Potter v. Crane Co. et al, No. 2:2020cv00276 - Document 397 (D. Nev. 2021)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 396 Stipulation of Dismissal. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 11/17/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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Potter v. Crane Co. et al Doc. 397 Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DAVID J. MORTENSEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 2547 JESSICA GANDY, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 14202 MESSNER REEVES LLP 8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Telephone: (702) 363-5100 Facsimile: (702) 363-5101 E-mail: dmortensen@messner.com jgandy@messner.com Attorneys for Defendant Rogers Corporation 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 JORDAN J. POTTER, Case No. 2:20-CV-00276-RFB-VCF 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff, vs. STIPULATION TO DISMISS DEFENDANT ROGERS CORPORATION ARROWHEAD PRODUCTS, Individually and as successor in interest to Arrowhead Rubber Company; CRANE CO.; DCO, LLC; EATON AEROQUIP, LLC; GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GOODRICH CORPORATION fka The BF Goodrich Company; HARCOSEMCO LLC fka HARCO LLC; HENKEL CORPORATION as successor-ininterest to Loctite Corporation and Dexter Hysol; HEXCEL CORPORATION, fka, Heath Tecna fka Ciba-Geigy; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Individually and as successor to Alliedsignal, Inc. and The Bendix Corporation; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., Individually and as successor in interest to Adel Fasteners; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, as successor in interest to 1 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 2 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Arrowhead Products and Arrowhead Rubber Company; NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION; OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP.; PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION, Individually and as successor-in-interest to Cleveland Wheel & Brake and Stratoflex Productions; ROGERS CORPORATION; TELEFLEX INCORPORATED; TIGHITCO INC. as successor-in-interest to H.I. Thompson Company and HITCO; TITEFLEX COMMERCIAL INC; RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION fka United Technologies Corporation; WYETH HOLDINGS LLC; wyeth Holdings Corp. fka American Cyanamid Corporation; DOES 1 through 10, inclusive and ROE CORPORATIONS 1 through 50, inclusive, 13 Defendants. 14 15 COMES NOW, Plaintiff, JORDAN POTTER by and through their counsel of record, 16 Jackalyn Olinger Rochelle, Esq. and Lorrette Fisher, Esq. of the law firm of MAUNE RAICHLE 17 HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD LLC., and Defendant, ROGERS CORPORATION, by and through 18 their counsel of record, David J. Mortensen, Esq. and Jessica R. Gandy, Esq., of the law firm of 19 MESSNER REEVES LLP, hereby stipulate and agree to the following: 1. 20 21 That Defendant ROGERS CORPORATION, shall be dismissed, from the instant litigation, Federal District of Nevada Civil Case No. 2:20-CV-00276-RFB-VCF 22 2. Each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs. 23 Counsel to this matter have agreed to the use of their e-signatures via email correspondence, 24 attached hereto as Exhibit 1. The Proposed Order regarding Stipulation and Order for Dismissal of 25 Defendant Rogers Corporation is attached hereto as Exhibit 2. 26 ... 27 28 2 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 3 of 15 1 2 3 IT IS SO STIPULATED. DATED this 17th day of November, 2021. DATED this 17th day of November, 2021 MESSNER REEVES LLP MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD LLC /s/ Jessica Gandy David J. Mortensen, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 2547 Jessica Gandy, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 14202 8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Attorneys for Defendant Rogers Corporation /s/ Jackalyn Olinger Rochelle Jackalyn A. Olinger Rochelle Illinois Bar No. 6288480 Admitted Pro Hac Vice Lorrette Fisher, New York Bar No. 5263934 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200 St. Louis, MO 63101 Attorneys for Plaintiff 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lawrence E. Mittin, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 005428 CRAIG P. KENNY & ASSOCIATES 501 S. 8th Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Plaintiff 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 4 of 15 INDEX OF EXHIBITS 1 2 EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION PAGES 3 1 Email correspondence re: counsel to this matter have agreed to the use of their e-signatures Proposed Order regarding Stipulation for Dismissal of Defendant Rogers Corp. 3 4 2 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 5 of 15 1 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 17th day of November, 2021, I served a true and correct 3 copy of the foregoing STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS DEFENDANT ROGERS, 4 CORPORATION addressed to the following counsel of record at the following address(es) via 5 electronic mail: 6 Plaintiff Jordan Potter MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD LLC 7 1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200, St. Louis, MO 63101 8 Jackalyn Olinger Rochelle jrochelle@mrhfmlw.com (Pro Hac Vice) Lorrette Fisher lfisher@mrhfmlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice) 9 Kelly Pool kpool@mrhfmlaw.com (Paralegal) CRAIG P. KENNY & ASSOCIATES 10 501 S. 8th Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 Lawrence Mittin lmittin@cpklaw.com (NV Counsel) Stephanie Hanks shanks@cpklaw.com (Paralegal) 12 13 14 15 16 Defendant Old Orchard Industrial Corp GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 James Cavanaugh jecavanaugh@grsm.com (Senior Counsel) James Lowery jlowery@grsm.com (Partner) Theodore Yarbrough tyarbrough@grsm.com (Associate) Andrea Montero amontero@grsm.com 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Defendant General Dynamics Corporation GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI 1 Battery Park Plaza, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10004 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 James Cavanaugh jecavanaugh@grsm.com (Senior Counsel) Erik DiMarco edimarco@grsm.com (Pro Hac Vice) Michael Ramirez mramirez@grsm.com (Pro Hac Vice) Aleksandra Szajna aszajna@grsm.com (Associate) Ashley Wilson awilson@grsm.com Andrea Montero amontero@grsm.com Jessica Huot jhuot@grsm.com 24 25 26 27 28 Defendant Dexter Hysol Aerospace and Henkel US Operations Corp LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 6385 South Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600, Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 Steven Abbott steven.abbott@lewisbrisbois.com (Partner) Kari Halbrook kari.halbrook@lewisbrisbois.com (Partner) 5 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 6 of 15 Michael Smith michael.r.smith@lewisbrisbois.com (Associate) Amanda Doell amanda.doell@lewisbrisbois.com (Paralegal) Cynthia Halas cynthia.halas@lewisbrisbois.com (Legal Assistant) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Defendant Arrowhead Products and Industrial Manufacturing Company BENESCH FRIEDLANDER COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP 200 Public Square, Suite 2300 Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2378 4100 South High Street, Suite 2600, Columbus, Ohio 43215-6164 Eric Zalud ezalud@beneschlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice) Joe Blalock JBlalock@beneschlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice) Nora Cook ncook@beneschlaw.com (Associate) HOLLAND & HART LLP 9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 Lars Evensen lkevensen@hollandhart.com (NV Counsel) Joseph Went jgwent@hollandhart.com (NV Counsel) Defendants Titeflex Commercial, Inc. and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) EVANS FEARS & SCHUTTERT LLP 6720 Via Austi Parkway, Suite 300, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Alexandria Layton alayton@efstriallaw.com (Associate) Jay Schuttert jschuttert@efstriallaw.com (Partner) MG+M THE LAW FIRM (Titeflex Commercial, Inc., only) 125 High Street Boston, MA 02110 Jonathan Tabasky jtabasky@mgmlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Defendant HarcoSemco OLSON CANNON GORMLEY & STOBERSKI 9950 West Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89129 Paterno Jurani pjurani@ocgas.com (Associate) Michael Stoberski mstoberski@ocgas.com (Associate) Deborah Lien dlien@ocgas.com (Paralegal) Cindie McCulloch cmcculloch@ocgas.com (Legal Assistant) Defendant Eaton Aeorquip, LLC MESSNER REEVES LLP 8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Michael Edwards medwards@messner.com (NV Counsel) Derek Noack dnoack@messner.com (NV Counsel) Laurie Moreno lmoreno@messner.com (Legal Assistant) Lisa Thayer lthayer@messner.com (Legal Assistant) SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP 1000 Jackson Street, Toledo OH 43604 David Strup dstrup@shumaker.com (Pro Hac Vice) 27 28 6 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 7 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 Defendant Hexcel Corporation ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP 3770 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Michelle Alarie malarie@atllp.com (NV Counsel) Gregory Iken giken@atllp.com (NV Counsel) Christie Rehfeld crehfeld@atllp.com (Legal Assistant) GLAZIER YEE LLP 707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2025, Los Angeles, California 90017 Scott Kossoudji kossoudji@glazieryee.com (Pro Hac Vice) 6 7 8 9 10 11 Defendant Wyeth Holdings LLC KING & SPALDING LLP 50 California Street, Suite 3300, San Francisco, CA 94111 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1600, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Troy D. McMahan TMcMahan@kslaw.com (Pro Hac Vice) Stephanie Le SLe@kslaw.com (Pro Hac Vice) WILEY PETERSEN Robert Caldwell RCaldwell@wileypetersenlaw.com (NV Counsel) 1050 Indigo Dr., Suite 200B, Las Vegas, NV 89145 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Defendant Crane Co. BACKUS, CARRANZA & BURDEN 3050 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89117 Edgar Carranza ecarranza@backuslaw.com (Associate) Jacquelyn Franco jacquelynfranco@backuslaw.com (Associate) Defendant Parker-Hannifin Corporation SNELL & WILMER LLP 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100, Las Vegas, NV 89169 Tracy Fowler tfowler@swlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice) Dawn Davis ddavis@swlaw.com (NV Counsel) Lyndsey Luxford lluxford@swlaw.com (Legal Assistant) 24 Defendant Teleflex Incorporated CLARK HILL PLLC 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 West Broadway, Suite 500, San Diego, California 92101 Nicholas Wieczorek nwieczorek@clarkhill.com (NV Counsel) Gerald Schneewise gschneeweis@clarkhill.com (Pro Hac Vice) Kyle Fellenz kfellenz@clarkhill.com (Pro Hac Vice) 25 ... 21 22 23 26 27 28 ... 7 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 8 of 15 1 2 Defendant General Electric LEWIS ROCA ROTHERGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996 J. Christopher Jorgensen cjorgensen@lrrc.com (Associate) 3 4 /s/ Tya Frabott An Employee of Messner Reeves LLP 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8 10677.0002 {05902096 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 9 of 15 Exhibit 1 {03148506 / 1} Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 10 of 15 Tya Frabott From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Jackie Olinger Rochelle <jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com> Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:48 PM Tya Frabott; Jessica R. Gandy Stephanie Prescott RE: Our File No. 10677.0002 / Rogers et. al adv. Potter / STIPULATION TO DISMISS ROGERS CORPORATION Yes, thank you Jackie Olinger Rochelle MRHFM Cell: (314) 570-8840 Email: jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com From: Tya Frabott [mailto:tfrabott@messner.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:16 PM To: Jackie Olinger Rochelle <jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com>; Jessica R. Gandy <jgandy@messner.com> Cc: Stephanie Prescott <sprescott@messner.com> Subject: RE: Our File No. 10677.0002 / Rogers et. al adv. Potter / STIPULATION TO DISMISS ROGERS CORPORATION CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Good morning Ms. Rochelle, The Stipulation has been updated to reflect the change, see attached. Do we have permission to affix your e signature? Thank you, TYA FRABOTT Legal Assistant Messner Reeves LLP O: 702.363.5100 E: tfrabott@messner.com 8945 W. Russell Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV 89148 From: Jackie Olinger Rochelle <jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 7:42 AM To: Jessica R. Gandy <jgandy@messner.com> Cc: Tya Frabott <tfrabott@messner.com>; Stephanie Prescott <sprescott@messner.com> Subject: Re: Our File No. 10677.0002 / Rogers et. al adv. Potter / STIPULATION TO DISMISS ROGERS CORPORATION Jessica the motion reads “with prejudice” in one of the last sentences. Can you adjust? Jackie Olinger Rochelle Attorney at Law Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC 1 Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 11 of 15 jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com Office: 314.244.1397 Cell: 314.570.8840 On Nov 16, 2021, at 5:36 PM, Jessica R. Gandy <jgandy@messner.com> wrote: CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Jackie – Per our conversation, please see the attached SAO. Thank you, Jessica JESSICA R. GANDY Attorney M: 702.363.5100 E: jgandy@messner.com 8945 W. Russell Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV 89148 One East Liberty Street, Suite 600, Reno, NV 89501 Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. Specializing in; Security, archiving and compliance. To find out more Click Here. 2 Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 12 of 15 Exhibit 2 {03148506 / 1} Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 13 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DAVID J. MORTENSEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 2547 JESSICA GANDY, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 14202 MESSNER REEVES LLP 8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Telephone: (702) 363-5100 Facsimile: (702) 363-5101 E-mail: dmortensen@messner.com jgandy@messner.com Attorneys for Defendant Rogers Corporation 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 JORDAN J. POTTER, Case No. 2:20-CV-00276-RFB-VCF 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff, vs. ORDER REGARDING STIPULATION TO DISMISS DEFENDANT ROGERS CORPORATION ARROWHEAD PRODUCTS, Individually and as successor in interest to Arrowhead Rubber Company; CRANE CO.; DCO, LLC; EATON AEROQUIP, LLC; GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GOODRICH CORPORATION fka The BF Goodrich Company; HARCOSEMCO LLC fka HARCO LLC; HENKEL CORPORATION as successor-ininterest to Loctite Corporation and Dexter Hysol; HEXCEL CORPORATION, fka, Heath Tecna fka Ciba-Geigy; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Individually and as successor to Alliedsignal, Inc. and The Bendix Corporation; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., Individually and as successor in interest to Adel Fasteners; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, as successor in interest to 1 10677.0002 {05902101 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 14 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Arrowhead Products and Arrowhead Rubber Company; NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION; OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP.; PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION, Individually and as successor-in-interest to Cleveland Wheel & Brake and Stratoflex Productions; ROGERS CORPORATION; TELEFLEX INCORPORATED; TIGHITCO INC. as successor-in-interest to H.I. Thompson Company and HITCO; TITEFLEX COMMERCIAL INC; RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION fka United Technologies Corporation; WYETH HOLDINGS LLC; wyeth Holdings Corp. fka American Cyanamid Corporation; DOES 1 through 10, inclusive and ROE CORPORATIONS 1 through 50, inclusive, 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of counsel for the moving parties, and good cause appearing therefore. 17 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant, ROGERS CORPORATION, shall be dismissed, 18 from the instant litigation, United States District Court for the District of Nevada Case No. 2:20- 19 CV-00276-RFB-VCF; 20 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs. 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 17th day of ____________, November DATED this _____ 2021. 23 24 _____________________________________ DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 25 26 27 28 2 10677.0002 {05902101 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Case 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF Document 397 Filed 11/17/21 Page 15 of 15 1 Respectfully submitted by: 2 MESSNER REEVES LLP 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 /s/ Jessica Gandy DAVID J. MORTENSEN, ESQ. (NBN 2547) JESSICA GANDY, ESQ. (NBN 14202) 8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Telephone: (702) 363-5100 Facsimile: (702) 363-5101 E-mail: dmortensen@messner.com jgandy@messner.com Attorneys For Defendant Rogers Corporation 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 10677.0002 {05902101 / 1} 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF

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