Bar News - June 23, 2006
A ‘New’ Form of Dispute Resolution?
The following is an actual court order, issued by the US District Court, Middle District of Florida (Orlando). Avista Management v. Wausau Underwriters Insurance Co., No. 6:05-cv-1430-Or 31JGG (Consolidated). June 6, 2006. Thanks to attorney Bruce Dorner, of Londonderry, for sending this in.
”This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to designate location of a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition (Doc. 105). Upon consideration of the Motion - the latest in a series of Gordian knots that the parties have been unable to untangle without enlisting the assistance of the federal courts - it is
ORDERED that said Motion is DENIED. Instead, the Court will fashion a new form of alternative dispute resolution, to wit: at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, June 30, 2006, counsel shall convene at a neutral site agreeable to both parties. If counsel cannot agree on a neutral site, they shall meet on the front steps of the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, 801 North Florida Ave., Tampa, Florida 33602. Each lawyer shall be entitled to be accompanied by one paralegal who shall act as an attendant and witness. At that time and location, counsel shall engage in one (1) game of “rock, paper, scissors.” The winner of this engagement shall be entitled to select the location for the 30(b)(6) deposition to be held somewhere in Hillsborough County during the period July 11-12, 2006….”
Gregory A. Presnell, United States District Judge.
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