New Moves On ADR in Case Management From The States

[liadnan]

Via Slashdot:

Avista Management Inc d/b/a Avista Plex Inc vs. Wausau Underwriters Insurance Co. (CNN)

June 7, 2006: 12:58 PM EDT
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION
ORDER
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. If either party disputes the outcome of this engagement, an appeal may be filed and a hearing will be held at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, July 7, 2006 before the undersigned in Courtroom 3, George C. Young United States Courthouse and Federal Building, 80 North Hughey Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida on June 6, 2006.

They'll be needing this

Comments

[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

Or even the fearful: http://www.umop.com/rps25.htm

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

Well, it's been passed on to the news desk at my current location.

[anarcha.livejournal.com]

I see a whole new area for legal consulting....

Also, an interesting factoid...

[anarcha.livejournal.com]

In insurance arbitrations, they sometimes determine which side can select the umpire of the arbitration panel by placing bets on whether the last digit of the closing value for the stockmarket the next day is an odd or even number.

Re: Also, an interesting factoid...

[liadnan]

I vaguely remember reading that now..
I think there have been coin toss decisions on minor points here but I can't cite chapter and verse.

Apparently Vegas bookies have begun to open books on the result of the RPS game.

Incidentally, re the "If either party disputes the outcome of this engagement, an appeal may be filed and a hearing will be held at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, July 7, 2006 before the undersigned" bit, do you think given the obvious irritation of the judge either of them would dare?

Re: Also, an interesting factoid...

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

do you think given the obvious irritation of the judge either of them would dare?

It sounds like a situation FE Smith would rather have relished.

Re: Also, an interesting factoid...

[anarcha.livejournal.com]

Well, these attorneys are apparently pretty brazen and oblivious.

If they do go back before him, I'm doing whatever it takes to get a transcript...