Discovery End Date Upon Consolidation
When cases are consolidated, the consolidation order should specify the discovery end date that will apply to all cases within the consolidation. If the consolidation order does not specify a discovery end date, the most distant discovery end date among the cases consolidated will generally apply to all cases within the consolidation.
When two cases are consolidated, ACMS is programmed to automatically provide the longest appropriate discovery period to the consolidated cases. For example, if a Track I and a Track II are consolidated, the consolidated case will be provided with the Track II discovery period. If both cases are on Track II, but one was filed later and so has a more distant discovery end date that more distant date will be assigned to the consolidated case. This is a “default” procedure, which can be overridden if the judge assigns a specific discovery end date in the consolidation order.
More information can be obtained from “ A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO NEW JERSEY’S CIVIL COURT PROCEDURES”
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