Berger v. State Farm General Insurance Company
- Haywood Gilliam
- 4:24-cv-02060
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 3
In Berger v. State Farm, Judge Gilliam moved expert disclosures from January 10 to February 10, 2025, at the parties’ request.
Matthew Berger, Dawn Berger, and State Farm General Insurance Company; the order changes the deadline for expert disclosures to February 10, 2025.
What happened
In Berger v. State Farm General Insurance Company, Matthew Berger and Dawn Berger and State Farm jointly asked to extend the deadline for exchanging expert information. The deadline was January 10, 2025.
The parties said the extra time was needed for State Farm to inspect the plaintiffs’ home, where the property damage occurred, and for both sides and their experts to account for additional fact discovery after mediation. They said the extension would not change the other deadlines.
Judge Haywood Gilliam ordered the expert disclosure deadline continued to February 10, 2025.
The detailed version
- Berger v. State Farm General Insurance Company · No. 4:24-cv-02060
- Haywood Gilliam
- Jan. 8, 2025
Background
Matthew Berger and Dawn Berger and State Farm General Insurance Company jointly submitted a request to extend the expert disclosure deadline. The deadline was January 10, 2025.
Reason for the Requested Extension
The parties asked to move the deadline to February 10, 2025. They stated that State Farm needed to inspect the plaintiffs’ home, which they identified as the location of the property damage at issue, on January 9, 2025. They also stated that the extension would allow the parties and their experts to complete disclosures using information from additional fact discovery expected after mediation. The parties represented that the extension would not affect the other deadlines in the case.
Ruling
Judge Haywood Gilliam ordered the expert disclosure date continued from January 10, 2025, to February 10, 2025.
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