Lawyers for the USTA and Eugenie Bouchard asked a federal court for a delay in the case between the two sides because the tennis player is so busy traveling playing tennis. Bouchard is suing the USTA over a concussion she suffered after slipping in a locker room area at last year’s U.S. Open. The two sides are engaged in settlement talks, and also proceeding with discovery. Bouchard’s lawyer, Benedict Morelli, in a court filing yesterday asked the court for a 90-day extension of fact discovery deadlines. “The reason for this request is that Ms. Bouchard’s rigorous worldwide professional tennis schedule has made it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to schedule her for necessary fact discovery appearances,” the court filing said. “Her tennis season ends in mid/late October, and she will be fully available at that time.” His filing said the USTA agreed with the extension. Fact discovery, which does not include expert reports, was due to end Sept. 30, a few weeks after the end of this year’s U.S. Open. Morelli asked that fact discovery be completed by Dec. 30; medical expert reports by the same date and all other expert discovery done by April 16 of next year.
