June 1, 2007
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Rory H. Foley Assistant Attorney General |
Kelly W. Hoversten, Esq. Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A. 500 IDS Center Erik T. Salveson, Esq. Halleland Lewis 600 |
Re: Commissioner
of Labor and Industry vs. Smith Foundry Company
OAH Docket No. 3-1901-17986-2
Dear Counsel:
This letter constitutes the Prehearing Order concerning discussions held in the telephone prehearing conference on May 23, 2007. Mr. Foley appeared for the Commissioner; Mr. Hoversten appeared for Smith Foundry Company.
During the prehearing conference we set the following deadlines:
October 31, 2007: Discovery deadline. All discovery requests shall be served sufficiently in advance of this deadline so that responses are due no later than October 31, 2007.
November 9, 2007: Motion deadline.
November 16, 2007: Deadline for the parties to exchange all exhibits they intend to offer into evidence at the hearing, along with a witness list containing a brief summary of the anticipated testimony of each witness. The parties shall provide to the Administrative Law Judge copies of the exhibit and witness lists, but not the exhibits.
December 4-6,
2007: Hearing, commencing at 9:30
a.m. at the Office of Administrative
Hearings. By the time of the hearing OAH
will be located in the
If the parties decide that mediation by an Administrative Law Judge might help them successfully resolve this matter, mediation can usually be arranged fairly quickly. Please send a letter to Chief Administrative Law Judge Raymond R. Krause informing him that both parties request assignment of another ALJ to act as a mediator in this matter.
Sincerely,
s/Kathleen
D. Sheehy
KATHLEEN
D. SHEEHY
Administrative
Law Judge
Telephone:
(612) 341-7602
cc: Docket Coordinator