Locatell v. Generac Power Systems, Inc.

Summary

The document is a joint stipulation and order staying the action pending the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s resolution of a motion to transfer and centralize related putative class actions. The parties agree to a stay, deadlines for responding to the complaint and conducting the Rule 26(f) conference if transfer is denied, and preservation of defendants’ jurisdictional and other defenses.

Holdings

1. The court ordered the action stayed pending the JPML's resolution of the motion to transfer.
2. If the JPML denies the transfer motion, the parties must notify the court promptly; defendants will have 45 days from the denial to respond to the complaint, and the parties will have 60 days from the denial to conduct the Rule 26(f) conference.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should stay the action pending the JPML's resolution of the motion to transfer related actions for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.
2. What deadlines and procedural protections should apply if the JPML denies the transfer motion.

Disposition

other