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The general orders governing all silicosis cases in the Silicosis Cases coordination proceeding (JCCP No. 5378), each signed by Judge Elihu M. Berle as Coordination Judge — Nos. 1 to 25 dated December 31, 2025 and Nos. 26 to 36 dated January 26, 2026: No. 1 (scope and amendment), 2 (caption page), 3 (add-on cases), 4 (designated electronic service provider), 5 (electronic service), 6 (court reporting), 7 (remote appearances), 8 (timing of service of the summons and complaint; notice of appearance), 9 (cross-complaints), 10 (regular update of cases), 11 (law and motion and ex parte applications), 12 (joint motions and joinders), 13 (summary judgment and adjudication), 14 (standard discovery), 15 (medical records), 16 (plaintiff and percipient witness depositions), 17 (trial video direct examination depositions), 18 and 19 (depositions of the person most knowledgeable), 20 (document production), 21 (expert discovery), 22 (informal discovery conferences), 23 (motions to compel discovery), 24 (out-of-state commissions), 25 (preferential trial setting), 26 (retention of evidence), 27 (protective order), 28 (final status conference), 29–33 (the joint statement of the case, witness list, exhibit list, jury instructions and verdict form), 34 (designations of deposition and former testimony), 35 (motions in limine) and 36 (financial information for a punitive damages phase).
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES COORDINATION PROCEEDING SPECIAL TITLE (RULE 3.550) SILICOSIS CASES JCCP No. 5378 GENERAL ORDER NO. 1 Hon. Elihu M. Berle SILICOSIS CASES GENERAL ORDERS shall govern and apply in all Silicosis cases that are included in the Silicosis Cases Judicial Council Coordination Proceedings 5378, unless otherwise ordered by the court, Al
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/general-orders/LIBSVCCommunications-108-SilicosisCasesGeneralOrders.pdf (10550889 bytes, sha256 42fa54a8ee823d5f6d82f00f3eb90c68d65f511080c3f0767ec8f8fafaabd5fe; 132 pages) - General Orders No. 1 to 36 of the coordinated Silicosis Cases (JCCP No. 5378). The printed pages (1 to 19, 22 to 28, 64 to 96 and 100 to 132) are composed with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow), reading the glyphs drawn on the page, in four runs: each order's two-column caption set left cell, then right cell (the “)” column and the box's rule left out), the running footer eleven orders print (the order's title; on several, the number it had in draft) left out as a page mark, and General Order No. 2's sample caption set the same way; proof 1 (whitespace-only), proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) and proof 3 (same characters as the glyphs drawn on the page) all pass for every run. General Orders No. 9 (pages 20 and 21) and No. 14 (pages 29 to 34) are page scans, transcribed by eye with a machine second reader (RapidOCR). Not transcribed, as bracketed notes say: Exhibits 14A to 14F (pages 35 to 63: the preliminary fact sheets, the standard authorizations and the standard discovery), pages 97 to 99 (two blank pleading pages and an unfilled proof of service), and each composed order's electronic signature (an image). Attached to Judge Elihu M. Berle: the orders are signed by him as the coordination judge of JCCP No. 5378; the court's Judicial Officer Search application lists Judge Elihu M. Berle at the Spring Street Courthouse, Department 6.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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