Potter v. Crane Co. et al, No. 2:2020cv00276 - Document 401 (D. Nev. 2021)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 400 Stipulation of Dismissal with prejudice. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 12/1/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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Potter v. Crane Co. et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Doc. 401 ROBERT E. SCHUMACHER, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7504 JAMES E. CAVANAUGH, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6929 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Direct Lines: (702) 577-9319/9340 Telephone: (702) 577-9300 Facsimile: (702) 255-2858 Email: rschumacher@grsm.com jecavanaugh@grsm.com 8 9 10 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 12 13 14 JAMES A. LOWERY, ESQ. Texas Bar No. 797911, Admitted Pro Hac Vice GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 Dallas, TX 75201 Direct Line: (214) 231-4717 Email: jlowery@grsm.com Attorneys for Defendant OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 16 17 JORDAN J. POTTER, 18 Plaintiff, 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 vs. ARROWHEAD PRODUCTS, individually and as successor in interest to Arrowhead Rubber Company; CRANE CO.; DCO, LLC; EATON AEROQUIP, LLC; OLD ORCHARD CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GOODRICH CORPORATION f/k/a The BF Goodrich Company; HARSEMCO LLC f/k/a Harco LLC; HENKEL CORPORATION as successor in interest to Loctite Corporation and Dexter Hysol; HEXCEL CORPORATION f/k/a Heath Tecna f/k/a Ciba-Geigy; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Individually and as successor to Allied Signal, Inc. and The Bendix ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF PLAINTIFF’S STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF DEFENDANT OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP 28 ) Page 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 12 13 Corporation; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC.; IMO ) INDUSTRIES, INC., Individually and as ) Successor in interest to Adel Fasteners; ) INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ) as successor in interest to 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 Statoflex ) Products; ROGERS CORPORATION; TELEFLEX ) INCORPORATED; TIGHITCO INC., as successor ) in interest to H.I. Thompson Company and HITCO; ) ) TITEFLEX COMMERCIAL INC; RAYTHEON ) TECHNOLOGIES f/k/a United Technologies Corporation; WYETH HOLDINGS LLC f/k/a ) WYETH HOLDINGS LLC f/k/a Wyeth Holdings ) Corp. f/k/a American Cyanamic Corporation; DOES ) 1 through 10, inclusive; and ROE CORPORATIONS ) 1 through 50 inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) 14 AND ALL RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 A /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ) Page 2 PLAINTIFF’S STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF DEFENDANT OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP 1 2 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by Plaintiff, by and through his Counsel, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 that any and all claims asserted against Defendant Old Orchard Industrial Corp (including all claims against Old Orchard Industrial Corp as successor in interest to Vapor Corporation, and all claims against Vapor Corporation) in the above-entitled action are hereby Dismissed With Prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41, with each party to bear its own expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs incurred in this action. DATED this 30th day of November, 2021 10 DATED this 30th day of November 2021 MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD LLC GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP /s/ Jackalyn A. Olinger Rochelle________ JACKALYN A. OLINGER ROCHELLE, ESQ. Illinois Bar No. 6288480 Admitted Pro Hac Vice LORRETTE FISHER, ESQ. New York Bar No. 5263934 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200 St. Louis, MO 63101 Phone: (800) 358-5922 Fax: (314) 241-4838 jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com lfisher@mrhfmlaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ James E. Cavanaugh________ ROBERT E. SCHUMACHER, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7504 JAMES E. CAVANAUGH, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6929 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 And 22 CRAIG P. KENNY & ASSOCIATES 23 26 LAWRENCE E. MITTIN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 005428 501 S. 8th Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 (702) 380-2800 lmittin@cpklaw.com 27 Attorneys for Plaintiff 24 25 JAMES A. LOWERY, ESQ. Texas Bar No. 797911, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 Dallas, Texas 75201 Attorneys For Defendant, OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP 28 ) Page 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 30th day of November 2021, I served a true and correct 2 3 copy of PLAINTIFF’S STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF 4 DEFENDANT OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP 5 via electronic mail to the following: 6 11 T. Barton French, Jr., Esq. Jackie O. Rochelle, Esq. Lorrette Fisher, Esq. MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD LLC 1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200 Sr. Louis, MO 63101 Email: jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com lfisher@mrhfmlaw.com 12 And 13 Lawrence E. Mittin, Esq. CRAIG P. KENNY & ASSOCIATES 501 S. 8th Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Email: lmittin@cpklaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff JORDAN J. POTTER 7 8 9 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Michael M. Edwards, Esq. Ryan Loosvelt, Esq. MESSNER REEVES 8945 W. Russell Road, Ste 300 Las Vegas, NV 89148 Email. medwards@messner.com rloosvelt@messner.com 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Jay J. Schuttert, Esq. Alexandria L. Layton, Esq. EVANS FEARS & SCHUTTERT LLP 2300 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 950 Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 Email: jschuttert@efstriallaw.com alayton@efstriallaw.com Attorneys for Defendants, NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION F/K/A UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND GOODRICH CORPORATION Daniel J. Kelly, Esq. TUCKER ELLIS LLP 201 Mission Street, Suite 2310 San Francisco, CA 94105 Email: daniel.kelly@tuckerellis.com Attorneys for Defendant, NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION and David P. Strup, Esq. SCHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP 1000 Jackson Street Toledo, OH 43604 Email: dstrup@shumaker.com Attorneys for Defendant, EATON AEROQUIP, LLC ) Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 Edgar Carranza, Esq. Jacquelyn Franco, Esq. BACKUS, CARRANZA & BURDEN 3050 S. Durango Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 Email: ecarranza@backuslaw.com Attorneys for Defendant CRANE CO. 6 Eric C. DiMarco, Esq. GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 1 Battery Park Plaza, 28th Floor New York, New York 10004 Email: edimarco@grsm.com 7 8 9 10 Michael J. Ramirez, Esq. GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 Dallas, Texas 75201 Email: mramirez@grsm.com 11 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Robert E. Schumacher, Esq. James E. Cavanaugh, Esq. GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Email: rschumacher@grsm.com jecavanaugh@grsm.com 12 13 14 Attorneys for Defendant, GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 15 16 17 18 19 20 J Christopher Jorgensen, Esq. LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 3993 Howard Hughes, Pkwy, Suite 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Email: cjorgensen@lrrc.com Attorney for Defendant, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Lars K. Evensen, Esq. Joseph G. Went, Esq. HOLLAND & HART LLP 9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 Email: lkevensen@hollandhart.com jgwent@hollandhart.com Eric Larson Zalud (pro hac vice forthcoming) BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF, LLP 200 Public Square, Suite 2300 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Email: ezalud@beneschlaw.com 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ) Page 5 1 Joseph R. Blalock (pro hac vice forthcoming) BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF, LLP 4100 South High Street, Suite 2600 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Email: jblalock@beneschlaw.com Attorneys for Defendant, INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Darrell D. Dennis, Esq. Steven B. Abbott, Esq. Michael R. Smith, Esq. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH, LLP 6385 South Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 Email: Darrell.Dennis@lewisbrisbois.com Steven.Abbott@lewisbrisbois.com Michael.r.Smith@lewisbrisbois.com Attorney for DEXTER HYSOL AEROSPACE, LLC AND HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORPORATION, incorrectly named as HENKEL CORPORATION as successor-in-interest to LOCTITE CORPORATIONS AND DEXTER HYSOL Tracy H. Fowler, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice Pending) Dawn L. Davis, Esq. SNELL & WILMER, LLP 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Email: tfowler@swlaw.com ddavis@swlaw.com Attorney for Defendant, PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION David J. Mortensen, Esq. Jessica Gandy, Esq. MESSNER REEVES LLP 8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Email: dmortensen@messner.com jgandy@messner.com Attorneys for Defendant, ROGERS CORPORATION Michael E. Stoberski, Esq. Paterno C. Jurani, Esq. OLSON CANNON GORMLEY & STOBERSKI 9950 West Cheyenne Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89129 Email: mstoberski@ocgas.com pjurani@ocgas.com Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant, HARCOSEMCO LLC 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ) Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 Ingrid A. Myers, Esq. KING & SPALDING LLP 1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4100 Houston, Texas 77002 Email: IMyers@kslaw.com Attorney for Defendant, WYETH HOLDINGS LLC f/k/a AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY 6 7 8 9 10 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 Nicholas M. Wieczorek, Esq. CLARK HILL PLLC 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Email: nwieczorek@clarkhill.com Gerald P. Schneeweis, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Kyle A. Fellenz, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) CLARK HILL LLP One American Plaza, 600 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Email: gschneeweis@clarkhill.com kfellenz@clarkhill.com Attorneys for Defendant, TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 12 13 /s/ Andrea Montero An Employee of GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ) Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ROBERT E. SCHUMACHER, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7504 JAMES E. CAVANAUGH, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6929 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Direct Lines: (702) 577-9319/9340 Telephone: (702) 577-9300 Facsimile: (702) 255-2858 Email: rschumacher@grsm.com jecavanaugh@grsm.com 8 9 10 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 12 13 14 JAMES A. LOWERY, ESQ. Texas Bar No. 797911, Admitted Pro Hac Vice GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 Dallas, TX 75201 Direct Line: (214) 231-4717 Email: jlowery@grsm.com Attorneys for Defendant, OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 16 17 JORDAN J. POTTER, 18 Plaintiff, 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 vs. ARROWHEAD PRODUCTS, individually and as successor in interest to Arrowhead Rubber Company; CRANE CO.; DCO, LLC; EATON AEROQUIP, LLC; OLD ORCHARD CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GOODRICH CORPORATION f/k/a The BF Goodrich Company; HARSEMCO LLC f/k/a Harco LLC; HENKEL CORPORATION as successor in interest to Loctite Corporation and Dexter Hysol; HEXCEL CORPORATION f/k/a Heath Tecna f/k/a Ciba-Geigy; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Individually and as successor to Allied Signal, Inc. and The Bendix 28 ) Page 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 2:20-cv-00276-RFB-VCF [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF DEFENDANT OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 12 13 Corporation; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC.; IMO ) INDUSTRIES, INC., Individually and as ) Successor in interest to Adel Fasteners; ) INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ) as successor in interest to 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 Statoflex ) Products; ROGERS CORPORATION; TELEFLEX ) INCORPORATED; TIGHITCO INC., as successor ) in interest to H.I. Thompson Company and HITCO; ) ) TITEFLEX COMMERCIAL INC; RAYTHEON ) TECHNOLOGIES f/k/a United Technologies Corporation; WYETH HOLDINGS LLC f/k/a ) WYETH HOLDINGS LLC f/k/a Wyeth Holdings ) Corp. f/k/a American Cyanamic Corporation; DOES ) 1 through 10, inclusive; and ROE CORPORATIONS ) 1 through 50 inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) 14 AND ALL RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 A /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ) Page 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF DEFENDANT OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP 1 2 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORERED that the above-entitled action by 3 4 5 6 Plaintiff JORDAN J. POTTER is Dismissed With Prejudice as to Defendant OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41, with each party to bear its own litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs incurred in this action. 7 ORDER 8 IT IS SO ORDERED 9 10 ________ UNITED STATES DISCTRICT JUDGE Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, NV 89101 11 12 DATED: DATED this 1st day of December, 2021. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ) Page 3

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