Uniform Case Scheduling Order Adopted in City Civil Cases Litigated in Supreme Court across New York City and where the City of New York is named as a defendant

10.5.20 Uniform Case Scheduling Order Adopted in City Civil Cases Litigated in Supreme Court across New York City and where the City of New York is named as a defendant. The uniform case scheduling order is a comprehensive, court-issued order outlining everything from deposition dates to an exhaustive list of specific disclosures that must be made in certain types of cases, like traditional slip and fall and trip and fall lawsuits. In consideration of the ongoing pandemic, the uniform case scheduling order will be issued at the outset of a case without the need for in-person conferencing. Instead, clerks will enter dates for discovery disclosures once a request for a preliminary conference is filed. To ensure that discovery dates do not conflict with attorney and witness schedules, the clerks will contact the parties to solicit important initial information in all cases.