EFTA00616773.pdf

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS & ST. JOHN ) JEFFREY EPSTEIN, et al., ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) NO. ST-10-CV-443 FANCELLI PANELING, INC., and ) J.P. MOLYNEUX STUDIO, LTD., ) ) Defendants. ) (CARROLL, J.) ) AMENDED NOTICE TO THE COURT OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 260) COME NOW the parties herein, by and through undersigned counsel, to state the following facts and circumstances in complying with Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 26: I. PROCEDURAL STATUS The Court's rulings on preliminary Motions resulted in the addition of a party-defendant. Answers to all claims were filed and served in advance of mediation. Mediation was commenced on July 13, 2012, but recessed to afford Defendants an opportunity to view the work in place on, or before September I, 2012. Consistent with Fed.R.Civ.P. 260) & LRCi 16.1(a), and the Order of this Honorable Court dated July 19, 2012, the representatives for the parties were obliged to meet pursuant to the Court's EFTA00616773 AMENDED NOTICE OF MEETING OF COUNSEL PURSUANT TO RULE 260) Epstein, et aL v. Fancelli Paneling, Inc., et aL Page 2 order to confer to stipulate to a revised discovery schedule and (proposed) Scheduling Order on, or before July 30, 2012. The parties met and conferred on July 30ih and again August 10'h telephonically. Two agreed to what follows. The Court ordered trial to commence on December 3, 2012,1 and for the parties to work back from that date in completing our assignment. As required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) and L R .CL 26.2(c), to the extent each party has such items within his possession not previously disclosed to the remaining parties, the Parties agreed to exchange the following information on, or before August 17, 2012: A. The name and, if known, the address and telephone number of each person likely to have discoverable information-along with the subjects of that information-that the disclosing party may use to support its claims or defenses, unless the use would be solely for impeachment; B. A copy- or a description by category and location-of all documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things that the disclosing party has in its possession, custody, or control and may use to support its claims or defenses, unless the use would be for impeachment ; C. A computation of each category of damages claimed by the disclosing party-who must also make available for inspection and copying as under Rule 34 the documents or other evidentiary material, unless privileged or protected from disclosure, on which I. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit subsequently provided notice to the V.I. Bar that it will hear arguments during the week of December 3, 2012, and, in the absence of good cause shown, counsel with cases before the Court are expected to be available for oral argument during that week. Counsel for Defendant Fancelli is before that Court on that occasion in the matter of United States v. Shaihout, Docket Nos. 12-1076 & 12-1077, recently confirmed for oral argument on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, with notice of this conflict. EFTA00616774 AMENDED NOTICE OF MEETING OF COUNSEL PURSUANT TO RULE 260) Epstein, et aL v. Fancelli Paneling, Inc., et aL Page 3 each computation is based, including materials bearing on the nature and extent of injuries suffered; and D. For inspection and copying as under F.R.Civ.P. 34, any insurance agreements under which an insurance business may be liable to satisfy all or part of a possible judgment in the action or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy the judgment. II. DISCOVERY PLAN The Parties generally recommend the following revised plan to the Court for discovery: 1. All written discovery will be served on, or before September 10, 2012; responses will be filed in the time as required by the Fed. R. Civ. P. made applicable herein by Super. Ct R. 7 & 39. 2. All fact depositions will be completed on, or before October 26, 2012.2 3. The Plaintiff will designate its expert(s) on, or before September 3, 2012. Defendants will designate their expert(s) within one (1) month of Plaintiffs designation. 4. Expert depositions are to be completed on, or before October 26, 2012. 5. Dispositive motions may be served at any time, but must be served on, or before September 2, 2012. 6. The Court has set the submission of the Joint Final Pretrial Order for November 2, 2012. The Court has set the final pretrial conference for November 9, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. 2 A majority of parties and witnesses in this action reside outside of the U.S. Virgin Islands. EFTA00616775 AMENDED NOTICE OF MEETING OF COUNSEL PURSUANT TO RULE 260) Epstein, et aL v. Fancelli Paneling, Inc., et aL Page 4 7. The Court has set the jury selection and trial in this matter for December 3, 2012. Respectfully submitted, Dated this day of July, 2012. Denise Francois, Esquire Treston E. Moore, Esquire HODGE & FRANCOIS MOORE DODSON & RUSSELL, P.C. Counsel for Plaintiff Epstein, et al. Counsel for Defendant Fancelli Paneling, Inc. 1340 Taameberg P.O. Box 310, E.G.S. (14A Norre Gade) St. Thomas, V.I. 00802 St. Thomas, V PHONE: PHONE: FAX: FAX: EMAIL: EMAIL: A. Jeffrey Weiss, Esquire A.J. WEISS & ASSOCIATES Counsel for Defendant J.P. Molyneux Studio, Ltd. 6934 Vessup Lane St. Thomas, V.I. 00802-1001 PHONE: FAX: EMAIL: EFTA00616776