LEAH HICKEY VS. REBECCA HARRINGTON ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, Line 2. DEFENDANT Rebecca Harrington's Motion For Protective Order To Limit Or Reduce Plaintiff Leah Hickeys Non Retained Experts.

Defendant Rebecca Harrington's motion for a protective order to limit or reduce plaintiff Leah Hickey's non-retained experts is granted in part and, if there are any remaining disputes after a further meet and confer, the hearing is continued to August 25, 2025.

A protective order will issue striking all portions of Ms. Hickey's expert disclosures purporting to reserve the right to call at trial any non-retained experts not identified by name. The protective order also requires that no later than the end of the business day on August 21, 2025 Ms. Hickey must identify each named non-retained expert who she does not expect to testify at trial if Ms. Harrington stipulates to the admissibility of medical records pertaining to that expert and, as to each such expert, identify the medical records that Ms. Hickey seeks a stipulation of admissibility.

The parties are required to meet and confer beginning no later than 10am on August 22, 2025 in an effort to significantly reduce the number of non-retained experts that Ms. Hickey expects to call at trial. If by 3pm on August 22, 2025 the parties have not resolved all remaining disputes regarding the number of non-retained experts that Ms. Hickey intends to call at trial, no later than 4pm on August 22, 2025 each side must send an email to department 302 stating, without argument, her position(s) as to the remaining disputes and then appear in department 302 on August 25, 2025 at 9am.

For the 9:00 a.m. calendar, all attorneys and parties may appear in Department 302 remotely or in person. Remote hearings will be conducted by videoconference using Zoom. (Dept. 302 Zoom ID 160 409 7690; Passcode 516287.) To appear remotely at the hearing, go to the court's website at sfsuperiorcourt.org under "Online Services," navigate to "Tentative Rulings," and click on the appropriate link, or dial the corresponding phone number.

Any party who contests a tentative ruling must send an email to contestdept302tr@sftc.org with a copy to all other parties by 4pm stating, without argument, the portion(s) of the tentative ruling that the party contests. The subject line of the email shall include the line number, case name and case number. The text of the email shall include the name and contact information, including email address, of the attorney or party who will appear at the hearing.

Counsel for the moving party is required to prepare a proposed order which repeats verbatim the substantive portion of the tentative ruling and must email it to contestdept302tr@sftc.org prior to the hearing even if the tentative ruling is not contested.

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