On July 16, 2021 a
Conference
was filed
involving a dispute between
Boehler, Clay,
Boehler, Tammy,
Ellis, Al,
Glover, Michael,
Tarver, B.,
Tarver, Debbie,
Tarver, K.,
Tarver, Melissa,
Tarver, Randy,
and
Atmos Energy Corporation,
Bobcat Contracting, Llc,
Fesco, Ltd.,
for OTHER PERSONAL INJURY
in the District Court of Dallas County.
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CAUSE NO. DC-21-09308
MELISSA TARVER, Individually and as
§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§
Representative of the Estate of DERIC
TARVER, and as next friend of B.T. and
K.T., Minors, RANDY TARVER and
DEBBIE TARVER
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
V. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
192ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION
and BOBCAT CONTRACTING, LLC
TAMMY BOEHLER, Individually and as
Representative of the Estate of ETHAN
KNIGHT, and CLAY BOEHLER
V.
ATMOS ENERGY CORPOMTION and
FESCO, LTD.
MICHAEL GLOVER
v.
ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION and
BOBCAT CONTRACTING, LLC
[PROPOSED] AGREED AMENDED LEVEL 3 DOCKET CONTROL ORDER
In accordance with Rules 166, 190, and 192 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the
Court makes the following order to control discovery and the schedule of this cause. To the extent
this order conflicts with the Court’s prior scheduling order or docket control orders, this order
controls.
Discovery in this case will be controlled by Rule 190.4 (Level 3) of the Texas Rules of
Civil Procedure. Except by agreement of the parties, leave of court, or Where expressly authorized
by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, no party may obtain discovery of information subject to
disclosure under Rule 194 by any other form of discovery.
[Proposed] Agreed Amended Level 3 Docket Control Order Page 1 of 6
Amended Description
Date
08/01/2023 DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DESIGNATION (DAMAGES):
Damages experts for all defendants and third party defendants shall be designated
by this date, except to the extent their reports pertain to Mr. Glover’s damages
claims. The designation must include the information listed in Rule 195.5 (a) and
written reports of designated retained testifying experts in accordance with Rule
195 .5(b) shall be produced at the time of designation. Failure to timely respond
will be governed by Rule 193.6.
8/ 15/2023 DEFENDANTS’ EXPERT WITNESS DESIGNATION (DAMAGES):
Damages experts for all defendants and third party defendants shall be designated
by this date to the extent their reports pertain to Mr. Glover’s damages claims. The
designation must include the information listed in Rule 195.5(a) and written reports
of designated retained testifying experts in accordance with Rule 195.5 (b) shall be
produced at the time of designation. Failure to timely respond will be governed by
Rule 193 .6.
8/16/2023 REBUTTAL EXPERT WITNESS DESIGNATION: Rebuttal experts for all
experts designated July 14, 2023 or August 1, 2021 shall be designated by this date.
The designation must include the information listed in Rule 195.5(a) and written
reports of designated retained testifying experts in accordance with Rule 195.5(b)
shall be produced at the time of designation. Failure to timely respond will be
governed by Rule 193.6.
1 1/03/2023 CHALLENGES TO EXPERT TESTIMONY: All motions to exclude expert
testimony and evidentiary challenges to expert testimony must be filed by this date,
unless extended by leave of court.
12/01/2023 MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY: Any motion to compel responses to
discovery (other than relating to factual matters arising after this date) must be filed
no later than this date or such complaint is waived, except for the sanction of
exclusion under Rule 193.6.
12/05/2023 DISCOVERY: All discovery must be conducted by this date. Parties seeking
discovery must serve discovery requests sufficiently far in advance of the end of
the discovery period so that the deadline for responding will be within the
discovery period. Counsel may agree to continue discovery beyond this deadline
by agreement of all parties. No agreement to extend discovery deadlines shall
delay the trial date except for good cause shown.
12/05/2023 RULE 166a(c) MOTIONS: Except with leave of court, TRCP 166a(c) motions
must be filed no later than this date.
[Proposed] Agreed Amended Level 3 Docket Control Order Page 2 of 6
01/05/2024 EXCHANGE DESIGNATIONS AND EXHIBITS: The parties will file and
otherwise exchange Witness lists, exhibit lists, deposition excerpts, motions in
limine, and other materials outlined in Rule 166 by this date. This deadline does
not prevent the filing of rebuttal or impeachment exhibits and/or deposition
excerpts.
01/ 12/2024 EXCHANGE OF REBUTTAL TRIAL DESIGNATIONS AND EXHIBITS:
The parties will file and otherwise exchange witness lists, exhibit lists, deposition
excerpts, motions in limine, and other materials outline in Rule 166 by this date, to
the extent such material is in rebuttal to the parties’ exchange of designations and
exhibits on January 5, 2024.
01/ 15/2024 EXCHANGE OBJECTIONS AND CONFER 0N STIPULATIONS: The
parties shall file responses and objections to all parties' exhibits, witness lists,
motions in limine, deposition excerpts, and other Rule 166 materials by this date.
The attorneys for all parties shall meet to confer on stipulations regarding the
materials to be submitted to the Court and attempt to maximize agreement on such
matters.
01/ 18/2024; FINAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE: Parties shall be prepared to discuss all
01/19/2024 aspects of trial with court on this date.
(if
necessary)
02/01/2024- JURY SELECTION: Jury selection to begin on this date at 9:00 am.
02/02/2024
02/05/2024 TRIAL: This case is preferentially set for a JURY TRIAL on this date at 9:00 a.m.
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JUDG'E PRESIDIszé
192ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
[Proposed] Agreed Amended Level 3 Docket Control Order Page 3 of 6
Respectfully submitted on July 27, 2023 as agreed and signed with permission below:
ABRAHAM, WATRKINS, NICHOLS, THE KAMM LAW OFFICE, PLLC
AGOSTO, AZIZ & STOGNER
Jr.
/s/Bemzy Agosto,
BENNY AGOSTO, Jr. JACOB M. KARAM
State Bar No. 00794981 State Bar No. 24105653
BEN AGOSTO III One Sugar Creek Center Boulevard, Ste. 1010
State Bar No. 24091926 Sugar Land, Texas 77478
LENA LAURENZO Telephone: 281-302-5272
State Bar No. 24097973 Fax: 832-201-0480
EDWARD FESTERYGA jacob@thekaramlawoffice.com
State Bar No. 24105857
800 Commerce Street
Houston Texas 77002
Telephone: 713 -222-72l 1
Fax: 713-225-0827
bagosto@awtxlaw.com
benagosto@awtxlaw.com
llaurenzo@awtxlaw.com
efesteryga@awtxlaw.com
COUNSEL FOR TARVER PLAINTIFFS
KHERKHER GARCIA, LLP
/s/Matt L. Martin
STEVE KHERKHER
State Bar No. 11375950
JESUS GARCIA, JR.
State Bar No. 24027389
KEVIN C. HAYNES
State Bar No. 24055639
MATT L. MARTIN
State Bar No. 24090246
2925 Richmond Ave., Ste. 1560
Houston, Texas 77098
Telephone: 713-333-1030
Fax: 713-333-1029
Skherkher—Team@kherkherGarcia.com
COUNSEL FOR BOEHLER PLANTIFFS
[Proposed] Agreed Amended Level 3 Docket Control Order Page 4 of 6
KLITSAS & VERCHER, P.C.
/s/L0ren G. Klitsas
Loren G. Klitsas
State Bar No. 00786025
550 Westcott, Suite 570
Houston, Texas 77077
Telephone: 713 862-1365
Fax: 713-862-1465
klitsas@kV-law.com
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF MICHAEL GLOVER
BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. PLAUCHE MASELLI PARKERSON LLP
/s/Jessica B. Pulliam
Jessica B. Pulliam G. BRUCE PARKERSON
State Bar No. 24037309 State Bar No. 00793106
Susan Cannon Kennedy 701 Poydras Street, Suite 3800
State Bar No. 24051663 New Orleans, Louisiana 70139
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 1100 Telephone: (504) 5 82-1 142
Dallas, Texas 75201 Telefax: (504) 582-1172
Telephone: 214-953-6500 bparkerson@pmpllp.com
Fax: 214-953-6503
jessica.pu11iam@bakerbotts.com
susan.kennedy@bakerbotts.com
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION
/S/Sarah H. Long
SARAH HOLLEY LONG
State Bar No. 24036798
Meadow Park Tower, Suite 1500
10440 North Central Expressway
Dallas, Texas 75231
Telephone: 214-749-4805
Fax: 214-760-1670
LongEDocsNotifications@wbclawfirm.com
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT BOBCAT CONTRACTING, LLC
[Proposed] Agreed Amended Level 3 Docket Control Order Page 5 of 6
THOMSPON, COE, COUSINS & IRONS, HOBLIT DARLING RALLS HERNANDEZ
L.L.P. & HUDLOW LLP
/S/Christ0pher P. Hansen
J enniFER D. AUFRIGHT R. CLAY HOBLIT
State Bar No. 01429050 State Bar No. 09743100
jaufricht@thomp soncoe.com choblit@hdr—law.com
CHRISTOPHER P. Hansen MICHAEL D. HUDLOW, JR.
State Bar No. 00790818 State Bar No. 24007403
chansen@thompsoncoe.com mhudlow@hdr-law.com
Plaza of the Americas 802 N. Carancahua, Ste. 200
700 N. Pearl St., 25th Floor Corpus Christi, TX 78401-0037
Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: 361-888-9329
Telephone: 214-871-8200 Fax: 361-888-9187
Fax: 214-871-8209
[Proposed] Agreed Amended Level 3 Docket Control Order Page 6 of 6
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Associated Case Party: MELISSA TARVER
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Filing Description: [Proposed] Agreed Amended Level 3 Docket Control
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Associated Case Party: FESCO, LTD.
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