At a pre-trial conference for a six-week trial, the court provided procedural directions regarding the presentation of evidence.
The court permitted the plaintiffs to use affidavits for their evidence-in-chief to save time, but declined to admit discovery transcripts en masse.
The court also agreed with the defendant that the judge should not read the expert reports until after hearing the plaintiffs' viva voce evidence, to avoid being influenced by the experts' interpretation of the plaintiffs' testimony before hearing it firsthand.
