Kern v. Otis Elevator Company
Plaintiff: Deborah Kern
Defendant: Otis Elevator Company and Tenet HealthSystem Medical, Inc.
Case Number: 2:2023cv04337
Filed: August 29, 2023
Court: US District Court for the District of South Carolina
Presiding Judge: Richard M Gergel
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
October 17, 2023 Filing 17 DELETION OF DOCKET ENTRY NUMBER 14 Reason: Filed as Duplicate. Filed as docket #15 . (gray)
October 16, 2023 Filing 16 Local Rule 26.03 Answers to Interrogatories by Tenet HealthSystem Medical, Inc..(Tierney, Joseph)
October 16, 2023 Filing 15 Rule 26(f) Report by Otis Elevator Company. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order Consent Scheduling Order, #2 Supporting Documents Mediation Form)(Kendall, Everett)
October 16, 2023 Filing 13 Local Rule 26.03 Answers to Interrogatories by Deborah Kern.(Buncher, Jeffrey)
October 10, 2023 Filing 12 NOTICE of Request for Protection from Court Appearance by Christine Kent Toporek for 3/25/24-3/29/24 (Toporek, Christine)
October 10, 2023 Filing 11 NOTICE of Request for Protection from Court Appearance by Joseph J Tierney, Jr for 12/18/23-12/22/23; 7/29/24-8/2/24;8/5/24-8/9/24 (Tierney, Joseph)
September 20, 2023 Filing 10 Local Rule 26.01 Answers to Interrogatories by Tenet HealthSystem Medical, Inc..(Tierney, Joseph)
September 20, 2023 Filing 9 ANSWER to Complaint by Tenet HealthSystem Medical, Inc..(Tierney, Joseph) (Main Document 9 replaced to add case number on 9/21/2023) (gray).
September 14, 2023 Filing 8 Defendant has moved to amend its notice of removal to "better articulate" the grounds for removal. (Dkt. No. #5 ). Plaintiff does not oppose the motion. (Id.). For good cause shown, the motion is granted. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed by Honorable Richard M Gergel on 9/14/2023. (gray)
September 11, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 7 SCHEDULING ORDER: Rule 26(f) Conference Deadline 10/2/2023, 26(a) Initial Disclosures due by 10/16/2023, Rule 26 Report due by 10/16/2023, Motions to Amend Pleadings due by 12/11/2023, Plaintiff's ID of Expert Witness due by 1/9/2024, Defendant's ID of Expert Witnesses Due by 2/8/2024, Records Custodian Affidavit due by 2/15/2024, Discovery due by 3/11/2024, Motions due by 3/25/2024, Jury Selection Deadline 7/1/2024, Motions in Limine must be filed no sooner than fifteen (15) days and no later than ten (10) days prior to the date certain set for jury selection and trial, Rule 26(a)(3) Disclosures due by 21 business days prior to jury selection, Pretrial Briefs due by 5 business days prior to the date set for jury selection. Signed by Honorable Richard M Gergel on 9/11/2023. (gray)
September 5, 2023 Filing 6 ANSWER to Complaint by Otis Elevator Company.(Kendall, Everett)
September 5, 2023 Filing 5 MOTION for Leave to File Amended Notice of Removal by Otis Elevator Company. Response to Motion due by 9/19/2023. Add an additional 3 days only if served by mail or otherwise allowed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 or Fed. R. Crim. P. 45. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A)No proposed order.(Kendall, Everett)
September 5, 2023 Filing 4 Local Rule 26.01 Answers to Interrogatories by Deborah Kern.(Buncher, Jeffrey)
August 29, 2023 Filing 3 Local Rule 26.01 Answers to Interrogatories by Otis Elevator Company. (gray)
August 29, 2023 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL from Charleston Court of Common Pleas, case number 2023CP1003516. (Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ASCDC-11290754), filed by Otis Elevator Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Summons, #2 Exhibit B - NEF, #3 Exhibit C - Stipulation in Amount of Controversy) (gray)

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Plaintiff: Deborah Kern
Represented By: Carl H Jacobson
Represented By: Matthew Thomas Reitz
Represented By: Jeffrey Wayne Buncher, Jr
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Defendant: Otis Elevator Company
Represented By: Everett Augustus Kendall, II
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Defendant: Tenet HealthSystem Medical, Inc.
Represented By: Joseph J Tierney, Jr
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