Chinn v. Whidbey Public Hospital District ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 AT SEATTLE 7 MELISSA CHINN, 8 Plaintiff, 9 v. C20-995 TSZ 10 WHIDBEY PUBLIC HOSPITAL MINUTE ORDER DISTRICT d/b/a WHIDBEY HEALTH 11 MEDICAL CENTER, 12 Defendant. 13 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable 14 Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge: (1) The Court, having deferred portions of Defendant’s motion for partial 15 summary judgment, docket no. 46, motion to exclude the testimony of Plaintiff’s expert Dr. Laurie Rudman, docket no. 33, and motion to limit the testimony of Plaintiff’s expert 16 Douglas McDaniel, docket no. 35, concludes that oral argument will aid the Court’s decisional process on the deferred portions of the motions and hereby SETS oral 17 argument, which will take place in court, for Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. 18 (2) Counsel shall be prepared to address at oral argument whether or to what extent Dr. Rudman may testify about how the social framework that she describes applies 19 to the facts of this case, the questions concerning mitigation through self-employment raised in Carden v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 850 F.2d 996, 1005–06 (3d Cir. 1988) as 20 they relate to the facts of this case, and the evidence that supports Plaintiff’s claim for lost income damages. Counsel shall also be prepared to address the anticipated length of 21 trial and number of witnesses who will testify at trial. 22 1 (3) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of record. 2 Dated this 22nd day of November, 2021. 3 Ravi Subramanian 4 Clerk 5 s/Gail Glass Deputy Clerk 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22