Isaac et al v. Forcillo et al, No. 2:2019cv01452 - Document 77 (D. Nev. 2021)

Court Description: ORDER granting 76 Stipulation Stipulation and Order to Depose Non-Retained Expert, Elliott Skorupa, MSEP After the Close of Discovery. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 10/28/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

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Isaac et al v. Forcillo et al Doc. 77 Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 1 of 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICHAEL C. HETEY, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 5668 HARRY J. ROSENTHAL, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 10208 THORNDAL ARMSTRONG DELK BALKENBUSH & EISINGER 1100 East Bridger Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89101-5315 Tel.: (702) 366-0622 Fax: (702) 366-0327 mch@thorndal.com hjr@thorndal.com 7 8 Attorneys for Defendants, WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. and NICOLAS FORCILLO 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 11 12 DARLENE ISAAC; and HAROLD ROLAND HOWMAN, JR., 13 CASE NO. 2:19-CV-01452-KJD-BNW Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DEPOSE NON-RETAINED EXPERT, ELLIOTT SKORUPA, MSEP AFTER THE CLOSE OF DISCOVERY 14 vs. 15 16 17 18 NICOLAS FORCILLO, an individual, WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC., a foreign corporation, DOES I through X, inclusive; and/or ROE CORPORATIONS I through X, inclusive 19 Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (First Request) The parties respectfully request the Court’s permission to complete the deposition of treating provider and non-retained expert, Elliott Skorupa, MSEP after the close of discovery. I. BACKGROUND Mr. Elliott Skorupa, MSEP performed a Functional Capacity Evaluation of Plaintiff Darlene (“Plaintiff”) on January 15, 2019 in her worker’s compensation case. His deposition was set and taken by Plaintiff former counsel, Justin W. Wilson, Esq. on May 3, 2021. Due defense counsel’s personal medical appointment and Mr. Skorupa being on the East Coast, Mr. Skorupa and counsel all agreed to a second day in order to complete the deposition. Since that time, Plaintiffs and Defendants have worked amicably to schedule a mutually agreeable date and time -1- Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 2 of 12 1 to complete Mr. Skorupa’s deposition. Defendants set the continuing deposition on October 18, 2 2021 and served Mr. Skorupa with a deposition subpoena. 3 On October 8, 2021, Defendants received an email from Plaintiffs’ counsel’s office 4 informing defense counsel that Mr. Skorupa would not be available on October 18, 2021 to 5 complete his deposition due to a surgical procedure he would be undergoing on October 14, 2021 6 with an unknown recovery time (See Ex. A). The information was provided by Deputy General 7 Counsel, Cynthia Marietta, for Physical Therapy Solutions where Mr. Skorupa is employed. 8 Defense counsel reached out to Ms. Marietta to discuss, followed up by an email 9 communication on October 15, 2021, in which it was expressed that the parties are willing to 10 work with Mr. Skorupa in light of his upcoming surgical procedure and accommodate his 11 recovery (See Ex. B). The parties currently have a discovery closure deadline of November 6, 12 2021. Ms. Marietta subsequently advised defense counsel that Mr. Skorupa was underwent the 13 surgical procedure to his jaw and did not know precisely when he will be able to speak and 14 testify. 15 The parties discussed this issue and agreed to move forward and make a record of the 16 issue on October 18, 2021, to make record of Mr. Skorupa’s surgery and agreement to stipulate 17 to allow the competition of Mr. Skorupa’s deposition after the close of discovery (See Ex. C). 18 ... 19 ... 20 ... 21 ... 22 ... 23 ... 24 ... 25 ... 26 ... 27 ... 28 ... -2- Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 3 of 12 1 II. CONCLUSION 2 The parties submit this Stipulation to complete the deposition of non-retained expert 3 Elliott Skorupa, MSEP after the close of discovery in good faith and not in to delay this litigated 4 proceeding; and, ask this Honorable Court to grant this Stipulation. 5 6 7 Dated this 27th day of October 2021. Dated this 27th day of October 2021. H&P LAW THORNDAL ARMSTRONG DELK BALKENBUSH & EISINGER 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 /s/ Marjorie L. Hauf /s/ Michael C. Hetey MARJORIE L. HAUF, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 8111 MATTHEW G. PFAU, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 11439 8950 West Tropicana Avenue, #1 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 MICHAEL C. HETEY, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 5668 HARRY J. ROSENTHAL, ESQ. Nevada bar No. 10208 1100 East Bridger Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, DARLENE ISAAC and HAROLD ROLAND HOWMAN, JR. Attorneys for Defendants, WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. and NICOLAS FORCILLO 16 17 18 19 ORDER IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 22 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 24 Order IT IS SO ORDERED 25 DATED: 3:29 pm, October 28, 2021 26 27 28 BRENDA WEKSLER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE -3- Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 4 of 12 EXHIBIT A Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 5 of 12 Lara M. Feldstein From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Victoria Agunos <vagunos@CourtRoomProven.com> Friday, October 8, 2021 2:53 PM Lara M. Feldstein; Jennifer Hodge; Michael C. Hetey; Austin J. De Reis Matthew G. Pfau FW: Isaac v. Werner Dr. Skorupa Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Completed Hello all, Mr. Skorupa will not be available for the deposition on October 18, 2021 due to a surgery he will be undergoing on October 14, 2021. Please see below e-mail. Victoria Agunos Paralegal 8950 W Tropicana Ave, #1 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 702 598 4529 TEL 702 598 3626 FAX www.courtroomproven.com From: Victoria Agunos [mailto:vagunos@CourtRoomProven.com] Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 2:35 PM To: ALAN PIETRUSZKIEWICZ Cc: JENNIFER WILLIAMS; Matthew G. Pfau; Cynthia Marietta Subject: RE: Isaac v. Werner Dr. Skorupa Victoria, This confirms that Mr. Skorupa will not be available for deposition on Oct. 18, 2021. He is scheduled to undergo surgery on Oct. 14, 2021. At this point, it is unknown when he will be available to continue his deposition given the complexity of his diagnosis and surgical procedure. Kind Regards, Cyndi Cynthia Marietta Deputy General Counsel Physical Therapy Solutions, LP U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. 1300 West Sam Houston Parkway S, Suite 300 Houston, Texas 77042 713.297.7013 (direct line) 713.297.6381 (fax) cmarietta@usph.com 1 Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 6 of 12 This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copy or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter delete the material from any computer. This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or any use of the information contained herein is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. 2 Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 7 of 12 EXHIBIT B Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 8 of 12 Lara M. Feldstein From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Lara M. Feldstein Friday, October 15, 2021 9:22 AM 'cmarietta@usph.com' Michael C. Hetey; Jennifer Hodge; Austin J. De Reis Werner-Isaac / Deposition of Elliott Skorupa Good morning Ms. Marietta, This is in follow up to my voicemail message last week with regards to the deposition of Elliott Skorupa in the matter of Isaac, et al. v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., et al. We of course are willing to work with Mr. Skorupa to reschedule the completion of his deposition given his recent surgery; however, we do need to be provided with alternative availability. As I mentioned, we have a discovery closure date of November 2, 2021. If you are able to provide us with alternative dates we can inform the Court of Mr. Skorupa’s situation in completing his deposition and ask for leave to depose him after discovery closes to accommodate his recovery. If you believe we should place something on the record, we can do that as well. Would you have time today to discuss this matter with Mr. Hetey? Lara M. Feldstein | Paralegal | Thorndal Armstrong Delk Balkenbush & Eisinger 1100 East Bridger Avenue | P.O. 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If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. www.thorndal.com 1 Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 9 of 12 EXHIBIT C Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 10 of 12 ·1· · · · · · · · ·UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ·2· · · · · · ·FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ·3 · · ·4· · · ·5· · · ·6· · · ·7· · · ·8· · · ·9· · · 10 DARLENE ISAAC and HAROLD· · · ·) HOWMAN, JR.,· · · · · · · · · ·) · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · · · · · · ·Plaintiffs,· · ·)· ·CASE NO.:· 2:19-01452· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)· · · · · · · KJD-BNW vs.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ) · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. and· ·) NICOLAS FORCILLO,· · · · · · · ) · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · · · · · · ·Defendants.· · ·) _______________________________) 11 12 13 14 15· · · · · · · · ·CERTIFICATE OF NONAPPEARANCE 16· · · · · DEPOSITION BY ZOOM OF ELLIOT SKORUPA, MSEP 17· · · · · · · · · · · ·LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 18· · · · · · · · · ·MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2021 19 20 21 22· REPORTED BY:· GINA DILUZIO, RPR, CCR #833 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·JOB NO. 807631 23 24 25 YVer1f Case 2:19-cv-01452-KJD-BNW Document 76 Filed 10/27/21 Page 11 of 12 NONAPPEARANCE OF ELLIOTT SKORUPA, MSEP - 10/18/2021 ·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 ·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 Page 2 · · ·CERTIFICATE OF NONAPPEARANCE, DEPOSITION BY ZOOM OF ELLIOTT SKORUPA, MSEP, taken at Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday, October 18, 2021, at 11:59 a.m., remotely before Gina DiLuzio, Certified Court Reporter, in and for the State of Nevada. APPEARANCES: For the Plaintiffs: · · · · · · H&P LAW, PLLC · · · · · · BY:· MARJORIE L. HAUF, ESQ. · · · · · · 8950 W. Tropicana Avenue · · · · · · Suite 1 · · · · · · Las Vegas, Nevada· 89147 · · · · · · (702) 598-4529 · · · · · · mhauf@courtroomproven.com For the Defendants: · · · · · · THORNDAL ARMSTRONG DELK BALKENBUSH & EISINGER · · · · · · BY:· MICHAEL C. HETEY, ESQ. · · · · · · 1100 East Bridger Avenue · · · · · · Las Vegas, Nevada· 89125 · · · · · · (702) 366-0622 · · · · · · mch@thorndal.com Page 4 in contact with his office. · · · · · · MR. HETEY:· I asked my office -- we were told that we -- I was told by my assistant we served him.· So we're happy to provide whatever -- whatever we've got. · · · · · · MS. HAUF:· Sounds good. · · · · · · MR. HETEY:· And, Marjorie, you and I emailed. If we need to put a stipulation together, you guys are okay with putting a stipulation together to submit to the Court for purposes of just completing this deposition post-discovery? · · · · · · MS. HAUF:· Yeah, obviously, based upon his availability due to his surgery, of course. · · · · · · MR. HETEY:· I appreciate that.· And so I don't think there's anything more to add.· We can complete the deposition unless Marjorie has anything to add. · · · · · · MS. HAUF:· Nope. · · · · · · MR. HETEY:· I say not complete.· There'll be a day two, at some point, but we'll stop for today. · · · · · · MS. HAUF:· All right.· Thank you, folks. · · · · · · MR. HETEY:· All right.· Thank you. · · · · · · (Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded at 12:01 p.m.) Page 3 ·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· · · · · LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2021 · · · · · · · · · · · · 11:59 A.M. · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·-oOoThereupon-· · · · · · MR. HETEY:· This is Mike Hetey for the Defendants. · · · · · · This is the date and time set for the deposition of Elliott Skorupa, that being day two of his continuing deposition. · · · · · · And he has been served with the deposition subpoena and notice, but we were contacted by· a -- an attorney for the physical therapy company for which he works who stated that he had some form of recent surgery.· We believe it may have even involved his jaw and he could not appear for today. · · · · · · So we are going to move to continue the deposition to a date when he can appear and is medically safe and sound to provide testimony for day two of his deposition, which may have to go forward after the close of discovery if he is not able to do or have the deposition completed before then due to these medical issues. · · · · · · Marjorie, do you have anything to add? · · · · · · MS. HAUF:· The only thing that I would add is I do not see any proof of service that he was actually served with a copy of the subpoena.· But I don't know.· He has been ·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 · · · · · · · · · REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE STATE OF NEVADA· · · · · ) · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)· ss: COUNTY OF CLARK· · · · · ) · · · · · I, Gina DiLuzio, a Certified Court Reporter, do hereby certify: · · · · · That I reported remotely in shorthand (Stenotype) the proceedings had in the above-entitled matter at the place and date indicated. · · · · · That I thereafter transcribed my said shorthand notes into typewriting, and that the typewritten transcript is a complete, true and accurate transcription of my said shorthand notes. · · · · · IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand in my office in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, this 20th day of October, 2021. 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