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar. Pla appeared by atty Michael Mead. Dfts appeared by atty Kelly McFadden. Parties indicate discovery is on track and they may request a judicial settlement conference in the future. Telephonic Status Conference set for 4/14/2022 10:30 AM (Central time) before Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar. Parties are instructed to dial 877-336-1280 and enter access code 3293676# when prompted to join the conference. (Tape #ATT HOST 2.) (tc)
December 13, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 32 ORDER: Finding good cause shown and noting the parties' agreement, the Court GRANTS #31 Joint Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines. The Court EXTENDS the discovery deadlines as follows: Any evidentiary objections to another party's expert witness to be filed by 3/15/2022. All discovery to be completed by 3/15/2022. Approved by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 12/13/2021. Text entry order. (tc)
December 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 31 MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery by Defendants Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.. (McFadden, Kelly)
October 7, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 30 MINUTE ORDER (text entry only): Finding good cause shown and noting the parties agreement, the Court grants DE 37 Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Extend Expert Disclosure Deadline; Defendants' expert witness disclosures and reports to be delivered to Plaintiff by 10/29/2021. Approved by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 10/7/21. (efc)
October 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 29 MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery and Extend Expert Disclosure Deadline by Defendants Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Mullen, Jessica)
September 1, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 28 MINUTE ORDER: By agreement of the parties, the Telephonic Status Conference set for 9/2/2021 is VACATED. This matter is set for a telephonic status conference on 12/16/2021 at 10:00 AM (Central time) before Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar. Parties are instructed to dial 877-336-1280 and enter access code 3293676# when prompted to join the conference. Approved by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 9/1/2021. Text entry order. (tc)
July 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 27 ORDER: Finding good cause and noting the agreement of the parties, the Court GRANTS #26 Parties' Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines. Plaintiff's supplemental expert disclosures are due by 9/1/21; Defendants' expert witness disclosures and reports to be delivered by 10/15/21; Rule 26(e) supplements due by 11/15/21; Any evidentiary objections to another party's expert witness to be filed on or before 12/15/21; All discovery to be completed by 12/15/21. Approved by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 7/19/2021. Text entry order. (tc) Modified on 7/20/2021 to edit text (tc).
July 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 26 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery (Parties' Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines) by Defendants Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.. (Mullen, Jessica)
June 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER: Finding good cause and noting the parties' agreement, the Court GRANTS #24 Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines. Defendants' expert witness disclosures and reports to be delivered to Plaintiff by 8/2/21; Rule 26(e) supplements due by 9/1/21; Any evidentiary objections to another party's expert witness to be filed on or before 10/1/21; All discovery to be completed by 10/1/21. Approved by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 6/9/2021. Text entry order. (tc)
June 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 24 MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery by Defendants The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.. (Mullen, Jessica)
January 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ORDER: The Court, finding good cause shown and noting Plaintiff does not object, GRANTS #22 Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Brief Enlargement of Time to Respond to Plaintiff's Discovery Requests. The deadline for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff's interrogatories and requests for production is EXTENDED to 2/8/2021. Approved by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 1/29/2021. Text entry order. (tc)
January 28, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 22 MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery by Defendants Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.. (Mullen, Jessica)
December 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 21 AGREED NOTICE to extend time to file discovery filed by Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.; LR6-1 Notice for Initial Enlargement of Time to be filed by 12/31/2020. (Mullen, Jessica)
November 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 20 NOTICE OF REASSIGNMENT OF CASE TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE: The parties having orally consented pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c), this case is referred to Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar for all purposes and is reassigned pursuant to General Order 2018-2 from Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar and Senior Judge James T Moody to Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar. (tc)
November 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 19 TELEPHONIC RULE 16 PRELIMINARY PRETRIAL CONFERENCE held on 11/5/2020, before Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar. Pla appeared by atty Michael Mead. Dfts appeared by atty Jessica Mullen. The court having been advised that the parties consent to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge, the court will accept this notification as if they had executed the appropriate written form. The Report filed as DE #18 is ADOPTED as follows: Initial Disclosures to be exchanged by 11/30/2020. All discovery to be completed by 9/1/2021. Plaintiff expert witness disclosures and reports to be delivered to the defendant by 5/3/2021. Defendant expert witness disclosures and reports to be delivered to the plaintiff by 7/1/2021. Rule 26(e) supplements due by 8/2/2021. Any evidentiary objections to another party's expert witness to be filed by 9/1/2021. The last date to seek leave of court to join additional parties and to amend the pleadings for Pltf is 2/15/2021; for Dfts is 3/15/2021. Parties anticipate the case should be ready for a 4-5 day jury trial by November 2021. Richard F. McDevitt appointed as mediator. Results of the mediation shall be filed with the court no later than 10 days before the final pretrial conference. All other agreements of the parties concerning discovery are adopted. Telephonic Status Conference set for 9/2/2021 09:30 AM in US District Court - Hammond before Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar. Parties are instructed to dial 877-336-1280 and enter access code 3293676# when prompted to join the conference. All other dates/ddls to be set at a later time. The summary judgment deadline in FRCP 56 shall not apply. (Tape #ATT HOST.) (tc)
October 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 18 REPORT of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting. (Mullen, Jessica)
October 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 17 MAGISTRATE JUDGE CONSENT FORMS sent to all parties. (tc)
October 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 16 ORDER: Telephonic Rule 16 Preliminary Pretrial Conference set for 11/5/2020 10:30 AM in US District Court - Hammond before Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar. Parties are instructed to dial 877-336-1280 and enter access code 3293676# when prompted to enter the conference. A proposed Discovery Plan under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) to be filed no later than five (5) business days prior to the pretrial conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 10/14/2020. (tc)
October 13, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ANSWER to #1 Complaint by Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc..(Mullen, Jessica)
September 8, 2020 Set answer deadline for defendants for 10/13/2020 per DE #12 #13 and #14 . (bas)
September 8, 2020 Filing 14 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Edward Ocasio. Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc waiver sent on 8/14/2020, answer due 10/13/2020. (Mead, Michael) Modified on 9/9/2020 (bas).
September 8, 2020 Filing 13 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Edward Ocasio. The Methodist Hospitals, Inc waiver sent on 8/14/2020, answer due 10/13/2020. (Mead, Michael) Modified on 9/9/2020 (bas).
September 8, 2020 Filing 12 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Edward Ocasio. The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc waiver sent on 8/14/2020, answer due 10/13/2020. (Mead, Michael) Modified on 9/9/2020 (bas).
September 8, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 11 MINUTE ORDER: Each party and each attorney in this case shall take reasonable steps to preserve electronically stored information (ESI) that is relevant to any claim or defense in this case, whether or not the information is admissible at trial. This requirement relates back to the point in time when the party or attorney reasonably anticipated litigation about these matters. Text entry order. By Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 9/8/2020. (tc)
September 4, 2020 Filing 10 Corporate Disclosure Statement by The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc.. (Mullen, Jessica)
September 4, 2020 Filing 9 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.. (Mullen, Jessica)
September 4, 2020 Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by Jessica L Mullen on behalf of Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. (Mullen, Jessica)
September 4, 2020 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Kelly K McFadden on behalf of Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Inc., The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. (McFadden, Kelly)
September 1, 2020 Filing 6 STATEMENT Plaintiff's Supplemental Jurisdictional Statement regarding #1 Complaint filed by Edward Ocasio. (Mead, Michael)
August 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 5 OPINION AND ORDER for Plaintiff Edward Ocasio to FILE, on or before 9/11/2020, a Supplemental Jurisdictional Statement that properly alleges his citizenship. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar on 8/21/2020. (mrm)
August 17, 2020 Filing 4 No summons were submitted with complaint. (lhc)
August 17, 2020 Senior Judge James T Moody and Magistrate Judge Joshua P Kolar added. *NEW CASE* (lhc)
August 14, 2020 Filing 3 NOTICE of Appearance by Michael C Mead on behalf of Edward Ocasio (Mead, Michael)
August 14, 2020 Filing 2 NOTICE of Appearance by Jeffrey J Tallis on behalf of Edward Ocasio (Tallis, Jeffrey)
August 14, 2020 Filing 1 COMPLAINT with JURY DEMAND against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0755-4312219.), filed by Edward Ocasio.(Tallis, Jeffrey)

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Represented By: Jessica L Mullen
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