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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY :
AUTHORITY, : C.A. No. 07-00008-SLR
Plaintiff
v. : U
J AN D. KOPACZ,
Defendant. :
DISCOVERY ORDER
1. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The Parties have exchanged the information required by
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a) and D. Del. LR 16.2.
2. Discovery.
(a) Discovery will be needed on the following subjects:
Plaintiff will need discovery as to defendant’s medical condition, medical
treatment, living expenses, as well as his application for and receipt of disability » p
and social security benefits. Plaintiff will also seek discovery on the
consequential damages alleged in his Counterclaim.
If plaintiff will not stipulate to the relevant facts, defendant will need
discovery on all facts related to the acquisition of the wage continuation policy
and its scope and also on the availability of expert advice on maintenance law to
plaintiff in addition to plaintiffs counsel. Defendant will also need discovery on
plaintiffs surveillance evidence if it has any although defendant will object to its
use since plaintiff did not disclose its existence in answers to interrogatories.
(b) All discovery shall be commenced in time to be completed by August 1, 2007.

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(c) Maximum of 25 interrogatories by each part to any other party.
(d) Maximum of 25 requests for admission by each party to any other party.
(e) Maximum of 5 depositions by plaintiff and 3 depositions by defendant.
(f) Each deposition limited to a maximum of 7 hours unless extended by agreement
C of parties.
(g) Reports from retained experts under Rule 26(a)(2) on issues for which any party
has the burden of proof due by July 2, 2007. Rebuttal expert reports due by
August 1, 2007.
(h) Discovery Disputes. Any discovery dispute shall be submitted to the Court
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. During the course of discovery, each party is
limited to two (2) Rule 37 motions. The Court shall make itself available,
however, to resolve through a telephone conference, disputes that arise during the
course of a deposition and disputes related to entry of a protective order.
3. J oinder of other Parties, Amendment of Pleadings, and Class Certification. All
motions to join other parties and/or amend the pleadings shall be filed on or before April 15,
2007.
4. Applications by Motion. Any application to the Court shall be by written motion tiled
with the clerk. Unless otherwise requested by the Court, counsel shall not deliver copies of
papers or correspondence to chambers. Any non-dispositive motion shall contain the
statement required by D. Del LR 7.1.1.
5. Motions in Limine. All motions in limine shall be tiled on or before August 13, 2007.
All responses to said motions shall be tiled on or before August 20, 2007.
6. Pretrial Conference. A pretrial conference will be held on August 27, 2007 at 4:30 p.m.

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in Courtroom 6B, Sixth Floor, Federal Building, 844 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware. For
purposes of completing pretrial preparations, the parties should plan on being allocated a total
number of hours in which to present their respective cases.
7. Trial. Trial shall commence on September 24, 2007.
IT IS SO ORDERED this ibday of E gg , 2007.
U. S D.];