Lujan et al v. Thomas et al, No. 2:2016cv02694 - Document 39 (D. Nev. 2018)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 37 Stipulation to Extend Discovery. Discovery due by 8/6/2018. Motions due by 9/3/2018. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 10/1/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 6/6/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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Lujan et al v. Thomas et al Doc. 39 Case 2:16-cv-02694-RFB-NJK Document 37 Filed 06/05/18 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 BRUCE SCOTT DICKINSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 002297 JACQUELYN M. FRANCO, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 13484 STEPHENSON & DICKINSON, P.C. 2820 West Charleston Boulevard, Suite B-17 Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 Telephone: (702) 474-7229 Facsimile: (702) 474-7237 email: admin@sdlawoffice.net 7 Attorneys for Defendants 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 11 12 13 HENRY LUJAN, an individual, CASE NO.: 2:16-CV-02694-RFB-NJK Plaintiff, vs. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY 14 15 16 17 18 GORDON WESLEY THOMAS, an individual; SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, an Arizona corporation; SWIFT TRANSPORATION CO. OF ARIZONA, LLC, a foreign corporation; DOES 1 through 10, inclusive; and ROE CORPORATIONS I through 10, inclusive, 19 (FIFTH REQUEST) Defendants. 20 21 22 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by Defendants and Plaintiff, by and through 23 their undersigned counsel, that discovery be extended 60 days beyond the Discovery Schedule in the 24 Order, dated February 14, 2018 (Document No. 33). 25 Per Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16(b), and Local Rule 26-4 the following is included in 26 support of the proposed 90 day extension to the Discovery Schedule (new information in bold 27 italics): 28 1. Local Rule 26-4(a) Statement: See Exhibit A. 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:16-cv-02694-RFB-NJK Document 37 Filed 06/05/18 Page 2 of 3 1 2. Local Rule 26-4(b) Statement: See Exhibit B. 2 3. Local Rule 26-4(c) Statement: The extension is requested for two reasons. a. 3 First, on May 1, 2018, Plaintiff had scheduled the deposition of Lars 4 Reinhardt, MD in San Antonio, Texas. However, the deposition had to be 5 cancelled last minute due to a family/medical emergency involving Mr. 6 Schwartz. The deposition is being rescheduled to a date mutually agreeable 7 in July 2018. b. 8 Second, Defendant has scheduled the deposition of Marjorie Belsky, MD for Wednesday, June 27 (Notice was sent on April 13, 2018). 9 a) Discovery Cut-Off Dates. The last day to conduct Discovery shall be Monday, August 10 6, 2018; 11 12 b) Amend Pleadings/Add Parties. Closed. 13 c) Initial Experts disclosure deadline. Closed. 14 d) Rebuttal Expert Disclosure Deadline. Monday, July 9, 2018. 15 e) Interim Status Report. Closed. (Filed with the Court on September 25, 2017. Document No. 27.) 16 17 f) Dispositive Motions. The deadline to file dispositive motions will be on or before 18 Monday, September 3, 2018. This date does not exceed the outside limit of 30 days 19 following the Discovery cut-off date pursuant to Local Rule 26-1(e)(4). 20 g) Pre-trial Order. The pre-trial order shall be filed by Monday, October 1, which is not 21 more than 30 days after the date set for filing dispositive motions. This deadline is 22 suspended if dispositive motions are timely filed until 30 days after decision id rendered 23 or until the Court further orders. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 2 Case 2:16-cv-02694-RFB-NJK Document 37 Filed 06/05/18 Page 3 of 3 1 h) Extensions or Modifications of the Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. Any 21 stipulation or motion must be made no later than 20 days prior to the deadline to be 2 extended; and must be supported by a showing of good cause for the extension. 3 4 The Parties recognize and acknowledge that this stipulation is being filed outside of the 5 presumptive 21-day time period for extending the expert disclosure deadline. However, they 6 respectively submit that the family/medical emergency involving Mr. Schwartz constitutes excusable 7 neglect. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DATED this 5th day of June, 2018. DATED this 5th day of June, 2018. /s/ Bruce Scott Dickinson BRUCE SCOTT DICKINSON Nevada Bar No. 002297 JACQUELYN M. FRANCO, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 13484 STEPHENSON & DICKINSON 2820 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 17 Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 P: 702-474-7229 F: 702-474-7237 Attorney for Defendants /s/ Ralph A. Schwartz RALPH A. SCHWARTZ, ESQ. Nevada Bar No.: 005488 RALPH A. SCHWARTZ, P.C. 400 South Seventh Street, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89101 T: 702-888-5291 F: 702-888-5292 Attorneys for Plaintiff 18 19 20 ORDER 21 22 6th day of ________________, June It is so ordered this ____ 2018. 23 24 _________________________________________ U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 25 26 27 28 3 Case 2:16-cv-02694-RFB-NJK Document 37-1 Filed 06/05/18 Page 1 of 3 Exhibit A: Discovery completed DATE 12/23/16 01/10/17 01/23/17 01/23/17 01/23/17 01/25/17 02/23/17 03/10/17 04/19/17 05/12/17 05/12/17 05/15/17 06/02/17 06/23/17 06/26/17 07/06/17 07/1017 07/26/17 08/15/17 08/17/17 09/13/17 09/20/17 10/04/17 10/04/17 10/09/17 10/09/17 10/09/17 10/11/17 11/06/17 11/08/17 DISCOVERY Plaintiffs’ initial F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure Defendants’ initial F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure Defendants’ interrogatories and requests for production to Eduardo Gonzalez-Chavez Defendants’ interrogatories and requests for production to Henry Lujan Defendants’ interrogatories and requests for p[production to Eduardo Gonzalez Plaintiffs’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (1st Supplement) Eduardo Gonzalez’ Answers to Interrogatories and Responses to Requests for Production Henry Lujan’s Answers to Interrogatories and Responses to Requests for Production Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (1st Supplement) Defendants’ 2nd Set of Requests for Production to Henry Lujan Zoran Maric, M.D. conducted an F.R.C.P. 35 examination of Mr. Lujan. Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (2nd Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (3rd Supplement) Henry Lujan’s Responses to Swift’s Second Set of Requests for Production Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (2nd Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (4th Supplement) Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (3rd Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (5th Supplement) Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (4th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (6th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (7th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (8th Supplement) Defendants’ 2nd Set of Interrogatories to Henry Lujan Defendants First Set of Requests for Admissions to Henry Lujan Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (5th Supplement) Plaintiff’s Initial Expert Disclosure Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (9th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (10th Supplement) Henry Lujan’s Responses to Defendants’ First Set of Requests for Admissions Henry Lujan’s Answers to Defendants’ Second Set of Interrogatories 1 Case 2:16-cv-02694-RFB-NJK Document 37-1 Filed 06/05/18 Page 2 of 3 01/05/18 01/10/18 01/10/18 01/12/18 02/08/18 03/05/18 04/17/18 04/17/18 04/27/18 05/14/18 05/15/18 Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (6th Supplement) Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (7th Supplement) Plaintiff’s First Supplement to Initial Expert Disclosure Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (8th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (11th Supplement) Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (9th Supplement) Plaintiff’s Second Supplement to Initial Expert Disclosure Plaintiff’s F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (10th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (12th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (13th Supplement) Defendants’ F.R.C.P. 26(a) Disclosure (14th Supplement) Defendants have obtained and disclosed approximately 1,000 pages of Mr. Lujan’s non-medical records from: a. LVMPD Traffic Accident Report and photos b. Swift claim file and tractor photos c. Gordon Thomas Driver Qualification File d. Property Damage Appraisers’ estimate and photos re: Miguel Gonzalez’s 2001 Ford Expedition e. Property Damage Appraisers’ estimate and photos re: Henry Lujan’s 2002 GMC Sierra pickup f. LVMPD records re: Henry Lujan g. Thorndahl Armstrong Balkenbush & Delk (Paul Eisinger) records re: Lujan v. Jackson Rock Springs Stages Defendants have requested but not yet received the following non-medical records: a. GMS Concrete employment records – GMS has gone out of business Defendants have obtained and disclosed 1,487 pages of Mr. Lujan’s medical records and billings from the following medical providers: a. Las Vegas Pharmacy b. Medical Practice Management c. Procare Medical Center d. UMC e. Desert Radiologists f. Integrated Pain Specialists g. Urgent Care h. Desert Orthopedics Center i. Las Vegas Radiology j. Pueblo Medical Imaging k. Desert Institute of Spine Care 2 Case 2:16-cv-02694-RFB-NJK Document 37-1 Filed 06/05/18 Page 3 of 3 l. Mario Tarquino, M.D. m. West Sunset Surgical Center n. Zynex Medical o. Sierra Medical Services p. Don Nobis, RPT q. Raxo Drugs r. Guardian Angel Homecare s. Desert Sunset Pain Consultants t. City of Las Vegas EMTs u. Desert Eye Care v. CVS Pharmacy w. Wal-Mart Pharmacy x. Single Day Surgery Center The following depositions have been taken: a. Mr. Lujan b. Andrew Cash, M.D. c. Don Nobis, MSPT d. Trooper Scott Nelson e. Thomas Dunn, M.D. f. Glenn S. Lipson, Ph.D. g. Zoran Maric, M.D. Plaintiff has designated the following experts: a. Andrew Cash, M.D b. Treating Physicians: i. Andrew Cash, M.D. ii. Marjorie Belsky, M.D. iii. Thomas Dunn, M.D. Defendants have designated the following experts: a. Zoran Maric, M.D. b. Glenn S. Lipson, Ph.D. c. Lars Rhinehart, M.D. 3 Case 2:16-cv-02694-RFB-NJK Document 37-2 Filed 06/05/18 Page 1 of 1 Exhibit B: Discovery to be completed The parties wish to take the following depositions: A) Plaintiff’s Experts: Marjorie Belsky, M.D. (scheduled June 27, 2018; Noticed April 13, 2018) B) Defendants’ experts Dr. Reinhart (will be rescheduled to July 2018)

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