Primack v. Ohio Security Insurance Company et al, No. 2:2018cv00561 - Document 74 (D. Nev. 2021)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 73 Joint Pretrial Order. Signed by Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 1/22/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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Primack v. Ohio Security Insurance Company et al Doc. 74 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 1 of 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ANDREW C. GREEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9399 RIKKI J. HEVRIN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 13738 KOELLER NEBEKER CARLSON & HALUCK, LLP 400 S. 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Phone: (702) 853-5500 Fax: (702) 853-5599 Andrew.green@knchlaw.com Rikki.hevrin@knchlaw.com Attorneys for Defendant, OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BRETT PRIMACK, individually, ) CASE NO.: 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK ) Plaintiff, ) JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER ) vs. ) ) OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, ) a foreign corporation; LIBERTY MUTUAL ) INSURANCE COMPANY; and DOES I-X, ) inclusive, and ROE CORPORATIONS I-X, ) inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) Following pretrial proceedings in this case, and pursuant to the party submission of a proposed joint pre-trial order pursuant to DCR LR 16-4, IT IS SO ORDERED. I. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 This is an action for: alleged Breach of Contract whereby Plaintiff alleges entitlement to receipt from Defendant of uninsured motorist insurance benefits. Defendant disputes Plaintiff’s allegations against it. II. Statement of jurisdiction: this Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1441(a), because jurisdiction is created by diversity of citizenship pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1332(a)(1). There is complete diversity between the parties; Plaintiff is a citizen of Page 1 of 30 611787 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 2 of 37 1 Nevada, and Defendant is a citizen of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The minimum 2 necessary amount in controversy for diversity jurisdiction is satisfied because Plaintiff alleges 3 damages in excess of $75,000. III. 4 5 The following facts are admitted by the parties and require no proof: Defendant 6 issued to Plaintiff an insurance policy with a policy number of BAS55530738, for the period 7 of May 22, 2014 to May 22, 2015. Defendant paid $5,000 of medical payments. Plaintiff 8 received $15,000 of liability insurance benefits from the insurer for the other driver, Natalie 9 Heath. 10 The parties reserve the right to supplement this section as needed. IV. 11 12 13 14 The following facts, though not admitted, will not be contested at trial by evidence to the contrary: none at this time. The parties reserve the right to supplement this section as needed. V. 15 16 17 The following are the issues of fact to be tried and determined upon trial. (Each issue of fact must be stated separately and in specific time). 18 Plaintiff: 19 A. uninsured/underinsured motorist claims; 20 21 Whether Defendant breached its contract with Plaintiff in apparently denying his B. Whether Defendant had a reasonable basis for its apparent denial of Plaintiff’s uninsured/underinsured motorist claims; 22 23 C. 24 collision. 25 D. 26 for the injuries he is claiming related to the subject collision. 27 28 Whether Plaintiff’s injuries alleged were proximately caused by the underlying Whether the medical treatment Plaintiff alleges was reasonable and necessary E. The applicability of Defendant’s affirmative defenses; and F. The amount of damages to be awarded. Page 2 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 3 of 37 Defendant: liability, duty, fault, injury, proximate causation, damages, entitlement and 1 2 breach. VI. 3 4 The following are the issues of law to be tried and determined upon trial. 5 Plaintiff: whether Defendant breached its contract with Plaintiff. 6 Defendant: liability, duty, fault, injury, proximate causation, damages, entitlement and 7 breach. VII. 8 (a) The following exhibits are stipulated into evidence in this case and may be so 9 10 marked by the clerk: 11 Ohio Security Insurance Company policy Bates LMIC000001-85. 12 The parties reserve the right to supplement this section as needed. 13 (b) As to the following additional exhibits the parties have reached the 14 stipulations stated: (1) 15 Plaintiff and Defendant stipulate that each side may utilize each other’s 16 exhibits to the extent previously disclosed, and with preservation of arguments regarding 17 admissibility. (2) That custodian of records testimony will not be required for the true and 18 19 correct authenticity of records. (3) 20 Upon need to present trial exhibit lists, absent unforeseen obstacles, the 21 parties will present a joint exhibit list that eliminates redundant copies of medical records, and 22 will prepare a joint library of such exhibits which bear the bate stamp numbers given to the 23 documents when they were disclosed in litigation. (4) 24 The parties reserve their rights to stipulate further. (c) The Parties’ proposed respective exhibit lists follow below, along with any 25 26 objections to their admission upon the grounds stated: 27 /// 28 /// Page 3 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 4 of 37 1 2 3 (1) (stated in bold text): 1. 2. See, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Documents, Bates Range OSIC000983-002245. 6 7 See, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Documents, Bates Range LMGIC000086-000982. 4 5 Defendant’s potential proposed exhibits and Plaintiff’s objections thereto 3. See, medical and billing records received from Advanced Pain Consultants, 8 Bates Range OSIC002246-002384. 9 7/6/2018, Affidavit of Custodian of Records, Advanced Pain Consultants, 10 OSIC2246 11 7/6/2018, Advanced Pain Consultants Invoice for Records, OSIC2247 12 7/2/2018, Subpoena Documents, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2248- 13 OSIC2257 14 9/22/2009-07/06/2018, Advanced Pain Consultants, Invoice, OSIC2258 15 12/7/2014-12/8/2014, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants 16 Medical Records, OSIC2259- OSIC2275 17 4/9/2015, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical Records, 18 OSIC2276-OSIC2277 19 10/17/2014-2/27/2015, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants 20 Patient Notes, OSIC2278-OSIC2280 21 4/4/2013-12/13/2013, Rx Search Request Report, OSIC2281-OSIC2282: 22 Objection- Unrelated to Plaintiff’s UIM claim related to the 10/9/2014 23 collision, and do not relate to any medical conditions claimed by Plaintiff. 24 4/20/2015, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical 25 Records, OSIC2283 26 12/8/2014, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical 27 Records, OSIC2288-OSIC2290 28 Page 4 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 5 of 37 1 4/20/2015, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical 2 Records, OSIC2291 3 12/14/2015, Letter Correspondence from Plaintiff’s Counsel with Medical 4 Release 5 OSIC2340- Lacks foundation as to any evidentiary value regarding 6 Plaintiff’s breach of contract claim. 7 9/14/2015, Anthem Chiropractic Fax Cover Sheets, OSIC2341-OSIC2345 8 7/23/2015, 9 Correspondence, OSIC2346-OSIC2347 Authorization, Michael OSIC2338-OSIC2340: Prater, Michael Prater, MD, OSIC2338- Advanced Pain Consultants Fax Advanced Pain Consultants Fax Advanced Pain Consultants Fax 10 5/4/2015, 11 Correspondence, OSIC2348-OSIC2349 12 4/25/2015, 13 Correspondence, OSIC2350 14 4/9/2015, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical Records, 15 OSIC2353-OSIC2354 16 12/8/2014, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical 17 Records, OSIC2356-OSIC2357 18 1/23/2015, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical 19 Records, OSIC2358-OSIC2359 20 1/7/2014, Michael Prater, MD, Advanced Pain Consultants Medical Records, 21 OSIC2360 22 12/15/2014, Patient Referral, OSIC2363-OSIC2364 23 11/21/2014, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2365-OSIC2366 24 10/14/2014- 10/15/2014, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2367-OSIC2371 25 4/15/2015, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2372-OSIC2374 26 3/17/2015, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2375-OSIC2376 27 2/27/2015, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2377-OSIC2378 28 2/18/2015, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2379-OSIC2380 Michael Prater, Page 5 of 30 MD, Objection- MD, 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 6 of 37 1 11/21/2014, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2381-OSIC2382 2 10/15/2014, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2383-OSIC2384 3 4. See, medical and billing records received from Anthem Chiropractic, Bates 4 Range OSIC002385-002602. 5 7/12/2018, Affidavit of Custodian of Records, Anthem Chiropractic, 6 OSIC2385-OSIC2386 7 10/10/2014-12/8/2015, Anthem Chiropractic Charges, OSIC2387-OSIC2390 8 10/9/2014-10/10/2014, Derek Day, DC, Anthem Chiropractic Medical 9 Records, OSIC2391-OSIC2412 10 10/14/2014-1/6/2015, Derek Day, DC, Anthem Chiropractic, OSIC2413- 11 OSIC2446 12 1/28/2015, Derek T. Day, DC, Anthem Chiropractic Medical Records, 13 OSIC2447-OSIC2454 14 3/3/2015-7/24/2015, Derek T. Day, DC, Anthem Chiropractic Medical 15 Records, OSIC2455-OSIC2460 16 9/16/2015-12/8/2015, Derek T. Day, DC, Anthem Chiropractic Medical 17 Records, OSIC2461-OSIC2463 18 Photographs, OSIC2464-OSIC2468 19 7/2/2018, Subpoena Documents and Invoice for Medical Records, OSIC2591- 20 OSIC2602 21 5. See, medical and billing records received from Coronado Surgery Center, 22 Bates Range OSIC002603-002659. 23 07/10/2018, Certificate of Custodian of Records, Coronado Surgery Center, 24 OSIC2603 25 7/2/2018, Coronado Surgery Center Subpoena, OSIC2604-OSIC2613 26 07/12/2018, Coronado Surgery Center Account Statement, OSIC2614 27 5/10/2016, Coronado Surgery Center Medical Records, OSIC2615-OSIC2659 28 Page 6 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 7 of 37 1 6. See, medical and billing records received from Interventional Pain & Spine 2 Center, Bates Range OSIC002660-002741. 3 7/20/2016-6/26/2018, Interventional Pain and Spine Institute Invoice, 4 OSIC2662-OSIC2663 5 4/12/2016-8/26/2018, Interventional Pain and Spin Institute Medical Records, 6 Jorg Rosler, MD, OSIC2664-OSIC2673, OSIC2688-OSIC2699, OSIC2702- 7 OSIC2741 8 7. See, medical and billing records received from Center for Wellness & Pain Care, Bates Range OSIC002742-002772. 9 10 7/5/2018, Center for Wellness & Pain Care of Las Vegas, Affidavit of 11 Custodian of Records, OSIC2742-OSIC2743 12 7/18/2018, Center for Wellness & Pain Care of Las Vegas, OSIC2744 13 4/25/2016-5/10/2016, Center for Wellness & Pain Care of Las Vegas Invoice, 14 OSIC2745 15 4/25/2016-5/10/2016, Center for Wellness & Pain Care of Las Vegas Medical 16 Records, Neville Campbell, MD, OSIC2746-OSIC2772 17 8. See, medical and billing records received from Surgical Arts Center, Bates 18 Range OSIC002773-002854. 19 5/6/2018, Surgical Arts Center, OSIC2773 20 7/2/2018, Subpoena Documents, OSIC2774-OSIC2781 21 6/22/2017-6/18/2018, Surgical Arts Center Summary, Andrew M. Hall, MD, 22 OSIC2782-OSIC2783 23 6/18/2018, Surgical Arts Center Medical Records, Andrew M. Hall, MD, 24 OSIC2784-OSIC2799, OSIC2802-OSIC2814 25 5/10/2018, Interventional Pain & Spine Institute, David Webb, MD, 26 OSIC2800-OSIC2801 27 6/22/2017, Surgical Arts Center Medical Records, Andrew Hall, MD, 28 OSIC2815-OSIC2832 Page 7 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 8 of 37 1 10/6/2016, Surgical Arts Center Medical Records, Jorg Rosler, MD, 2 OSIC2833-OSIC2854: Objection- OSIC 3112-3113- Lacks foundation as 3 to any evidentiary value regarding Plaintiff’s breach of contract claim. 4 9. See, medical and billing records received from Comprehensive Injury 5 Institute, Bates Range OSIC002855-003323. 6 7/9/2018, Comprehensive Injury Institute, Affidavit of Custodian of Records, 7 OSIC2855-OSIC2856 8 8/19/2015-01/18/2017, Comprehensive Injury Institute Medical Records, 9 Jeffrey Gross, MD, OSIC2858-OSIC2970 10 12/8/2014-4/20/2015, Advanced Pain Consultants, OSIC2971-OSIC2976 11 8/19/2015-1/18/2016, Comprehensive Injury Institute, Jeffrey Gross, MD, 12 OSIC3146-OSIC3188 13 2/1/2016, Letter correspondence from Plaintiff’s counsel, OSIC3304- 14 OSIC3306: Objection- OSIC3304-OSIC3306- Lacks foundation as to any 15 evidentiary value regarding Plaintiff’s breach of contract claim. 16 12/27/2016, Letter correspondence from Plaintiff’s counsel, OSIC3307: 17 Objection- OSIC3307- Lacks foundation as to any evidentiary value 18 regarding Plaintiff’s breach of contract claim. 19 8/19/2015, Comprehensive Injury Institute, OSIC3308-OSIC3312 20 10. See, medical and billing records received from Desert Institute of Spine Care, 21 Bates Range OSIC003324-003422. 22 7/25/2018, Desert Institute of Spine Care, Affidavit of Custodian of Records, 23 OSIC3324 24 7/25/2018, Desert Institute of Spine Care Pre-Payment Invoice, OSIC3325 25 12/11/2014-2/19/2016, Desert Institute of Spine Care Invoice, OSIC3326 26 12/11/2014-7/23/2015, Desert Institute of Spine Care Medical Records, 27 Andrew Cash, MD, OSIC3327-OSIC3334 28 Page 8 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 9 of 37 1 11. See, medical and billing records received from Family Doctors of Green 2 Valley, Bates Range OSIC003423-003560. 3 7/5/2018, Family Doctors of Green Valley Affidavit of Custodian of Records, 4 OSIC3423 5 7/2/2018, Subpoena Documents, OSIC3424-OSIC3432 6 10/25/2014-4/15/2015, Family Doctors of Green Valley Invoice, OSIC3433 7 10/25/2014-4/15/2015, Family Doctors of Green Valley Medical Records, 8 Jennifer Relph, PA-C, OSIC3434-OSIC3453 9 10/25/2014, Family Doctors of Green Valley, OSIC3461-OSIC3467 10 10/25/2014, Family Doctors of Green Valley, Ravi Ramanathan, MD, 11 OSIC3540-OSIC3541 12 11/11/2014-3/10/2015, Family Doctors of Green Valley Invoice, OSIC3555- 13 OSIC3560 14 12. See, medical and billing records received from Las Vegas Radiology, Bates 15 Range OSIC003561-003808 (includes radiology disc, bated OSIC003808, as 16 referenced on OSIC003586-003587). 17 7/6/2018, Las Vegas Radiology Affidavit of Custodian of Records, OSIC3561 18 7/10/2018, Las Vegas Radiology Billing Dept., OSIC3562-OSIC3563 19 11/19/2014, Las Vegas Radiology, James Balodimas, MD, OSIC3564 20 11/5/2014, Las Vegas Radiology, Nadeer Pirani, MD, OSIC3565-OSIC3569 21 10/10/2014, Las Vegas Radiology, James Balodimas, MD, OSIC3570- 22 OSIC3577 23 7/2/2018, Subpoena Documents, OSIC3578-OSIC3585 24 10/10/2014-11/19/2014, Las Vegas Radiology, x ray and MRI photographs on 25 CD, OSIC3586-OSIC3807: Objection- OSIC3892-3909. Not reasonably 26 related to the October 9, 2014 collision, no basis alleging any pre-existing 27 injuries related to the October 9, 2014 collision, Defendant’s claims 28 Page 9 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 10 of 37 1 decisions not based upon these records, and Defendant’s retained medical 2 expert found no pre-existing treatment impacting his opinion. 3 13. See, medical and billing records received from Matt Smith Physical Therapy, 4 Bates Range OSIC003809-003909. 5 7/25/2018, Matt Smith Physical Therapy Affidavit of Custodian of Records, 6 OSIC3809 7 7/2/2018, Subpoena Documents, OSIC3810-OSIC3821 8 7/27/2018, ATI Physical Therapy Invoice for Medical Records, OSIC3822- 9 OSIC3823 10 9/9/2015-1/7/2016, ATI Physical Therapy Patient Ledger Report, OSIC3824- 11 OSIC3828 12 9/9/2015-1/7/2016, Matt Smith Physical Therapy (ATI) Medical Records, 13 Wyatt Banks, PT, OSIC3829-OSIC3861 14 11/5/2014, Las Vegas Radiology, Nadeer Pirani, MD, OSIC3866-OSIC3870 15 9/2/2015, Matt Smith Physical Therapy, OSIC3871-OSIC3885 16 8/21/2015, Comprehensive Injury Institute, Jeffrey Gross, MD, OSIC3886- 17 OSIC3887 18 9/2/2015, ATI Physical Therapy Referral Intake Form, OSIC3888-OSIC3889 19 9/18/2015-1/7/2016, ATI Physical Therapy Communication Log, OSIC3890- 20 OSIC3891 21 7/21/2015-9/6/2015, ATI Physical Therapy Invoice, OSIC3892-OSIC3893: 22 Objection- unrelated to 10/9/2014 UIM claim as body parts involved are 23 not part of this claim and there is no allegation by Plaintiff that they are 24 part of this claim. 25 6/23/2015, Desert Valley Therapy, OSIC3894-OSIC3902: Objection- 26 unrelated to 10/9/2014 UIM claim as body parts involved are not part of 27 this claim and there is no allegation by Plaintiff that they are part of this 28 claim. Page 10 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 11 of 37 1 14. See, medical and billing records received from Tenaya Surgical Center, Bates 2 Range OSIC003910-003936. 3 7/25/2018, Tenaya Surgery Center Affidavit of Custodian of Records and 4 Request for Records, OSIC3910-OSIC3912 5 7/26/2018, Tenaya Surgical Center Invoice, OSIC3913-OSIC3914 6 4/9/2015, Tenaya Surgical Center Medical Records, Michael Prater, MD, 7 OSIC3915-OSIC3936 8 15. See, medical and billing records received from Valley Anesthesiology Consultants, Bates Range OSIC003937-003949. 9 10 7/26/2018, DCP Holdings Affidavit of Custodian of Records, OSIC3937- 11 OSIC3938 12 5/10/2016, DCP Holdings, LLC Invoices, OSIC3939-OSIC3944 13 5/10/2016, Valley Anesthesiology Consultants/DCP Holdings Medical 14 Records, OSIC3945-OSIC3949 15 16. See, additional medical records received from Family Doctors of Green 16 Valley, Bates Range OSIC003961-003966: Objection- Not reasonably 17 related to the October 9, 2014 collision, no basis alleging any pre-existing 18 injuries related to the October 9, 2014 collision, Defendant’s claims 19 decisions not based upon these records, and Defendant’s retained medical 20 expert found no pre-existing treatment impacting his opinion. 21 17. Range OSIC003967-003993. 22 23 18. See, medical and billing records received from Valley View Surgical, Bates Range OSIC003994-004013. 24 25 See, medical and billing records received from Anthem Capital, LLC, Bates 19. See, billing records received from Capital (Canyon) Medical Billing, Bates 26 Range OSIC004014-004030. 27 8/27/2018, Subpoena Documents, OSIC4014-OSIC4030 28 Page 11 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 12 of 37 1 20. See, medical and billing records received from Orthopaedic Institute of 2 Henderson, Bates Range OSIC0004031-004133: Objection- Not reasonably 3 related to the October 9, 2014 collision, no basis alleging any pre-existing 4 injuries related to the October 9, 2014 collision, Defendant’s claims 5 decisions not based upon these records, and Defendant’s retained medical 6 expert found no pre-existing treatment impacting his opinion. Objection 7 in that the records are not reasonably connected to the current claims 8 and are clearly more prejudicial than probative. 9 8/30/2018, Orthopaedic Institute of Henderson Affidavit of Custodian of 10 Records, OSIC4031-OSIC4032 11 8/29/2018, Request for Documents and Subpoena Documents, OSIC4033- 12 OSIC4041 13 1/2/2007-8/28/2018, Orthopaedic Institute of Henderson Patient Ledger, 14 OSIC4042-OSIC4045 15 1/2/2007-12/20/2007, Orthopaedic Institute of Henderson Medical Records, 16 Craig Clark, MD, OSIC4046-OSIC4111 17 6/8/2007, Desert Valley Therapy, Julie Devlin, PT, OSIC4112-OSIC4113 18 7/18/2007, Desert Valley Therapy, Julie Devlin, PT, OSIC4114 19 4/27/2007, Desert Valley Therapy, Julie Devlin, PT, OSIC4115 20 4/24/2007, Nevada Physicians Imaging, OSIC4116 21 1/15/2007, Desert Radiologists, Kevin Hyer, MD, OSIC4117-OSIC4118 22 1/19/2007-4/26/2007, Nevada Physician’s Imaging, Richard Rhee, MD, 23 OSIC4119-OSIC4120 24 1/15/2007, Desert Radiologists, Morris Schaner, DO, OSIC4121-OSIC4122 25 1/16/2007, Desert Radiologists, Morris Schaner, DO, OSIC4123-OSIC4124 26 1/17/2007, Nevada Physicians Imaging, OSIC4125 27 1/9/2007, Nevada Physicians Imaging, OSIC4126 28 1/8/2007, Desert Radiologists, OSIC4127 Page 12 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 13 of 37 1 4/4/2007, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Scott Chang, MD, 2 OSIC4128-OSIC4133 3 21. Reynold Rimoldi, M.D. supplemental report, Bates Range OSIC0004134-004135. 4 5 See, 22. See, medical and billing records received from Southwest Medical Associates, 6 Bates Range OSIC004308-004584: Objection- Not reasonably related to 7 the October 9, 2014 collision, no basis alleging any pre-existing injuries 8 related to the October 9, 2014 collision, Defendant’s claims decisions not 9 based upon these records, and Defendant’s retained medical expert found 10 no pre-existing treatment impacting his opinion. Objection in that the 11 records are not reasonably connected to the current claims and are 12 clearly more prejudicial than probative. 13 23. OSIC004596. 14 15 See, correspondence from Summit Medical Group, LLC, Bates Range 24. See, medical and billing records received from Desert Valley Therapy, LLC, 16 Bates Range OSIC004597-004696: Objection- OSIC4679-4696- Unrelated 17 to the 10/9/2014 UIM claim as body parts involved are not part of this 18 claim and there is no allegation by Plaintiff that they are part of this 19 claim. 20 07/21/2015-08/13/2015, Desert Valley Therapy, LLC records, Jeri Wise, PT, 21 OSIC004690-004691, OSIC004694-004695 22 09/09/2015-01/07/2016, Desert Valley Therapy, LLC records - ATI Physical 23 Therapy Patient Ledger Report, OSIC004611-004615 24 25 26 27 09/09/2015-12/17/2015, Desert Valley Therapy, LLC records, John Lyons, PT, OSIC004619- OSIC004638, OSIC004641- OSIC004646 09/29/2015, Desert Valley Therapy, LLC records, Patrick Duffy, PTA and John Lyons, PT, OSIC004639, OSIC004640 28 Page 13 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 14 of 37 1 01/07/2016, Desert Valley Therapy, LLC records, Wyatt Banks, PT, 2 OSIC004616-004618, OSIC004647-004648 3 25. See, medical and billing records received from St. Rose Dominican Hospital- 4 Siena Campus, Bates Range OSIC004697-004851: 5 reasonably related to the October 9, 2014 collision, no basis alleging any 6 pre-existing injuries related to the October 9, 2014 collision, Defendant’s 7 claims decisions not based upon these records, and Defendant’s retained 8 medical expert found no pre-existing treatment impacting his opinion. 9 10/25/2003-10/26/2003, St. Rose Dominican Hospital- Siena Campus, Mark Objection- Not Ferdowsian, DO, OSIC4711-OSIC4734, OSIC4736-OSIC4737 10 10/26/2003-10/27/2003, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Hiran 11 Shawn Wijesinghe, MD, OSIC4735, OSIC4738-OSIC4755 12 9/28/2006-9/29/2006, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Timothy 13 Robertson, DO, OSIC4756-OSIC4794 14 4/04/2007-4/04/2007, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Craig Clark, 15 16 MD, OSIC4795-OSIC4851 26. 17 004861: Objection- Unrelated to the 10/9/2014 UIM claim as body parts 18 involved are not part of this claim and there is no allegation by Plaintiff 19 that they are part of this claim. Also, the police report is not an 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 See, City of Henderson Traffic Accident Report, Bates Range OSIC004852- admissible document. 27. See, correspondence from AAA Life Insurance Company, Bates Range OSIC004862-004874: Objection- Unrelated to the 10/9/2014 UIM claim as body parts involved are not part of this claim and there is no allegation by Plaintiff that they are part of this claim. Objection in that the records are not reasonably connected to the current claims and are clearly more prejudicial than probative. 27 28 Page 14 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 15 of 37 28. 1 See, Reynold Rimoldi, M.D. supplemental report, Bates Range OSIC004880004881. 2 29. 3 See, insurer records, Bates Range OSIC004883-005077: Objection- 4 Unrelated to the 10/9/2014 UIM claim as body parts involved are not part 5 of this claim and there is no allegation that they are part of this claim. 6 Objection in that the records are not reasonably connected to the current 7 claims and are clearly more prejudicial than probative. Objection that 8 Defendant’s claims decisions not based upon these records. Objection in 9 that the files make references and reveal protected information about parties who are not parties to the instant litigation. 10 30. 11 See, records from Life Time Fitness, Inc., Bates Range OSIC005078-005160: 12 Objection- The Life Time Fitness records make references and reveal 13 protected information about parties who are not parties to the instant 14 litigation. Objection, records are overbroad and reveal more than costs of 15 membership and assessments of Plaintiff. 31. 16 See, Reynold Rimoldi, M.D. supplemental report, Bates Range OSIC005161005163. 17 32. 18 See, Reynold Rimoldi, M.D. supplemental report, Bates Range OSIC015517015519. 19 20 Plaintiff further objects to the foregoing exhibits to the extent that the medical 21 records involve any reference to collateral source documents, such as private health 22 insurance. Plaintiff also objects to the extent that information regarding medical liens 23 may be admissible, pursuant to oral argument and/or motions in limine regarding the 24 same. (2) 25 26 PLAINTIFF’S PROPOSED EXHIBITS Non-medical 27 28 Plaintiff’s proposed Exhibits and Defendant’s objections thereto: Ex. # Description Bates Numbers Page 15 of 30 Defendant Objections 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 16 of 37 1 2 Ex. # Description Bates Numbers 1. Liberty Mutual claim documents LMIC000086000982 2. Ohio Claims file documents- Claim #23069451 OSIC00982-002245 3. Ohio Commercial Insurance Claims/Auto & General Liability Quality and Control Standards OSIC04136-04307 4. Letter Requesting UIM Benefits to Liberty Mutual dated 5/5/2017 PLTF 00001-00465 5. Correspondence between the parties from 10/10/14 – 4/27/18 PLTF 00046600546 6. Allstate Letter dated 10/27/2014 re policy limits PLTF 00054800609 7. Letter dated 6/21/18 to Kortney Peschl at Liberty Mutual PLTF-01194 8. Letter dated 7/6/18 from Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP PLTF-01195 9. Letter dated 7/18/18 to Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP PLTF-01196 10. Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company’s responses to Plaintiff’s First Request for Production dated 7/2/18 PLTF-01197-01224 11. Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance PLTF-01225-01242 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 16 of 30 Defendant Objections Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Incorrect identification, lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 17 of 37 1 Ex. # 3 12. 5 6 13. 7 8 9 14. 10 11 15. 12 13 14 16. 15 16 17. 17 18 19 18. 20 21 19. 22 23 24 20. 25 26 27 28 Bates Numbers Defendant Objections Company’s responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Interrogatories dated 7/2/18 2 4 Description 21. hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Defendant Ohio Security’s Responses Lack of foundation, to Plaintiff’s First Set of Interrogatories hearsay, relevance, dated 9/14/18 improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Defendant Ohio Security’s Responses Lack of foundation, to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for hearsay, relevance, Production dated 9/14/18 improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Defendant Ohio Security’s First Lack of foundation, Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff’s hearsay, relevance, First Set of Requests for Production improper opinions, dated 10/1/18 cumulative, unfair prejudice. Defendant Ohio Security’s Second Lack of foundation, Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff’s hearsay, relevance, First Set of Requests for Production improper opinions, dated 2/13/19 cumulative, unfair prejudice. Vehicle Property Damage Estimates PLTF-01275Lack of foundation, and Photographs 001306 hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Subpoena Production from the State of PLTF-01307Lack of foundation, Nevada, Division of Insurance 001587 hearsay, relevance, Regarding Ohio Security improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Subpoena Production from the State of PLTF-01588Lack of foundation, Nevada, Division of Insurance 002116 hearsay, relevance, Regarding Liberty Mutual improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Defendants Supplemental responses to PLTF-02222-02247 Lack of foundation, Plaintiff’s Request for Production hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Correspondence between the Parties PLTF-02117-02209 Lack of foundation, March 2018 to November 2018 hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Defendants Supplemental responses to PLTF-02222-02247 Lack of foundation, Plaintiff’s Request for Production hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair Page 17 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 18 of 37 1 2 Ex. # Description Bates Numbers 22. Curriculum Vitae and Fee schedule of Andrew Hall, M.D. 23. Scott A. Glogovac, Esq. Report dated 8/2/18 24. Scott A. Glogovac, Esq. Supplemental Report dated 1/8/19 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. PLTF-02314-02327 Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. PLTF-01271001274 Medical Exhibit Business Name Physician Dates of Bates Numbers Service Derek Day 10/10/14- PLTF-00061007/24/15 00722 25. Records from Anthem Chiropractic 26. Records and bill from Advanced Pain Consultants Michael Prater 12/8/144/20/15 PLTF00072300739 27. Rec and bills from Center for Wellness and Pain Care of Las Vegas Records from Comprehensive Injury Institute/Dr. Jeffrey Gross; Records/billing from Coronado Surgery Center Neville Campbell 4/25/1605/11/16 PLTF-0074000768 Jeffrey Gross 08/19/15- PLTF-0076910/26/16 00858 Neville Campbell 05/10/16 Records/billing from Desert Institute of Spine Care Andrew Cash 12/11/14- PLTF-0086207/23/15 00952 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 28. 22 23 29. 24 PLTF-0085900861 25 26 27 Defendant Objections 30. 28 Page 18 of 30 Defendant Objections Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudicen. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 19 of 37 1 2 Exhibit Business Name Physician 31. 3 4 32. Records/Billing Jorg from Rosler Interventional Pain and Spine 07/20/16- PLTF-0097804/19/17 00997 33. Records/Billing Nadeer from Las Vegas Pirani Radiology 10/09/14 11/05/14 34. Records/Billing John from Matt Lyons, PT Smith Physical Therapy 09/09/15- PLTF-0102001/07/16 01073 35. Record/ billing from Surgical Arts Center Jorg Rosler 10/06/16 PLTF-0107401076 36. Record/ billing from Tenaya Surgical Center Michael Prater Raimundo Leon 04/09/15 PLTF-0107701080 37. Billing from Valley Anesthesia Consultants Neville Campbell 05/10/16 PLTF-01082; 01086-01088 38. Jeffrey Gross, MD PLTF-0108901102 39. Interventional Pain and Spine Jorg Rosler 40. Updated Records and Billing from Jorg Rosler Life Care Plan/Neur ological Suppleme ntal Report Report dated 1/18/17 Cost Estimate for Procedures dtd 5/31/18 07/20/1606/26/18 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dates of Bates Numbers Service Records/Billing Ravi 10/25/14- PLTF-00953from Family Ramanath 04/15/15 00977 Doctors of an Green Valley 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 19 of 30 PLTF-0099801019 PLTF-01103 PLTF-0110401118 Defendant Objections Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of proper production. Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 20 of 37 1 Exhibit Business Name Physician 2 3 41. 4 5 Andrew Hall 42. Updated Record and billing from Interventional Pain and Spine Andrew Hall 43. Neurosurgical Report and bill from Dr. Jeffrey Gross, M.D. Jeffrey Gross 44. Supplemental Neurosurgical Report by Jeffrey D. Gross MD Jeffrey Gross 45. Supplemental Neurosurgical Report by Jeffrey D. Gross, M.D. Jeffrey Gross 46. Interventional Spine and Pain Institute Faisel Zaman 47. Supplemental Neurosurgical Report by Jeffrey D. Gross, M.D. Jeffrey Gross 48. Supplemental Neurosurgical Report by Jeffrey D. Gross, M.D. Jeffrey Gross 6 7 8 Interventional Pain & Spine Records from Surgical Arts Center 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dates of Service Bates Numbers Defendant Objections cumulative, unfair prejudice. 06/18/18 PLTF-01119Lack of foundation, 01193 hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice. Records: PLTF-01267Lack of foundation, 07/31/18; 001270 hearsay, relevance, 09/06/18 improper opinions, Bills: cumulative, unfair 7/20/16prejudice. 7/31/18 Neurosurg PLTF-02210Lack of foundation, ical 02221 hearsay, relevance, follow-up improper opinions, Second cumulative, unfair Opinion prejudice, lack of Consult timely and proper 11/26/18 production. Neurosurg PLTF-02248Lack of foundation, ical Suppl 02280 hearsay, relevance, Report improper opinions, 12/01/18 cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. Neurosurg PLTF-02281Lack of foundation, ical 02309 hearsay, relevance, Suppleme improper opinions, ntal cumulative, unfair Report prejudice, lack of 12/02/18 timely and proper production. Record: PLTF-002310- Lack of foundation, 12/12/18 002313 hearsay, relevance, Bills: improper opinions, 7/20/16cumulative, unfair 12/12/18 prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. Neurosurg PLTF-002328- Lack of foundation, ical 002331 hearsay, relevance, Suppleme improper opinions, ntal cumulative, unfair Report prejudice, lack of 12/27/18 timely and proper production. Neurosurg PLTF-002332- Lack of foundation, ical 002337 hearsay, relevance, Suppleme improper opinions, ntal cumulative, unfair Report prejudice, lack of Page 20 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 21 of 37 1 Exhibit Business Name Physician 2 3 49. Interventional Pain & Spine Institute updated Records and Bills Andrew Hall 50. Surgical Arts Center Bill Andrew Hall 51. Interventional Pain & Spine Institute updated Records and Bills 52. Surgical Arts Center Updated Records and bills Andrew Hall Stuart Baird Faisel Zaman Jorg Rosler Jorge Rosler 53. Surgical Arts Center Updated Records and Bills Jorg Rosler 54. Interventional Pain & Spine Institute updated Records and Bills Jorge Rosler 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dates of Service 01/07/19 Bates Numbers Defendant Objections timely and proper production. Record: PLTF-002338- Lack of foundation, 1/14/19 002340 hearsay, relevance, Bills: improper opinions, 07/20/16cumulative, unfair 01/14/19 prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. 01/14/19 PLTF-002341 Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. Records: PLTF-002342- Lack of foundation, 02/05/19- 002356 hearsay, relevance, 08/26/19 improper opinions, Bills: cumulative, unfair 07/20/16prejudice, lack of 08/26/19 timely and proper production. 008/12/19 PLTF-002357002380 Lack of foundation, hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. 05/04/20 PLTF -002381- Lack of foundation, 002388 hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. 07/20/16- PLTF-002389- Lack of foundation, 05/18/20 002458 hearsay, relevance, improper opinions, cumulative, unfair prejudice, lack of timely and proper production. The parties reserve the right to supplement this section as needed. (d) Depositions: Neither side anticipates using depositions in lieu of live testimony; however, they reserve the right to offer deposition testimony should witnesses become unavailable at the time of trial. Page 21 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 22 of 37 1 (1) Plaintiff may offer the following depositions if witnesses are unavailable: 2 Andrew Cash, Michael Prater, Ravi Ramanathan, Derek Day, Jeffrey Gross, Gregory Starr, 3 James Carraway, and Kortney Peschl. 4 See, Exhibit “1”. 5 Defendant objects to Plaintiff’s partial disclosure of their intent to present deposition 6 testimony as it is given the afternoon and evening of the date of the deadline for this order and 7 Defendant also objects pursuant to relevance and hearsay concerns. 8 (2) Defendant may offer the following depositions if witnesses are unavailable: 9 Defendant presently does not anticipate presenting deposition testimony and reserves the right 10 to seek to present deposition testimony in response to objection to Plaintiff’s proposed 11 deposition testimony and related objections at the time of the due date of filing this order. 12 (e) Objections to Depositions: (1) Defendant objects to Plaintiff’s depositions as follows: relevance and 13 14 hearsay. (2) Plaintiff objects to Defendant’s depositions as follows: relevance and 15 16 hearsay. VIII. 17 18 The following witnesses may be called by the parties upon trial: 19 (a) Names and addresses of Plaintiff’s witnesses. 20 1- Brett Primack c/o Law Offices of Eric R. Blank, P.C. 7860 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 110 Las Vegas, NV 89117 2- Jonathan Senile Claims Spec I – PIP/Med c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 3- Sue Ann Pachl c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 22 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 23 of 37 Las Vegas, NV 89101 1 2 4- Austin Fentiman c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 5- Kortney Peschl Senior Tech Claims Specialist II AIC SCLA Commercial Insurance Claims c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 6- James Carraway, Esq. c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 7- Gregory L. Starr c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 8- Gregg Starr as FRCP 30(b)(6) for Ohio Security Insurance Company For the topics listed below c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1- FRCP 30(b)(6) for Ohio Security regarding OHIO SECURITY’S INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF PLAINTIFF BRETT PRIMACK’S UNDERINSURED MOTORIST CLAIM 18 19 2- FRCP 30(b)(6) for Ohio Security regarding OHIO SECURITY’S WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THE ACTUAL CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES REGARDING INTAKE, PROCESSING, HANDLING, INVESTIGATING, EVALUATING AND PROCESSING UNDERINSURED MOTORIST CLAIMS IN NEVADA SINCE 2013 20 21 22 23 3- FRCP 30(b)(6) for Ohio Security regarding OHIO SECURITY’S TRAINING AND/OR RE-TRAINING OF CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING INTAKE, PROCESSING, HANDLING, INVESTIGATING, EVALUATING AND PROCESSING UNDERINSURED MOTORIST CLAIMS IN NEVADA FROM OCTOBER 2009 UNTIL THE PRESENT 24 25 26 27 28 9- Peggy Yuile Unit Manager Page 23 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 24 of 37 c/o Koeller Nebeker Carlson and Haluck LLP 400 South 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 1 2 3 10- Scott A. Glogovac, Esq. 3975 San Donato Loop Reno, Nevada 89519 11- Dr. Michael A. Prater, M.D c/o Advanced Pain Consultants 2650 Crimson Canyon Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 12- Dr. Neville Campbell, M.D./MBA Center for Wellness and Pain Care of Las Vegas 311 North Buffalo Drive, Ste. A Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 13- Dr. Jeffrey D. Gross, M.D. c/o Comprehensive Injury Institute 2779 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy, #200 Henderson, NV 89052 14- Dr. Andrew M. Cash, M.D. c/o Desert Institute of Spine Care 9339 W. Sunset Road, #100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 15- Wyatt Banks, PT 0652 John Lyons, PT 1827 c/o Matt Smith Physical Therapy 500 S. Rancho, Suite 2 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 16- Dr. Derek T. Day, D.C. c/o Anthem Chiropractic 10170 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 110 Henderson, NV 89052-3639 17- Person Most Knowledgeable(PMK)/Custodian of Records (COR) for Coronado Surgery Center 2779 W Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 140 Henderson, NV 89052 18- Ravi Ramanathan, M.D. c/o Family Doctors of Green Valley 1909 Green Valley Pkwy, 440-355 Henderson, Nevada 89074 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 24 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 25 of 37 1 19- Jorg Rosler, M.D. David Webb, M.D. Andrew Hall, M.D. Faisel Zaman, M.D. c/o Interventional Pain and Spine Institute 851 South Rampart, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89145 20- Person Most Knowledgeable (PMK) and or Custodian of Records (COR) for Tenaya Surgery Center 2800 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 101 Las Vegas NV 89128 21- Person Most Knowledgeable (PMK) and or Custodian of Records (COR) Surgical Arts Center 9499 W. Charleston Blvd. Ste. 250 Las Vegas, NV 89117 22- Nadeer Pirani, MD Person Most Knowledgeable (PMK) and or Custodian of Records (COR) Las Vegas Radiology PO Box 401180 Las Vegas, NV 89140 23- Person Most Knowledgeable (PMK) and or Custodian of Records (COR) Valley Anesthesia Consultants PO Box 400310 Las Vegas, NV 89140 24- CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS. Testimony is anticipated from any and all custodian of records which are necessary to authenticate documents which cannot be stipulated to regarding admissibility by the parties herein. 25- BILLING CLERKS. Testimony is anticipated from any and all billing clerk and/or persons most knowledgeable from the offices of the health care providers listed above may testify regarding the amounts of the medical bills for medical treatment which Plaintiffs have received as a result of the subject incident and regarding the reasonable and customary amounts for the medical bills. 26- Any and all witnesses designated by any other Party to this litigation. 27- Any and all witnesses necessary for impeachment and rebuttal purposes. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 (b) Names and addresses of Defendant’s potential witnesses. 28 1. Plaintiff, Brett Primack Page 25 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 26 of 37 c/o Eric R. Blank, Esq. LAW OFFICES OF ERIC R. BLANK, P.C. 7860 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 110 Las Vegas, NV 89117 (702) 222-2115 1 2 3 4 2. Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for Defendants, OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY c/o Andrew C. Green, Esq. KOELLER, NEBEKER, CARLSON & HALUCK 400 S. 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 3. Greg Starr and/or the Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for Defendants, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY c/o Andrew C. Green, Esq. Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP 400 S. 4th St., Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 4. Derek T. Day, D.C. and/or the Person Most Knowledgeable for ANTHEM CHIROPRACTIC 10170 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 110 Henderson, Nevada 89052 (702) 614-6777 5. Ravi Ramanathan, M.D. and/or the Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for FAMILY DOCTORS OF GREEN VALLEY 291 N. Pecos Road Henderson, Nevada 89074 (702) 616-9471 6. Nadeer Pirani, M.D. and/or the Person Most Knowledgeable for LAS VEGAS RADIOLOGY P.O. Box 401180 Las Vegas, NV 89140 (702) 254-5004 7. Michael Prater, M.D. and/or the Person Most Knowledgeable for ADVANCED PAIN CONSULTANTS 2650 Crimson Canyon Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 (702) 731-2642 8. Andrew Cash, M.D. and/or the Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for DESERT INSTITUTE OF SPINE CARE 9339 W. Sunset Road, #100 Las Vegas, NV 89148 (702) 630-3472 9. The Person Most Knowledgeable for TENAYA SURGICAL CENTER 2800 N. Tenaya Way, Ste. 101 Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 (702) 838-7755 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 26 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 27 of 37 1 10. Jeffrey Gross, M.D. and/or the Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for COMPREHENSIVE INJURY CENTER 2779 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., #200 Henderson, NV 89052 (888) 848-2022 11. Wyatt Banks, P.T., John Lyons, P.T. and/or the Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for MATT SMITH PHYSICAL THERAPY 500 S. Rancho, Suite 2 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 794-0300 12. David Webb, M.D., Jorg Rosler, M.D. and/or the Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for INTERVENTIONAL PAIN AND SPINE INSTITUTE 851 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89145 (702) 357-8004 13. Neville Campbell, M.D. and/or the Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for CENTER FOR WELLNESS & PAIN CARE OF LAS VEGAS 311 N. Buffalo Drive, Ste. A Las Vegas, Nevada 89415 (702) 476-9700 14. The Person Most Knowledgeable for SURGICAL ARTS CENTER 9499 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 250 Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 (702) 833-3600 15. The Person(s) Most Knowledgeable for VALLEY ANESTHESIOLOGY CONSULTANTS 10120 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 130 Henderson, Nevada 89052 (702) 487-5823 16. The Person Most Knowledgeable for CORONADO SURGERY CENTER 2779 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 140 Henderson, NV 89012 (702) 589-9250 17. The Person Most Knowledgeable for ANTHEM CAPITAL FUNDING 7000 Smoke Ranch Road, Suite B Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 (702) 982-0053 18. The Person Most Knowledgeable for CANYON MEDICAL BILLING 6325 S. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 (702) 489-4526 19. The Person Most Knowledgeable for 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 27 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 28 of 37 VALLEY VIEW SURGICAL 1522 W. Warm Springs Road Henderson, Nevada 89014 (702) 471-6777 1 2 3 20. The Person Most Knowledgeable for ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE OF HENDERSON 10560 Jeffreys St., Suite 230 Henderson, NV 89052 (702) 565-6565 21. Reynold Rimoldi, M.D. c/o Andrew C. Green, Esq. Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP 400 S. 4th St., Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 (702) 853-5500 22. Julie Devlin and/or the Person Most Knowledgeable for DESERT VALLEY THERAPY 1701 N. Green Valley Pkwy., Bldg. 8 Henderson, NV 89074 (702) 998-3333 13 23. Patrick Maffio 14 24. Jeremy D. Kambel 15 25. Shayna Lee 16 26. The Person Most Knowledgeable for TRAVELERS One Tower Square Hartford, CT 06183 (860) 277-2623 27. Officer Robert Hunt Badge No. 1361 c/o Henderson Police Department 28. Officer Costolo Badge No. 911 c/o Henderson Police Department 29. Natalie Heath 800 Capri Drive Boulder City, NV 89005 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 and any witnesses previously identified by either party. IX. Counsel have met and herewith submit a list of three (3) agreed-upon trial dates: 28 Page 28 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 29 of 37 1 A. April 26, 2021; 2 B. May 10, 2021; and 3 C. May 24, 2021. 4 It is expressly understood by the undersigned the Court will set the trial of this matter 5 on one (1) of the agreed-upon dates if possible; if not, the trial will be set at the convenience of 6 the court’s calendar. X. 7 8 It is estimated that the trial herein will take a total of 4 to 5 full trial days. 9 DATED this 20th day of January 2021. 10 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT: 11 LAW OFFICES OF ERIC R. BLANK, P.C. KOELLER, NEBEKER, CARLSON & HALUCK, LLP By: By: 12 13 14 15 16 /s/ Eric R. Blank, Esq._________ ERIC R. BLANK, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6910 7860 West Sahara Ave, Suite 110 Las Vegas, NV 89117 Attorneys for Plaintiff, BRETT PRIMACK /s/Andrew C. Green, Esq. ANDREW C. GREEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9399 400 S. 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Defendant, OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 29 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 30 of 37 1 XI. 2 ACTION BY THE COURT 3 This case is set for bench trial on the stacked calendar on May 17, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Calendar 4 call will be held on May 11, 2021 at 8:45 a.m. in LV Courtroom 6C. 5 This pretrial order has been approved by the parties to this action as evidenced by their 6 signatures or the signatures of their attorneys hereon, and the order is hereby entered and will 7 govern the trial of this case. This order may not be amended except by court order and based 8 upon the parties’ agreement or to prevent manifest injustice. 9 10 11 12 January 22, 2021 DATED:_______________________ 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 14 15 16 Respectfully Submitted By: KOELLER, NEBEKER, CARLSON & HALUCK, LLP 17 18 19 20 21 By: /s/Andrew C. Green, Esq. ANDREW C. GREEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9399 400 S. 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Defendant, OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY 22 23 NOTICE: Due to the unusually large number of complex criminal cases set for lengthy trials before this Court, civil trials may possibly be held in a trailing status for months or be assigned 24 to another District Court Judge for trial. Therefore, the Court strongly urges the parties to consider their option to proceed before a Magistrate Judge pursuant to Local Rule IB 2-2, in 25 accordance with 28 USC Section 636 and FRCP 73. 26 The Clerk shall provide the parties with a link to AO 85 Notice of Availability, Consent and 27 Order of Reference - Exercise of Jurisdiction by a U.S. Magistrate Judge form on the Courts website. 28 Page 30 of 30 611787 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 31 of 37 EXHIBIT “1” Deposition Transcript Excerpt List 400 S. 4th Street, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 32 of 37 GREGORY STARR p. 15: 22-25- 16: 1-3- Position with Liberty Mutual p. 17:6 – 27:19, 33:4-10- FRCP 30(b)(6) 27:20 - 33:3- NV UIM, HIU Unit, Complex Claims, Claims value 33:12- 36:23- Claim value 38:1- 39:8- Claim value 39:9- 41:2- Duty 41:18- 43:6- Duty/Valuation 43:14- 47:9- Rimoldi/Valuation 47:15- 49:6- Valuation 66:4- 68:20- Rimoldi 71:22- 74:15- Claims 77:13- 83:14- Value of Claim 90:8- 94:7- Adjusting claim 95:17- 99:11- Breach of contract 101:13- 111:10- Value of Claim 121:19- 125:16- Payments on claims 131:6- 133:12- Rimoldi 136:16- 137:9- Rimoldi 137:22- 158:20 - Claim Evaluation 159:23- 176:15- Claim Handling 177:7- 180:19- Limits 183:8- 187:2- Claim Handling 187:14- 200:15- Claim Handling 224:13- 225:18- Claim Evaluation 226:18- 228:7- Prior injury 229:8-12- Investigation- Settling Claim 230:3- 231:15- Investigating Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 33 of 37 232:16- 243:18- G4S Consulting 244:4- 246:17- Ongoing investigation 255:19- 257:4- Claims handling 257:10- 258:15- Claims evaluation Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 34 of 37 JAMES CARRAWAY12:4- 13:24- Background with Liberty Mutual 17:15-20- Last worked for Liberty Mutual 21:11- 24:13- Role with Liberty Mutual/Ohio Security 24:14-19, 28:14- 30:7- Valuation of claim 30:10- 31:15- Status of Primack claim while Carraway involved 42:8-23- Offers and mediation in prior UIM cases 43:1- 46:17- Payment of funds in UIM claims 46:19- 49:18- UIM Claims and Investigation 49:19- 59:20- Carraway Medical Investigation- Primack Claim 60:5- 66:22- Communications while at Liberty Mutual/Looking up claims/E-mails lost 70:2- 77:6- Accessing clams and files in computer system 77:7- 80:12- Review of Primack letter requesting benefits 82:5- 90:17- Communication on claim 90:18- 101:2- Ongoing communication and file management in Primack claim 101:5- 107:10- Adjuster files and Carraway computer and paper files on Primack claim- E-mails in and not in computer system 107:11- 111:10- Attorney handling of claims file 111:11-24, 115:17- 117:2- Attorney direction from adjuster handling Primack- Communication with Kortney Peschl 118:13- 120:11- Handling of case pre-litigation 120:13- 123:4- Communication on Primack claim and tasks performed 123:19- 135:10- Communications with adjuster and counsel, form letters 135:11- 139:8- Investigation, disclosure of claim 139:9 -144:2- Working on Primack case, Dr. Porter 144:4- 159:21- Information needed for claim, Rimoldi, Medical Evaluation and Doctors to perform evaluation 159:22- 160:6- Rimoldi’s office losing file 161:18- 163:4- Notebooks to retained doctors Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 35 of 37 163:5- 164:10- Films for IME, Films lost 164:16- 173:16- Hammer letter for IME regarding Rimoldi and potential issues with Rimoldi 173:17- 195:4 - Rimoldi and Rotation of Experts and Retaining Experts, Pre-payment of Expert Fees 195:13- 202:16- Rimoldi IME concerns and Liberty Mutual use of Rimoldi 203:6- 211:10- Rimoldi IME Report 211:11- 220:3- Liberty Mutual Liability and Offers, Rimoldi 220:4- 227:22- Rimoldi Report, Case Valuation 228:4-246:18 - Communication with adjuster and Plaintiff 246:20- 247:25- Mediation and work on claim 247:13- 258:17- Litigation budget and expense on file 258:25- 270:6- Training 270:7- 273:2- Training and interacting with adjusters 273:3- 276:14- Case responsibilities with Kortney Peschl 279:22- 285:2- Personnel Evaluations and work with adjusters 285:25- 292:18- Tasks on case and communication with Plaintiff 292:20- 298:10- Offers on UIM case, Rimoldi, Pre-existing 298:12- 307:17-Recorded Statement, Opinion on Plaintiff, Experts on Claim, Reports to Adjuster on Claim 307:18- 312-19, 313:15- 314:3- Ohio Security Position on Primack Claim 315:25- 326:16- Primack Treatment and Claim Handling and Tasks on Case Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 36 of 37 KORTNEY PESCHL 21:9 – 28:11- Position and responsibilities 30:6- 31:22- Claim reference 32:14- 41:12- Claim Valuation 41:13- 48:4 – Duties 50:18- 56:12- Access to Claim 56:19- 66:5- Claims management 68:16- 70:23- Complex cases like Primack 73:23- 74:16- Features for Primack Claim 86:7- 91:22- Claims handling 96:24-25- Peschl initial case involvement 101:7- 109:3- Claims handling 110:1- 118:25- Claims handling 120:1- 129:22- Treatment and valuation 130:23- 137:25- Treatment, Valuation, Dr. Gross 138:1- 139:3 -Treatment 140:20- 147:9- Communication regarding claim 148:3- 169:23- Communications and Medical Evaluation 170:10- 172:23- Rimoldi 173:4- 182:6- Rimoldi and Rimoldi Report 183:15- 186:25- Rimoldi and adjusting 187:1- 198:18- Valuation of claim 198:19- 205:8- Valuation of claim based upon proof of $1,707,823.41 in damages 205:9- 209:1- Communication re: Claim 213:22- 219:17- Ongoing adjusting and valuing of claim 220:18- 229:15- Claim reserves 229:19- 240:3- Claim Investigation 240:5- 243:24- Expenses related to Claim investigation Case 2:18-cv-00561-APG-NJK Document 74 Filed 01/22/21 Page 37 of 37 243:25- 250:23- Rimoldi handling within file 251:20- 257:13- Expenses and reserves in file 261:4- 262:9- First-party claims 269:8- 274:2 - Communications re: claims 274:3- 280:8- Communication re: Delayed Rimoldi report 281:19- 303:18- Taking over a claim and ongoing claims handling 317:20- 328:8- Obtaining Claims decision 330:5- 330:18- Changes to handling of Primack UIM claim 333:7- 334:16- Any pending documents

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