In a civil jury action arising from a slip-and-fall, the court addressed trial management after an exit pre-trial and a subsequent trial management conference.
The court found the responding party unprepared to narrow issues, including blanket denials of requests to admit and no meaningful engagement on a joint document brief.
The endorsement emphasizes that late-stage trial preparation wastes party and court resources and contributes to systemic delay.
The court directed a further exit pretrial before the May 2026 blitz sitting, required counsel to provide the endorsement to clients, and set a timetable for written costs submissions.
