Antero Resources Corp. v. Strudley

{11 We granted certiorari to consider whether a specialized type of modified case management order known as a "Lone Pine order" is authorized under the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure and, if so, to assess whether the trial court abused its discretion by entering such an order in this case.1 Lone Pine orders developed from an unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Lore v. Lone Pine Corp., No. L-33606-85, 1986 WL 637507 (N.J.Super. Ct. Law Div. Nov. 18, 1986). Entered after initial disclosures but before discovery, Lone Pine orders require plaintiffs in toxic tort cases to…