Joint Proposed Discovery Plan Due Aug. 1 in TCPA Class Action vs. State Farm
U.S. Magistrate Judge Beth Jantz for Northern Illinois in Chicago ordered counsel for plaintiff Thomas Gebka and defendant State Farm to meet and confer and submit a joint proposed discovery plan by Aug. 1 in Gebka’s Telephone Consumer Protection act…
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class action against the insurer, said a docket entry notification Tuesday (docket 1:22-cv-05546). U.S. District Judge John Kness on July 12 referred the case to Jantz to supervise discovery when he denied State Farm’s motion to dismiss Gebka’s TCPA amended complaint for failure to state a claim (see 2307120033). The joint proposed discovery plan should include proposed deadlines for the issuance of initial disclosures and a due date for the issuance of initial written discovery requests, plus a fact discovery deadline and whether any expert discovery is anticipated, said the notification.