Gregg County Court at Law Document Filing Requirements

Applies to

Litigation control order

A Level 1 or Level 2 Litigation Control Order must set dates for the pre-trial conference, trial, and completion of the listed litigation tasks.

Specifically, the Litigation Control Order for a Level 1 or Level 2 case will set specific dates for the pre-trial conference and trial, as well as dates by which the following items must be completed: a. Joinder of Additional Parties; b. Plaintiff Designation of Expert Witnesses and Compliance with Tex.R.Civ.P. 194.2(f); c. Defendant Designation of Expert Witnesses and Compliance with Tex.R.Civ.P., 194.2(t); d. Discovery; e. Mediation; f. The Filing of Dispositive Motions or any Motions Challenging an Expert Witness; g. The Response to a Dispositive Motion or any Motions Challenging an Expert Witness; and h. Parties to Amend Pleadings;

Applies to

Pretrial conference submission

At the Pre-Trial Conference, each party must deliver to the Court its intended witness, expert-witness, and exhibit lists and proposed jury charge or instructions and questions.

At the Pre-Trial Conference, each party is required to deliver to the Court, the following documents: a. List of Witnesses the party intends to call in their case in chief; b. List of Expert Witnesses the party intends to call in their case in chief; c. List of Exhibits which the party intends to offer in their case in chief; and d. The party's proposed jury charge or proposed jury instruction and jury questions.

Applies to

Electronically filed document

Every electronically filed document must include the filer's e-mail address.

In addition to the information required on a pleading by TEX. R. CIV. P. 57, a filer must include an e-mail address on any electronically-filed document.

Applies to

Litigation control order

A Litigation Control Order issued after a motion and Management Conference must include the specified trial, pre-trial, discovery, party-joinder, pleading, and expert-designation dates or limits.

All Litigation Control Orders issued by the Court as a result of a motion filed and a Management Conference held, must contain the following: a. A trial date; b. A pre-trial conference date; c. A discovery deadline, (The Court may either designate a date by which all discovery must be concluded or a date by which all discovery requests must be sent); d. Appropriate limits on the amount of discovery; and e. Deadline for joining additional parties; f. Deadline for amending or supplementing pleadings; g. Deadline for Plaintiff to designate expert witnesses; and h. Deadline for Defendant to designate expert witnesses.

Applies to

Electronically served document

Must include

certificate of service

A filer who electronically serves a document must file it with a written service certification that includes the filer's e-mail address or fax number and the recipient's e-mail address.

(b) A filer who electronically serves a document upon another party shall make a written certification of such service that shall accompany the document when that document is filed. The written certification shall include, in addition to any other requirements imposed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the following: (i) the filer ' s e-mail address or telecopier (facsimile machine) number; (ii) the recipient' s e-mail address;

The electronic-service documentation must state the date and time of service and that the transmission was reported as complete.

(iii) the date and time of electronic service; and (iv) a statement that the document was electronically served and that the electronic transmission was reported as complete.

Applies to

Litigation control order amendment

The parties may amend a Litigation Control Order by agreement except as to the pre-trial conference and trial dates; the agreement must be written, signed, and filed, unless made in open court and entered of record under Tex.R.Civ.P. 11.

With the exception of the dates for the pre-trial conference and the trial, the parties may amend the Litigation Control Order by agreement. Any agreement to amend the Litigation Control Order must be in writing, signed and filed with the papers as part of the record, or unless it be made in open court and entered of record in accordance with Tex.R.Civ.P., 11.