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January 1 8, 2011MORNING SESSION

(Whereupon, the fol I owi ngproceedi ngs were hel d i n opencourt, to w'i t: )THE C0URT: I'm goi ng to cal I Gi I I espi e

versus HoffmanMR, FLETCHER: Yes, Good morning, Your

Honor " Robert Fl etcher on behal f of Mr, Hoffmanwho's present i n court, Your Honor,

MS . GI LLESPI E : Courtney and Me'l odyGjllespie,

THE C0URT: The pl ai nti ff's demurrer tothe answer, the Court is adopting its tentativeru1 i ng. I recei ved yesterday a request for oralargument . It wasn 't ti me'l y, So the tentat j ve i sadopted.

The on1 y i ssue we have thi s morni ngi s the case management conference. Both defendantand plaintjff demand jury, Two- to three-dayesti mate by both, ?l though an amendment to the casemanagement statement by the plaint'i ff indicates twoweeks,

MR. FLETCHER: Excuse ffie, Your Honor.Defendant di d not demand a j ury,

THE C0URT: I'm sorry, Non-j ury.

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Defendant's non-j ury.

wrong,

MR. FLETCHER: Non-j ury, that's correct,THE COURT: You' re ri ght . I read i t

My N looks like a J.Medi ati on or j udi ci al arbi trati on by

defendant . Medi ati on i ni ti al 1 y by the p1 ai nti ff,but j n the amendment to the case managementconference statement i t says none. Why thei ncrease from two to three days to two weeks?

MS. GILLESPIE: Because when I startedafter I got the Cross-Comp1 ai nt and I started to

analyze what was gonna potent'i a1 'l y go on i n thecase, then I real i zed 'i t coul d become a comp'l excase and may become more i nvol ved than what I hadori gi na1 1 y thought .

THE COURT: Wel I , my rev-i ew of the f i I ei ndi cates that we're goi ng to set the matter for athree-day setting. We can address the length ofthe tri al at the settl ement conference fol I owi ngcompl eti on of the di scovery and there's somequest'i on as to whether that length 'i s going to besuf f i c j ent , The purpose of the 'l ength , for themost part, i s so the j ury can be advi sed as to how'l ong they're going to be expected to be here,

The Compl ai nt was fi I ed onAugust 26th of 2010, I don't determine this 'i s a

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compl ex case. I'm goi ng to set i t wi thi n one year,The 22nd of August, i s that agreeabl e?

MR. FLETCHER: That's fine, Your Honor.MS, GILLESPIE: The what was that

aga-i n?

THE COURT: August 22nd .MS, GILLESPIE: For what?THE C0URT: Tri al , August 22nd at

1 0:00 o'cl ock i n thi s department, ?ssi gned here foral I purposes. I'm goi ng to schedul e a readi nessconference for the 1gth of August at 9:00 o'clock.Motj ons i n I i mi ne to be served and fi I ed fi ve daysbefore that readi ness conference, I'l I rul e onthose moti ons at that ti me. Lodge wi th the Courtproposed jury instructions and verdict forms at thereadi ness conference,

f'm goi ng to set an eari y settl ementconference for the 12th of Ju-l y at 8:30 in thisdepartment. Settl ement conference statements to be1 odged wi th the Court and served fj ve days beforethe settl ement conference.

A wai ver of t'i me and pl ace of tri albecause of counsel 's appearance i n theseproceedi ngs, I'm not goi ng to set the matter formedi at'i on or arbi trati on.

Any questj ons?

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MR. FLETCHER: Thank you, Your Honor"|\4S, GILLESPIE: What was July?THE CLERK: Ju1 y 12th,MS. GILLESPIE: 12th, okay.THE COURT: At 8: 30 .|\4S. GILLESPIE: I object to the Court's

rul i ng that p1 ai nti ff's request was I ate because wehad to fax it in and jt was at a quarter to 4:00and accordi ng to the I ocal court rul es i t says4:00 o'cl ock,

THE COURT: Yesterday was a hof iday soi t had to be -i n by Fri day at 4: 00 o' cl ock.

(Whereupon, the proceedi ngswere concl uded. )

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