Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, et al, No. 2:2015cv06394 - Document 360 (E.D. La. 2016)

Court Description: ORDER AND REASONS re 221 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - IT IS ORDERED that Warren Pumps motion for partial summary judgment is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants have permission to file one additional joint summary judgment motion of no more than fifteen pages addressing maritime law issues related to standing and damages. Defendants motion is due no later than October 14, 2016. Plaintiffs response, which is also limited to fifteen pages, is due no later than October 21, 2016. Signed by Judge Lance M Africk. (bwn)

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Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, et al Doc. 360 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WILLIAM C. BELL ET AL. CIVIL ACTION VERSUS No. 15-6394 FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORP. ET AL. SECTION I ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is Warren Pumps’s motion 1 for partial summary judgment. The Court notes that since Warren Pumps filed its motion, the Court has limited each defendant to one summary judgment motion of fifteen pages. 2 The Court concludes that it would be inequitable to uniquely allow Warren to maintain multiple summary judgment motions. Therefore, the Court will dismiss Warren’s motion for partial summary judgment without prejudice. Warren is, of course, free to incorporate any issues contained in the partial motion for summary judgment into Warren’s upcoming summary judgment brief. However, the Court notes that Warren’s motion for partial summary judgment raised issues related to standing and damages that are likely common among all defendants. Accordingly, the Court will also grant the defendants leave to file one 1 2 R. Doc. No. 221. R. Doc. No. 352, at 19. Dockets.Justia.com joint summary judgment motions addressing maritime law 3 issues relating to standing and damages. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Warren Pumps’s motion for partial summary judgment is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants have permission to file one additional joint summary judgment motion of no more than fifteen pages addressing maritime law issues related to standing and damages. Defendants’ motion is due no later than October 14, 2016. Plaintiffs’ response, which is also limited to fifteen pages, is due no later than October 21, 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7, 2016. _________________________________________ LANCE M. AFRICK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 3 Should defendants object to the limitation of a single additional joint motion on maritime issues, they should be prepared to discuss the issue at the October 11, 2016 status conference. 2

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