EB Holdings II, Inc. et al v. Illinois National Insurance Company et al, No. 2:2020cv00564 - Document 16 (D. Nev. 2020)
Court Description: ORDER granting 15 STIPULATION of Dismissal and Withdrawing 1 Motion to Withdraw Reference. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 6/17/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF with ad hoc to Bankruptcy Court - DRS)
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EB Holdings II, Inc. et al v. Illinois National Insurance Company et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GARMAN TURNER GORDON LLP GREGORY E. GARMAN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6654 Email: ggarman@gtg.legal TALITHA GRAY KOZLOWSKI, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9040 Email: tgray@gtg.legal TERESA M. PILATOWICZ, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9605 Email: tpilatowicz@gtg.legal 7251 Amigo Street, Suite 210 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Tel: (725) 777-3000 Attorneys for EB Holdings II, Inc. 8 9 10 Doc. 16 K&L GATES LLP THOMAS E. BIRSIC, ESQ. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Email: thomas.birsic@klgates.com PAUL C. FUENER, ESQ. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Email: paul.fuener@klgates.com K&L Gates Center 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2613 Tel: (412) 355-6500 GHANDI DEETER BLACKHAM SHARA L. LARSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7786 Email: shara@ghandilaw.com 725 S. 8th St., Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Tel: (702) 878-1115 Attorneys for QXH II, Inc. 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 In re: Chapter 11 15 EB HOLDINGS II, INC., Case No.: BK-S-19-16364-MKN 16 Debtor. 17 18 Case No. 2:20-cv-000564-RFB-DJA EB HOLDINGS II, INC. and QXH II, INC., 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Adv. Pro. No. 20-01010-MKN Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, BEAZLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY, ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, IRONSHORE INDEMNITY INC., FREEDOM SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY and ASPEN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, STIPULATED ORDER WITHDRAWING PENDING MOTION AND CLOSING CASE 27 Defendants. 28 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Ste. 210 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 Dockets.Justia.com 1 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and AGREED, by and between Plaintiffs EB Holdings II, 2 Inc. (“EBH”), by and through its counsel, the law firm of Garman Turner Gordon LLP, QXH II, 3 Inc. (“QXH II,” and together with EBH, the “Plaintiffs”), by and through its counsel, the law firms 4 of K&L Gates LLP and Ghandi Deeter Blackham, and Arch Insurance Company (“Arch”), by and 5 through its counsel, the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, as follows: 6 WHEREAS on September 30, 2019, EBH filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the 7 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (the “Bankruptcy Court”), thereby 8 commencing chapter 11 case no. 19-16364-MKN. 9 10 WHEREAS, on January 16, 2020, EBH and QXH II filed a Complaint in the Bankruptcy Court, thereby commencing adversary proceeding no. 20-01010-MKN (the “Adversary”). 11 WHEREAS, on March 20, 2020, Arch filed Arch Insurance Company’s Notice of Motion 12 and Motion to Withdraw Reference of Adversary Proceeding Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(d); 13 Memorandum of Points and Authorities [ECF No. 1] (the “Motion to Withdraw the Reference”). 14 WHEREAS, on April 28, 2018, the Stipulation Dismissing Defendant Arch Insurance 15 Company Without Prejudice, Withdrawing Pending Motions, and Vacating Hearing (the 16 “Stipulation”) was filed in the Adversary. The Stipulation, attached hereto as Exhibit 1, provided 17 for the withdrawal of the Motion to Withdraw the Reference and a related pleading and for the 18 dismissal of the Plaintiffs’ claims against Arch without prejudice. 19 WHEREAS, the Stipulation was approved by entry of the Order of the Bankruptcy Court 20 on April 29, 2020 (the “Dismissal Order”). A copy of the Dismissal Order is attached hereto as 21 Exhibit 2. 22 NOW, THEREFORE, the Plaintiffs and Arch hereby stipulate and agree that the Motion 23 to Withdraw the Reference is hereby withdrawn and case number 2:20-cv-00564-RFB-DJA may 24 be closed, with the parties to bear their own fees and costs. 25 Dated this 29th day of April, 2020. 26 27 28 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Ste. 210 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 2 1 GARMAN TURNER GORDON LLP K&L GATES LLP By: /s/ Talitha Gray Kozlowski GREGORY E. GARMAN, ESQ. TALITHA GRAY KOZLOWSKI, ESQ. TERESA M. PILATOWICZ, ESQ. 7251 Amigo Street, Suite 210 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Attorneys for EB Holdings II, Inc. By: /s/ Paul C. Fuener THOMAS E. BIRSIC, ESQ. PAUL C. FUENER, ESQ. K&L Gates Center 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 2 3 4 5 6 GHANDI DEETER BLACKHAM SHARA L. LARSON, ESQ. 725 S. 8th Street, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorneys for QXH II, Inc. 7 8 9 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 10 11 12 13 By: /s/ Kimberly A. Klinsport THOMAS F. CARLUCCI, ESQ. ELIEEN R. RIDLEY, ESQ. 555 California Street, Suite 1700 San Francisco, California 94104 14 15 16 KIMBERLY A. KLINSPORT, ESQ. 555 S. Flower Street, Suite 3300 Los Angeles, California 90017 Attorneys for Arch Insurance Company 17 18 19 ORDER 20 The Court, having reviewed and considered the Stipulation of the parties, and good cause 21 appearing therefore, HEREBY ORDERS that: (1) the Motion to Withdraw Reference is 22 withdrawn; and (2) case number 2:20-cv-00564-RFB-DJA is hereby closed, with the parties to 23 bear their own fees and costs. 24 25 26 27 28 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Ste. 210 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 IT IS SO ORDERED this ____ 2020. 17th day of April, June, 2020. ________________________________ RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE _______________________________ DATED this UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 3 EXHIBIT 1 EXHIBIT 1 Case 20-01010-mkn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Doc 134 Entered 04/28/20 16:53:13 GARMAN TURNER GORDON LLP GREGORY E. GARMAN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6654 Email: ggarman@gtg.legal TALITHA GRAY KOZLOWSKI, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9040 Email: tgray@gtg.legal TERESA M. PILATOWICZ, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9605 Email: tpilatowicz@gtg.legal 7251 Amigo Street, Suite 210 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Tel: (725) 777-3000 Attorneys for EB Holdings II, Inc. 8 9 10 Page 1 of 3 K&L GATES LLP THOMAS E. BIRSIC, ESQ. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Email: thomas.birsic@klgates.com PAUL C. FUENER, ESQ. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Email: paul.fuener@klgates.com K&L Gates Center 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2613 Tel: (412) 355-6500 GHANDI DEETER BLACKHAM SHARA L. LARSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7786 Email: shara@ghandilaw.com 725 S. 8th St., Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Tel: (702) 878-1115 Attorneys for QXH II, Inc. 11 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 12 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 13 14 15 In re: Chapter 11 EB HOLDINGS II, INC., Case No.: BK-S-19-16364-MKN Debtor. 16 Adv. Pro. No. 20-01010-MKN 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Ste. 210 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 EB HOLDINGS II, INC. and QXH II, INC., Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, BEAZLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY, ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, IRONSHORE INDEMNITY INC., FREEDOM SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY and ASPEN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants. STIPULATION DISMISSING DEFENDANT ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT PREJUDICE, WITHDRAWING PENDING MOTIONS, AND VACATING HEARING Case 20-01010-mkn Doc 134 Entered 04/28/20 16:53:13 Page 2 of 3 1 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and AGREED, by and between Plaintiffs EB Holdings II, 2 Inc. (“EBH”), by and through its counsel, the law firm of Garman Turner Gordon LLP, QXH II, 3 Inc. (“QXH II,” and together with EBH, the “Plaintiffs”), by and through its counsel, the law firms 4 of K&L Gates LLP and Ghandi Deeter Blackham, and Arch Insurance Company (“Arch”), by and 5 through its counsel, the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, as follows: 6 WHEREAS on September 30, 2019, EBH filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the 7 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, thereby commencing chapter 11 case 8 no. 19-16364-MKN. 9 WHEREAS, on January 16, 2020, EBH and QXH II filed a Complaint in the United States 10 Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, thereby commencing this adversary proceeding, 11 adversary no. 20-01010-MKN (the “Adversary”). 12 WHEREAS, on March 24, 2020, Arch filed its Amended Notice of Motion and Motion to 13 Dismiss Arch Insurance Company for Failure to State a Claim and Lack of Subject Matter 14 Jurisdiction and Personal Jurisdiction; Memorandum of Point and Authorities in Support Thereof 15 [ECF No. 115] (the “Motion to Dismiss”). 16 WHEREAS, the Motion to Dismiss is scheduled for hearing on May 12, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. 17 WHEREAS, on March 20, 2020, Arch filed Arch Insurance Company’s Notice of Motion 18 and Motion to Withdraw Reference of Adversary Proceeding Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(d); 19 Memorandum of Points and Authorities [ECF No. 100] (the “Motion to Withdraw the 20 Reference”),1 thereby commencing District Court case number 2:20-cv-00564-RFB-DJA. 21 WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs and Arch have agreed to dismiss Arch from the Adversary 22 without prejudice and to vacate all pending matters by and between them, with each party to bear 23 its own attorneys’ fees and costs. NOW, THEREFORE, subject to entry of an Order approving this Stipulation, the Plaintiffs 24 25 and Arch hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 26 27 28 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Ste. 210 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 1 A similar stipulated order is being filed in case number 2:20-cv-00564-RFB-DJA, pending in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. 2 Case 20-01010-mkn 1 2 1. Doc 134 Entered 04/28/20 16:53:13 Page 3 of 3 Arch withdraws its Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 115] and Motion to Withdraw the Reference [ECF No. 100]; 3 2. The May 12, 2020 hearing on the Motion to Dismiss may be vacated. 4 3. The Plaintiffs’ claims against Arch filed in this Adversary are dismissed without 5 6 7 8 9 prejudice; and 4. The Plaintiffs and Arch shall each bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs incurred to date with respect to the Adversary. Dated this 28th day of April, 2020. GARMAN TURNER GORDON LLP K&L GATES LLP By: /s/ Talitha Gray Kozlowski GREGORY E. GARMAN, ESQ. TALITHA GRAY KOZLOWSKI, ESQ. TERESA M. PILATOWICZ, ESQ. 7251 Amigo Street, Suite 210 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Attorneys for EB Holdings II, Inc. By: /s/ Paul C. Fuener THOMAS E. BIRSIC, ESQ. PAUL C. FUENER, ESQ. K&L Gates Center 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 10 11 12 13 14 GHANDI DEETER BLACKHAM SHARA L. LARSON, ESQ. 725 S. 8th Street, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorneys for QXH II, Inc. 15 16 17 18 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 19 20 21 22 23 24 By: /s/ Kimberly A. Klinsport THOMAS F. CARLUCCI, ESQ. ELIEEN R. RIDLEY, ESQ. 555 California Street, Suite 1700 San Francisco, California 94104 KIMBERLY A. KLINSPORT, ESQ. 555 S. Flower Street, Suite 3300 Los Angeles, California 90017 Attorneys for Arch Insurance Company 25 26 27 28 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Ste. 210 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 3 EXHIBIT 2 EXHIBIT 2 Case 20-01010-mkn Entered 04/29/20 12:20:03 Doc 140 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Honorable Mike K. Nakagawa United States Bankruptcy Judge 4 5Ei 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 :ered on Docket ril 29, 2020 GARMAN TURNER GORDON LLP GREGORY E. GARMAN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6654 Email: ggarman @ gtg.legal TALITHA GRAY KOZLOWSKI, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9040 Email: tgray @ gtg.legal TERESA M. PILATOWICZ, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9605 Email: tpilatowicz @ gtg.legal 7251 Amigo Street, Suite 210 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Tel: (725) 777-3000 Attorneys for EB Holdings II, Inc. 13 14 15 K&L GATES LLP THOMAS E. BIRSIC, ESQ. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Email: thomas.birsic@klgates.com PAUL C. FUENER, ESQ. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Email: paul.fuener@klgates.com K&L Gates Center 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2613 Tel: (412) 355-6500 GHANDI DEETER BLACKHAM SHARA L. LARSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7786 Email: shara@ghandilaw.com 725 S. 8th St., Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Tel: (702) 878-1115 Attorneys for QXH II, Inc. 16 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 17 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 18 In re: Chapter 11 EB HOLDINGS II, INC., Case No.: BK-S-19-16364-MKN 19 20 Debtor. 21 Adv. Pro. No. 20-01010-MKN 22 EB HOLDINGS II, INC. and QXH II, INC., 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, BEAZLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY, ACE GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Sttp8-43-6 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 40-7163.1 ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANT ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT PREJUDICE, WITHDRAWING PENDING MOTIONS [ECF NOS. 100 and 115], AND VACATING HEARING Vacated Hearing Date and Time: May 12, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. Case 20-01010-mkn Doc 140 Entered 04/29/20 12:20:03 Page 2 of 3 AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, IRONSHORE INDEMNITY INC., FREEDOM SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY and ASPEN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants. Plaintiffs EB Holdings II, Inc. ("EBH"), by and through its counsel, the law firm of Garman Turner Gordon LLP, QXH II, Inc. ("QXH II," and together with EBH, the "Plaintiffs"), by and through its counsel, the law firms of K&L Gates LLP and Ghandi Deeter Blackham, and Arch Insurance Company ("Arch"), by and through its counsel, the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, entered into that certain Stipulation to Dismiss Arch Insurance Company Without Prejudice, Withdrawing Pending Motions, and Vacating Hearing (the "Stipulation").1 Good cause appearing therefore; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Stipulation is approved in its entire IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Arch's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 115] and Motion to Withdraw the Reference [ECF No. 100] are withdrawn. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the May 12, 2020 hearing on the Motion to Dismiss is vacated. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Plaintiffs' claims against Arch filed in this Adversary are dismissed without prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Plaintiffs and Arch shall each bear their own attorneys' fees and costs incurred to date with respect to the Adversary. IT IS SO ORDERED. 1 All capitalized, undefined terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Stipulation. 2 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., St48113_6 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 40-7163.1 Case 20-01010-mkn Doc 140 Entered 04/29/20 12:20:03 GARMAN TURNER GORDON LLP K&L GATES LLP By: /s/Talitha Gray Kozlowski GREGORY E. GARMAN, ESQ. TALITHA GRAY KOZLOWSKI, ESQ. TERESA M. PILATOWICZ, ESQ. 7251 Amigo Street, Suite 210 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Attorneys for EB Holdings II, Inc. By: /s/ Paul C. Fuener THOMAS E. BIRSIC, ESQ. PAUL C. FUENER, ESQ. K&L Gates Center 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 GHANDI DEETER BLACKHAM SHARA L. LARSON, ESQ. 725 S. 8th Street, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorneys for QXH II, Inc. FOLEY & LARDNER LLP By: /s/ Kimberly A. Kilnsport THOMAS F. CARLUCCI, ESQ. ELIEEN R. RIDLEY, ESQ. 555 California Street, Suite 1700 San Francisco, California 94104 KIMBERLY A. KLINSPORT, ESQ. 555 S. Flower Street, Suite 3300 Los Angeles, California 90017 Attorneys for Arch Insurance Company 3 GARMAN TURNER GORDON 7251 Amigo St., Sttp81-p-6 Las Vegas, NV 89119 725-777-3000 Page 3 of 3 40-7163.1
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