MGM Resorts International et al v. Acosta et al, No. 2:2018cv01288 - Document 957 (D. Nev. 2018)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 956 Stipulation to Stay Case Pending Mediation. Signed by Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 11/1/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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MGM Resorts International et al v. Acosta et al 1 2 3 4 5 Doc. 957 JAMES J. PISANELLI (Nevada Bar No. 4027) JJP@pisanellibice.com TODD L. BICE (Nevada Bar No. 4534) TLB@pisanellibice.com DEBRA L. SPINELLI (Nevada Bar No. 9695) DLS@pisanellibice.com PISANELLI BICE 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel: 702.214.2100 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 BRAD D. BRIAN (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) brad.brian@mto.com MICHAEL R. DOYEN (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) michael.doyen@mto.com BETHANY W. KRISTOVICH (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) bethany.kristovich@mto.com MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 350 South Grand Avenue, Fiftieth Floor Los Angeles, California 90071-3426 Tel: 213.683.9100 E. STRATTON HORRES, JR. (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) Stratton.Horres@wilsonelser.com KAREN L. BASHOR (Nevada Bar No. 11913) Karen.Bashor@wilsonelser.com WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 300 South Fourth Street, 11th Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-6014 Tel: 702.727.1400 16 17 Attorneys for Plaintiffs MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, MANDALAY RESORT GROUP, MANDALAY BAY, LLC, MGM RESORTS FESTIVAL GROUNDS, LLC, and MGM RESORTS VENUE MANAGEMENT, LLC 18 19 20 21 22 ROBERT T. EGLET (Nevada Bar No. 3402) ROBERT M. ADAMS (Nevada Bar No. 6551) Eservice@egletlaw.com EGLET PRINCE 400 S. Seventh St., Suite 400 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel: (702) 450-5400 Fax: (702) 450-5451 Attorneys for Defendants 23 24 25 26 27 MARK P. ROBINSON, JR. (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) DANIEL S. ROBINSON (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) MRobinson@robinsonfirm.com ROBINSON CALCAGNIE, INC. 19 Corporate Plaza Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 Tel: (949) 720-1288 Attorneys for Defendants 28 Dockets.Justia.com 1 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 KEVIN R. BOYLE (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) RAHUL RAVIPUDI Nevada Bar No. 14750 Boyle@psblaw.com PANISH SHEA & BOYLE LLP 8816 Spanish Ridge Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89148 Tel.: (702) 560-5520 Attorneys for Defendants PATRICK MCGRODER III PATRICK MCGRODER IV GALLAGHER & KENNEDY 2575 East Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizona, 85016 Tel: (602) 530-8000 Attorneys for Defendants PAUL SKRABENEK (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) Paul@pstriallaw.com PIERCE SKRABENEK 3701 Kirby Drive, Suite 760 Houston, TX, 77098 Tel: (832) 690-7000 Attorneys for Defendants RICHARD PATTERSON (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) SUSAN A. OWEN (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) OWEN PATTERSON & OWEN LLP 23822 Valencia Blvd. #303 Valencia, CA 91355 Tel: (661) 799-3899 Attorneys for Defendants TIMOTHY R. TITOLO (Nevada Bar No. 3617) Tim@titololaw.com TITOLO LAW OFFICE 9842 Cathedral Pines Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89149 Tel.: (702) 869-5100 Attorneys for Defendants ANTONIO M. ROMANUCCI (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) BRYCE T. HENSLEY (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) ARomanucci@rblaw.new BHensley@rblaw.net ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN, LLC 321 North Clark Street, Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60654 Tel.: (312) 458-1000 Attorneys for Defendants SHAWNA LOTT, CAITLIN BRUNNER, LENEA SAMPSON, and KATHRYN TRESSLER Page 2 of 6 1 2 3 4 TROY L. ISAACSON (Nevada Bar No. 6690) NORBERTO J. CISNEROS (Nevada Bar No. 8782) MADDOX ISAACSON CISNEROS LLP 11920 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89141 Tel.: (702) 366-1900 Attorneys for Defendants MALINDA BALDRIDGE and BREAANA GRACE FRANCL BALDRIDGE 5 6 7 8 9 SEAN K. CLAGGETT (Nevada Bar No. 008407) CHRISTIAN L. AUGUSTIN (Nevada Bar No. 013819) SClaggett@claggettlaw.com CAugustin@claggettlaw.com CLAGGETT & SYKES LAW FIRM 4101 Meadows Lane, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 Tel.: (702) 655-2346 Attorneys for Defendant TREZA MEKHAIL 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 13 14 15 MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, Case No. 2:18-cv-01288-APG-PAL MANDALAY RESORT GROUP, MANDALAY BAY, LLC f/k/a MANDALAY CORP., MGM RESORTS FESTIVAL GROUNDS, LLC, MGM STIPULATION REGARDING STAY RESORTS VENUE MANAGEMENT, LLC PENDING MEDIATION Plaintiffs, 16 17 ORDER vs. 18 CARLOS ACOSTA; et al., 19 Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 WHEREAS Plaintiffs and Defendants dispute whether Plaintiffs are liable for injuries sustained by Defendants at the Route 91 Harvest Festival; WHEREAS related actions regarding Plaintiffs’ potential liability arising from the Route 91 Harvest Festival are pending in this and other jurisdictions; WHEREAS counsel for the parties in this action and the related actions have met and conferred, and currently are planning and scheduling a mediation; WHEREAS the parties believe that a stay of all pending litigation would facilitate mediation and make resolution more likely; and Page 3 of 6 1 WHEREAS the parties are concurrently stipulating to stay this action and related actions, 2 including Sheppard v. Mandalay Bay, No. 2-18-cv-01120 (D. Nev.); Maggiore v. MGM, No. 2:18- 3 cv-5640 (C.D. Cal.); Ramirez v. MGM, No. 2-18-cv-5564 (C.D. Cal.), and the declaratory judgment 4 actions filed by Defendants, MGM v. Aase, No. 2:18-cv-06113 (C.D. Cal.); MGM v. Abner, No. 5 2:18-cv-06197 (C.D. Cal.); MGM v. Corbin, No. 3:18-cv-00168 (D. Alaska); MGM v. Booth, No. 6 2:18-cv-02250 (D. Ariz.); MGM v. Acosta, No. 2:18-cv-01288 (D. Nev.); MGM v. Eardley, No. 7 2:18-cv-00567 (D. Utah); MGM v. Brasfield, No. 1:18-cv-22883 (S.D. Fla.); MGM v. Archembeault, 8 No. 4:18-cv-02465 (S.D. Tex.); MGM v. Socci, No. 1:18-cv-06451 (S.D.N.Y.); 9 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT: 10 1. All proceedings in this action shall be stayed pending mediation; 11 2. This stay is conditioned upon the entry of this order and a similar stay order, 12 voluntary dismissal, or other resolution in each of the matters identified above within 30 days, if the 13 conditions of the stay are not satisfied, the parties will advise the Court, and those motions will be 14 set for the next available date or by such agreement of the parties as is acceptable to the Court; 15 16 3. entry of the stay in this action, and then every 60 days thereafter; 17 18 The parties shall report to the Court on the status of the mediation within 60 days of 4. Any party may revoke its agreement to stay this action by providing the other parties and the Court 15 days’ written notice; and 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ... 26 ... 27 ... 28 Page 4 of 6 1 5. If any party revokes its agreement to stay this action, any currently-pending motions 2 shall be set for the next date that the Court is available as of the time of the revocation of the 3 agreement to a stay. 4 Respectfully submitted on October 26, 2018 WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EGLET PRINCE EDELMAN & DICKER LLP By: /s/ Robert M. Adams By:_/s/ Karen L. Bashor ROBERT T. EGLET (NV Bar #3402) E. STRATTON HORRES, JR. ROBERT M. ADAMS (NV Bar #6551) (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) 400 S. Seventh St., Suite 400 KAREN L. BASHOR (NV Bar #11913) Las Vegas, NV 89101 300 South Fourth Street, 11th Floor Tel: (702) 450-5400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-6014 Eservice@egletlaw.com Tel: 702.727.1400 Stratton.Horres@wilsonelser.com MARK P. ROBINSON, JR. Karen.Bashor@wilsonelser.com (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) DANIEL S. ROBINSON JAMES J. PISANELLI (NV Bar #4027) (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) TODD L. BICE (NV Bar #4534) ROBINSON CALCAGNIE, INC. DEBRA L. SPINELLI (NV Bar #9695) 19 Corporate Plaza Drive PISANELLI BICE Newport Beach, CA 92660 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 Las Vegas, NV 89101 KEVIN R. BOYLE (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) BRAD D. BRIAN RAHUL RAVIPUDI (NV Bar #14750) (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) PANISH SHEA & BOYLE LLP MICHAEL R. DOYEN 8816 Spanish Ridge Avenue (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) Las Vegas, NV 89148 BETHANY W. KRISTOVICH (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) PATRICK MCGRODER III MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) 350 South Grand Avenue, Fiftieth Floor PATRICK MCGRODER IV Los Angeles, California 90071-3426 (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) GALLAGHER & KENNEDY Attorneys for Plaintiffs MGM RESORTS 2575 East Camelback Road INTERNATIONAL, MANDALAY RESORT Phoenix, Arizona, 85016 GROUP, MANDALAY BAY, LLC, MGM RESORTS FESTIVAL GROUNDS, LLC, and PAUL SKRABENEK MGM RESORTS VENUE MANAGEMENT, (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) LLC PIERCE SKRABENEK 3701 Kirby Drive, Suite 760 Houston, TX, 77098 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 ________________________________ United States District Judge Dated: November 1, 2018. 27 28 RICHARD PATTERSON (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) SUSAN A. OWEN (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) OWEN PATTERSON & OWEN LLP 23822 Valencia Blvd. #303 Valencia, CA 91355 Attorneys for Defendants Page 5 of 6 1 TITOLO LAW OFFICE MADDOX ISAACSON CISNEROS LLP 2 By: /s/ Timothy R. Titolo TIMOTHY R. TITOLO (NV Bar #3617) 9842 Cathedral Pines Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89149 Tel.: (702) 869-5100 Tim@titololaw.com By:/s/ Norberto J. Cisneros TROY L. ISAACSON (NV Bar #6690) NORBERTO J. CISNEROS (NV Bar #8782) 11920 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89141 Tel.: (702) 366-1900 ANTONIO M. ROMANUCCI (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) BRYCE T. HENSLEY (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming) ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN, LLC 321 North Clark St., Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60654 Tel.: (312) 458-1000 Attorneys for Defendants MALINDA BALDRIDGE and BREAANA GRACE FRANCL BALDRIDGE 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Attorneys for Defendants SHAWNA LOTT, CAITLIN BRUNNER, LENEA SAMPSON, and KATHRYN TRESSLER 12 CLAGGETT & SYKES LAW FIRM 13 By:/s/ Sean K. Claggett SEAN K. CLAGGETT (Nevada Bar #8407) CHRISTIAN L. AUGUSTIN (NV Bar #13819) 4101 Meadows Lane, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89107 Tel.: (702) 655-2346 SClaggett@claggettlaw.com CAugustin@claggettlaw.com Attorneys for Defendant TREZA MEKHAIL 14 15 16 17 18 19 IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DATED: 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 6 of 6

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