Olivas-Arenas v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. et al, No. 2:2019cv00624 - Document 54 (D. Nev. 2023)
Court Description: ORDER Granting 53 Joint Pretrial Order. Calendar Call set for 1/21/2023 at 08:30 AM in LV Courtroom 7C before Judge Richard F. Boulware II. Jury Trial set for 1/27/2024 at 08:30 AM in LV Courtroom 7C before Judge Richard F. Boulware II. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 3/30/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LOE)
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Olivas-Arenas v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Doc. 54 FARHAN R. NAQVI Nevada Bar No. 8589 PAUL G. ALBRIGHT Nevada Bar No. 14159 NAQVI INJURY LAW 9500 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 104 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 Telephone: (702) 553-1000 Facsimile: (702) 553-1002 naqvi@naqvilaw.com paul@naqvilaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 MICHAEL P. LOWRY, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 10666 WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP 6689 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 200 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Telephone: (702) 727-1400 Facsimile: (702) 727-1401 Michael.Lowry@wilsonelser.com Attorneys for Defendants 15 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 18 HAYRI OLIVAS-ARENAS, individually, 19 Case No.: 2:19-cv-00624-RFB-VCF Plaintiff, 20 21 22 23 24 25 vs. JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC. d/b/a HOBBY LOBBY #679 d/b/a HOBBY LOBBY; 2199 NORTH RAINBOW BOULEVARD HOLDINGS, LLC; DOES 1 through 100 and ROE CORPORATIONS 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants. 26 27 28 /// Page 1 of 12 271954932v.3 Dockets.Justia.com I. 1 NATURE OF THE ACTION 2 3 This is an action arising from a slip and fall incident that occurred on June 3, 2017 in Clark 4 County, Nevada. Plaintiff HAYRI OLIVAS-ARENAS (“Plaintiff”) alleges that she was on the 5 6 premises of Hobby Lobby #679 located at 2251 N. Rainbow Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108 7 (the “Premises”) in the “racetrack” aisle when Plaintiff slipped on a liquid spill. Plaintiff seeks 8 general and special damages arising from the subject incident. 9 10 Defendants owned, maintained and/or operated the Premises at all times relevant to this matter. Plaintiff asserts that Defendants were negligent and that such negligence caused the 11 12 subject incident. Plaintiff seeks general and special damages arising from the subject incident. 13 II. 14 STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION 15 16 This case was removed to Federal Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1441(a) and 1446 based upon diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§1332. During all times relevant, Plaintiff was and 17 18 is a resident of Clark County, Nevada. During all times relevant, Defendants are foreign 19 corporations doing business in the State of Nevada. Plaintiff’s alleged past medical expenses are 20 $83,408.62. Plaintiff alleges additional damages on which her experts have rendered calculations. 21 Moreover, Plaintiff is also claiming damages for pain and suffering. Thus, the amount in 22 23 controversy is in excess of $75,000.00. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 28 Page 2 of 12 271954932v.3 III. 1 ADMITTED FACTS 2 3 4 5 The following facts are admitted by the parties and require no proof: 1. Defendant HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC. d/b/a HOBBY LOBBY #679 d/b/a 6 7 HOBBY LOBBY (“Defendant Hobby Lobby”) operated the subject store. 2. On June 1, 2017, Plaintiff was inside the subject store. 8 9 10 3. While in the store, Plaintiff slipped and fell 4. Apolinar Porfirio Lopez, Jr. was within the course and scope of his employment with 11 12 Defendant Hobby Lobby at the time of the fall. 5. The source of the spill is unknown. 13 IV. 14 UNCONTESTED FACTS 15 16 17 The following facts, though not admitted, will not be contested at trial by evidence to the contrary: None 18 V. 19 ISSUES TO BE TRIED 20 21 The court granted partial summary judgment to Defendant Hobby Lobby, concluding there 22 is no admissible evidence indicating Defendant Hobby Lobby created the hazard that caused 23 Plaintiff’s fall or that Defendant Hobby Lobby had actual notice of the hazard that caused 24 Plaintiff’s fall. The court denied summary judgment as to whether Defendant Hobby Lobby had 25 26 27 28 constructive notice of that hazard. The court separately granted partial summary judgment as to Plaintiff’s negligent hiring and retention causes of action, which Plaintiff conceded. Partial summary judgment was denied as to negligent supervision and training. The following are issues of fact to be tried and determined upon trial: Page 3 of 12 271954932v.3 1 1. Whether Defendant Hobby Lobby was negligent. 2 2. Whether Defendant Hobby Lobby had constructive notice of the hazard that caused 3 Plaintiff’s fall and whether that proximately caused Plaintiff’s alleged damages. 4 3. Whether the hazard that caused Plaintiff’s fall was caused by the act or omission of a 5 6 third person over whom Hobby Lobby had no control. 7 4. Whether Defendant Hobby Lobby was negligent in its supervision and/or training of its 8 employees, and whether such negligence proximately caused Plaintiff’s alleged 9 damages. 10 11 5. Whether Plaintiff was comparatively negligent. 12 6. Whether the subject incident proximately caused injuries and other damages to Plaintiff. 13 7. The reasonable value of the damages incurred by Plaintiff. 14 8. Whether the medical care and treatment received by Plaintiff was reasonable and 15 necessary as a result of the subject incident. 16 17 9. Whether the medical care and treatment received by Plaintiff was causally related to the 18 subject incident. 19 10. Whether the claimed future medical care and treatment of Plaintiff is causally related to 20 the subject incident. 21 11. The reasonableness and necessity of any medical care and treatment Plaintiff will 22 23 require in the future, and the cost thereof. 24 12. Did Plaintiff mitigate her damages? 25 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// Page 4 of 12 271954932v.3 VI. 1 ISSUES OF LAW 2 3 4 5 6 The following are issues of law to be tried and determined upon trial: A. The amount of negligence, if any, attributable to each party in this litigation. B. Whether the subject incident was the proximate cause of Plaintiff’s claimed damages. 7 C. Whether Plaintiff can present sufficient evidence to meet her burden proof. 8 D. Whether Defendant Hobby Lobby can present sufficient evidence for its burden of proof 9 regarding its affirmative defenses. 10 VII. 11 EXHIBITS 12 13 A. The following exhibits are stipulated into evidence in this case and may be so marked by 14 the clerk: 15 1. Video from the store, HOBBY0001. 16 2. Store Diagram, HOBBY0038. 17 18 B. Plaintiff’s Exhibits and Defendants’ Objections thereto: 19 20 1. 21 2. 22 3. 23 4. DESCRIPTION Plaintiff’s Complaint DEFENDANTS’ OBJECTIONS Hearsay Defendant Hobby Lobby, Inc.’s Jury Demand and Answer to Complaint Photographs of Plaintiff’s arthroscopic shoulder surgery Post-surgical photographs of Plaintiff Hearsay 24 25 26 27 5. Discovery responses might be Defendant Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Response to Plaintiff’s Requests for Production 2-5, 7-12, 14-18 admissible at trial but are not exhibits that would go to the jury. & 20-23 Buckley v. Evans, 2007 WL 2900173, n. 19 (E.D. Cal. 2007). 28 Page 5 of 12 271954932v.3 1 6. Defendant Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Response to Plaintiff’s Interrogatories 3-12 and 14-25 7. Plaintiff’s medical and billing records from El Wood, PLLC (PLTF 000857-PLTF 000858 & PLTF 001402-PLTF 001403 8. Plaintiff’s medical and billing records ATI Physical Therapy (PLTF 000637-PLTF 000777 & PLTF 001199-PLTF 001401) 2 3 4 5 6 7 Discovery responses might be admissible at trial but are not exhibits that would go to the jury. Buckley v. Evans, 2007 WL 2900173, n. 19 (E.D. Cal. 2007). 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Plaintiff’s medical and billing records from A.S. Martin Orthopedics, P.C. (PLTF 000601PLTF 000636 & PLTF 001116- PLTF 001198 & PLTF 001593-PLTF 001597) 10. Plaintiff’s medical and billing records from CareNow Urgent Care (PLTF 000586- PLTF 000600 & PLTF 001092- PLTF 001115) 9. 11. Plaintiff’s medical and billing records from Desert Radiology (PLTF 000563-PLTF 000585 & PLTF 001089-PLTF 001091) 12. Plaintiff’s medical and billing records from Shadow Emergency Physicians, PLLC (PLTF 000562 & PLTF 000855- PLTF 000856) 13. Plaintiff’s medical and billing records from Summerlin Hospital Medical Center (PLTF 000291PLTF 000561 & PLTF 000778-PLTF 000854 & PLTF 000893-PLTF 001088) 14. Hobby Lobby Customer Incident Report Form Relevance; use limited by 803(5) (Hobby 00009) 15. Customer Incident Packet Bates Numbers (Hobby 00010-Hobby 00014) Relevance 16. Training Materials Pages (Hobby 00015- Hobby 00022) Relevance 17. Hobby Lobby’s Policy & Procedures (Hobby 00023 – Hobby 00037) Relevance 24 25 26 27 28 Page 6 of 12 271954932v.3 1 18. Resilient Floor Tile Documents (Hobby 00039Hobby 00043) 2 3 19. Hobby Lobby Prior Customer Incident Report Form (Hobby 00044-Hobby 00045) Relevance per Eldorado v. Graff 20. Hobby Lobby Training Records (Hobby 00046Hobby 00138) Relevance as to employees other than Apolinar Lopez & Mark James 21. Hobby Lobby Training Materials (Hobby 00139Hobby 154) Relevance as to pages where no substantive material is shown. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C. Defendants Exhibits and Plaintiff’s Objections thereto: None other than already referenced. D. Evidence in Electronic Format: The parties intend to present evidence in electronic format 12 13 to jurors for the purposes of jury deliberations. Although it is not known at this time which 14 exhibits will be electronically presented, the parties stipulate that they will provide discovery 15 in an electronic format compatible with the Court’s electronic jury evidence display system. 16 17 The parties stipulate that they will contact the courtroom administrator for instructions about how to prepare evidence in an electronic format and other requirements for the Court’s 18 19 20 21 22 23 electronic jury evidence display system. E. Depositions: 1. Plaintiff will offer the following depositions: Deponent Plaintiff 24 25 Apolinar Lopez Mark James 26 27 28 Offered Testimony 8:7-13; 10:14-16; 12:14-13:12; 13:19-14:19; 14:22-15:20; 16:5-20:6; 21:2-36:21; 37:19-46:13; 47:9-13; 47:25-49:13; 53:6-54:4; 56:2-60:14; 60:19-62:1; 62:10-22; and all exhibits attached thereto. 5:9-8:2; 9:5-17; 9:24-10:14; 12:6-15:25; 16:6-55:22 5:8: -6:8; 9:7 – 19:6; 20:2-34:10; 34:19-25; 36:14-48:25; 49:10-55:24; 56:9-57:4; 57:15-59:22; 60:4-60:15; 60:25-74:5; 74:13-80:8; 80:1581:24; 84:3-85:4; 86:17-100:7; and all exhibits attached thereto. 2. Defendants will offer the following depositions: Page 7 of 12 271954932v.3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Deponent Apolinar Lopez Offered Testimony 9:24-10:11; 11:9-14; 12:6-12; 12:22-13:17; 14:17-15:13; 15:16-23; 16:6-18:18; 22:16-23:7; 24:15-25:18; 26:11-15; 28:11-18; 29:2-32:3; 32:18-34:2; 34:9-18; 35:14-36:13; 36:21-24; 39:22-24; 40:18-41:14; 41:22-42:8; 42:15-43:24; 44:17-45:8; 46:11-48:14; 49:3-49:20. Mark James 9:18-10:2; 15:18-23; 16:8-18:15; 20:2-5; 22:8-24:1; 24:25-25:7; 26:1623; 28:16-29:9; 51:9-12; 52:15-54:12; 57:24-59:22; 62:2-21; 65:11-23; 66:8-14; 70:25-72:20; 74:13-75:16; 79:19-80:8; 81:19-24; 82:4-83:24; 90:16-91:21; F. Objections to Depositions: 8 1. Defendants object to Plaintiffs’ depositions as follows: 9 10 Deponent Plaintiff 11 12 13 Apolinar Lopez 14 15 16 Mark James 17 18 19 20 21 Offered Testimony 8:7-13, relevance; 13:19-14:19, relevance; 21:17-18, foundation; 24:29, relevance; 25:16-26:18, relevance; 42:10-15, discussion of insurance; 47:9-13, relevance because Plaintiff is not asserting an income loss; 53:6-54:4, answer stops at 54:2; 59:7-60:6, relevance; 60:11-14, relevance. 5:9-8:2; relevance; 9:5-17, answer stops at 9:19; 23:8-24, foundation and relevance; 25:19-26:15, relevance; 26:16-28:10, relevance; 28:1929:1, relevance; 32:6-14, relevance; 38:23-39:12, relevance; 43:2544:10, relevance; 50:22-52:24, relevance. 5:8-6:8, relevance; 9:7-24, relevance; 10:9-11:12, relevance; 20:1421:10, felony conviction more than 10 years old; 27:16-28:14, relevance; 29:10-34:10, relevance; 34:19-25, relevance; 36:14-42:20, relevance; 43:1-48:25, relevance; 56:9-57:4, relevance; 59:23-60:15, foundation, speculation; 62:6-12, relevance; 77:7-79:13, relevance; 80:15-81:18, relevance; 86:17-90:15, relevance; 95:20-100:7, relevance. 2. Plaintiff objects to Defendants’ depositions as follows: In addition to the objections 22 stated on the record during the above-referenced depositions, Plaintiff objects to 23 24 Defendants use of deposition transcripts for anything other than unavailability of a 25 witness, impeachment, and to refresh recollection. 26 /// 27 28 /// Page 8 of 12 271954932v.3 IX. 1 WITNESSES 2 3 4 The following witnesses may be called upon by the parties at trial: 1. Plaintiff’s witnesses: 5 a. HAYRI OLIVAS-ARNAS c/o Farhan R. Naqvi, Esq., and Paul G. Albright, Esq. NAQVI INJURY LAW 9500 West Flamingo Road, Suite 104 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 Telephone: (702) 553-1000 6 7 8 9 10 b. WAVERLY KIVETT 9393 Thunder Basin Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89149 Telephone: (928) 533-7827 11 12 13 c. APOLINAR LOPEZ c/o Michael P. Lowry, Esq. WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP 6689 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 200 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Telephone: (702) 727-1400 14 15 16 17 d. CINDY OLIVAS-ARENAS Address Unknown Telephone: (702) 984-0257 18 19 20 e. A.S. MARTIN ORTHOPEDICS, P.C. Andrew S. Martin, M.D., and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Custodian of Records 5546 South Fort Apache Road, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Telephone: (702) 684-5502 21 22 23 24 f. ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY Rueben Cervantez, P.T., and/or Mary Antonette Valdez, PTA, and/or Clay Lovro, P.T., and/or Cameron Smith, P.T., and/or Bryan Ganitano, P.T.A., and/or 25 26 27 28 Page 9 of 12 271954932v.3 Michael McKay, P.T., and/or Taylor Kucera, P.T., and/or Linda Amadon, P.T.A., and/or Matthew Duvall, P.T., and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Custodian of Records 7301 Peak Drive, Suite 101 Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 Telephone: (702) 940-3000 1 2 3 4 5 6 3155 West Craig Road, Suite 140 North Las Vegas, Nevada 89032 Telephone: (702) 639-2333 7 8 9 g. THOMAS A. JENNINGS 355 West Mesquite Boulevard, D30 PMB 1-111 Mesquite, Nevada 89027 Telephone: (702) 613-5076 10 11 12 h. BERNARD ONG, M.D. 8551 W. Lake Mead Boulevard, #251 Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 Telephone: (702) 796-7979 13 14 15 i. MARK JAMES, FRCP 30(b)(6) designee for HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC. d/b/a HOBBY LOBBY #679 d/b/a HOBBY LOBBY c/o Michael P. Lowry, Esq. WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP 6689 Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 200 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Telephone: (702) 727-1400 16 17 18 19 20 21 2. Defendants’ witnesses: 22 a. Mark James, 30(b)(6) Designee, previously deposed. 23 24 b. Apolinar Porfirio Lopez, Jr.; Hobby Lobby employee, previously deposed. 25 c. Waverly Kivett Address Unknown (928) 533-7827 26 27 d. John Herr, M.D. Retained Medical Expert 28 Page 10 of 12 271954932v.3 1 2 e. John Brault Rebuttal Expert to Tom Jennings 3 X. 4 TRIAL DATE 5 Counsel have met and herewith submit a list of three (3) agreed-upon trial dates: 6 1. October 10, 2022 7 2. October 17, 2022 8 3. October 24, 2022 9 It is expressly understood by the undersigned that the court will set the trial of this matter on 10 one (1) of the agreed-upon dates if possible. If not, the trial will be set at the convenience of the 11 court’s calendar. 12 XI. 13 TIME FOR TRIAL 14 15 It is estimated that the trial herein will take a total of 3 to 5 full judicial days. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT BY: 16 17 18 DATED this 13th day of June, 2022. DATED this 13th day of June, 2022. NAQVI INJURY LAW WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER LLP /s/ Paul G. Albright________________ FARHAN R. NAQVI Nevada Bar No. 8589 PAUL G. ALBRIGHT Nevada Bar No. 14159 9500 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 104 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 Attorneys for Plaintiff _/s/ Michael P. Lowry__________________ MICHAEL P. LOWRY Nevada Bar No. 10666 300 South 4th Street, 11th Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorneys for Defendants 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 11 of 12 271954932v.3 XII. 1 2 3 4 5 ACTION BY THE COURT January 27, 2024 at 8:30 am in This case is set for jury trial on the fixed/stacked calendar on ________________________. LV 7C; January 21, 2023 at 8:30 am in LV 7C. Calendar call shall be held on _______________________. This pretrial order has been approved by the parties to this action as evidenced by the 6 signatures of their attorneys hereon, and the order is hereby entered and will govern the trial of this 7 case. This order shall not be amended except by court order and based upon the parties’ agreement 8 or to prevent manifest injustice. DATED: ___________________. March 30, 2023 9 10 ___________________________________ RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 12 of 12 271954932v.3
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