Sinclair-Lewis v. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., No. 2:2020cv02063 - Document 59 (D. Nev. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 58 Joint Pretrial Order. Calendar Call set for 1/17/2024 at 01:30 PM in LV Courtroom 6A before Judge James C. Mahan. Bench Trial set for 1/22/2024 at 09:00 AM in LV Courtroom 6A before Judge James C. Mahan. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 5/16/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LOE)

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Sinclair-Lewis v. Smith&#039;s Food & Drug Centers, Inc. Doc. 59 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 JERRY S. BUSBY Nevada Bar #001107 ANDRE T. MARQUES Nevada Bar #014737 COOPER LEVENSON, P.A. 3016 West Charleston Boulevard - #195 Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 (702) 366-1125 FAX: (702) 366-1857 jbusby@cooperlevenson.com amarques@cooperlevenson.com Attorneys for Defendant SMITH’S FOOD & DRUG CENTERS, INC. 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 12 SANDY ALECIA SINCLAIR-LEWIS, individually; Plaintiffs, 13 14 15 16 Case No. 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF vs. SMITH’S FOOD & DRUG CENTERS, INC. an Ohio Corporation; DOES I - X, and ROE CORPORATIONS I - X, inclusive, AMENDED JOINT PRE-TRIAL ORDER Defendants. 17 18 After pretrial proceedings in this case, 19 IT IS ORDERED: 20 I. 21 NATURE OF THE ACTION 22 PARTIES: 23 Plaintiff: SANDY SINCLAIR-LEWIS 24 Defendant: SMITH’S FOOD & DRUG CENTERS, INC. 25 RELIEF SOUGHT: 26 Plaintiff seeks general damages for pain, suffering, and special damages for medical expenses 27 incurred and to be incurred in the future. 28 /// CLAC 7479454.1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 2 of 15 1 CONTENTIONS OF PARTIES: 2 This case involves an alleged slip and fall accident that occurred at a Las Vegas SMITH’S 3 grocery store on May 25, 2019. The parties dispute how the incident occurred. Defendant maintains 4 that Plaintiff slipped and fell after she lost her balance while walking in the back aisle of the subject 5 store. A single photograph taken after the incident by Plaintiff’s husband appears to show a small 6 amount of liquid on the floor in the area of Plaintiff’s fall. Defendant contends that there is no 7 evidence of how the liquid came to be on the floor, but Defendant alleges it was likely caused by 8 another customer a short time prior to Plaintiff’s fall. Defendant further contends the subject aisle 9 was reasonably maintained on the date of Plaintiff’s accident, and that the subject store did not have 10 notice of the alleged foreign substance prior to the fall. 11 Plaintiff, on the other hand, contends that SMITH’S was negligent in that it created, owned, 12 controlled, inspected, and/or maintained the premises in an unstable and dangerous manner so as to 13 allow a hazardous condition, to exist on the Subject Premises. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that a 14 nearby freezer unit malfunctioned, causing water to leak onto the sales floor, which made it 15 unreasonably slippery, and without proper warning of the hazard, caused Plaintiff, Sandy Alecia 16 Sinclair-Lewis, to slip and fall. Plaintiff further contends, prior to the subject incident, SMITH’S was 17 aware of issues with its freezer units leaking onto the sales floor, and failed to remedy the problem. 18 As a proximate result thereof, Plaintiff was seriously injured. 19 II. 20 STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION 21 This action was originated by the filing of a Complaint in the District Court, Clark County, 22 Nevada on September 11, 2020. Defendant removed the case from State Court to Federal Court on 23 November 9, 2020, citing diversity between the parties and that this Court has jurisdiction of the 24 matter under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and 28 U.S.C § 1441(b). This Court has subject matter jurisdiction 25 over this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§ 1346(b)(1), part of the FTCA. 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// CLAC 7479454.1 2 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 3 of 15 1 III. 2 FACTS ADMITTED BY THE PARTIES AND REQUIRE NO PROOF 1. Venue is proper in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada. 3 4 2. Plaintiff slipped and fell on May 25, 2019, at a SMITH’S grocery store in Las Vegas, Nevada. 5 6 IV. 7 FACTS, THOUGH NOT ADMITTED, WILL NOT BE CONTESTED AT TRIAL BY EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY 8 1. Plaintiff was shopping at Smith’s Store No. 376, located at 2385 East Windmill Lane, in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 25, 2019. 9 10 V. 11 ISSUES OF FACT TO BE TRIED AND DETERMINED UPON TRIAL 12 The following are the issues of fact to be tried and determined at trial: 13 1. Whether Smith’s acted negligently; 14 2. Whether Defendant was negligent in maintaining their premises specifically, the flooring where Plaintiff fell; 3. Whether Smith’s had notice of the liquid; 4. Whether Plaintiff was comparatively negligent; 5. Whether Smith’s breached any duty of care owed to Plaintiff; 6. Whether the medical care and treatment received by Plaintiff was reasonable and necessary and proximately caused by the subject incident; 7. Whether the medical care and treatment received by Plaintiff was causally related to the incident concerned in this litigation; 8. Whether the medical damages incurred are customary and reasonable for the medical services provided; 9. Whether Plaintiff’s damage claims are recoverable pursuant to the requirements of the law; 10. Whether Plaintiff failed to mitigate her damages; 11. Whether Plaintiff has sustained her burden of proving negligence and damages pursuant to the requirement of the law. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 /// 28 /// CLAC 7479454.1 3 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 4 of 15 1 VI. 2 ISSUES OF LAW TO BE TRIED AND DETERMINED UPON TRIAL 3 1. Whether Smith’s acted negligently; 4 2. Whether Smith’s had notice of the liquid; 5 3. Whether Plaintiff acted negligently; 6 4. Whether Smith’s breached any duty of care owed to Plaintiff; 7 5. Whether Plaintiff’s damage claims are recoverable pursuant to the requirements of the law; 6. Whether Plaintiff has sustained her burden of proving negligence and damages pursuant to the requirement of the law. 8 9 10 VII. 11 Exhibits 12 (a) The following exhibits are stipulated into evidence in this case and may be so 13 marked by the clerk: 14 • (DEF-0000001 – DEF-0000004) - Incident Report (redacted); 15 • (DEF-0000005) - Evidence Report; 16 • (DEF-0000006 – DEF-0000007) - Sweeps/Floor Inspection Report; 17 • (DEF-0000008) - One (1) color copy of a photograph from the date of the subject incident; and • One (1) compilation DVD from the date of the incident: 30192710559 – Sandy Sinclair-Lewis – Date of Loss: 05/25/19 – Store 376 – DXA Files (1 of 1). 18 19 20 21 22 23 Counsel for the parties have stipulated to the authenticity of medical records timely produced in this litigation so that neither party will need to call a Custodian of Records to authenticate medical records that may be offered into evidence. (b) 24 objects to their admission on the grounds stated: 25 26 27 28 As to the following exhibits, the party against whom the same will be offered (1) Plaintiff’s exhibits and Defendant’s objections: Exhibit Bate No Description Defendant’s objection 1. ER 000001 Medical Bill from Community Ambulance, dated 5/25/2019 Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. CLAC 7479454.1 4 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 5 of 15 1 Exhibit Bate No Description Defendant’s objection 2 2. ER000002ER000114 Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. 4 3. ER000115 5 4. ER000116ER000117 ER000118ER000166 Medical Bill and Records from St. Rose Dominican Hospital- Siena Campus, dated 5/25/2019 Medical Bill from Vituity Partners, dated 5/25/2019 Medical Bill from Radiology Associates of Nevada, dated 5/25/2019 Medical Bill and Records from Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging, dated 5/25/2019 – 12/9/2020 Medical Bill and Records from Khavkin Clinic, dated 6/3/2019 – 12/1/2020; 3/16/2021 – 3/23/2021 Medical Bill and Records from Desert Orthopedic Center, dated 6/5/2019 – 12/21/2020 Medical Bill and Records from Total Wellness Family Medicine, dated 6/6/2019 – 10/30/2019 Medical Bill and Records from Rapid Rehab and Wellness Center, dated 7/9/2019 – 3/17/2020 Medical Bill and Records from Desert Cardiovascular Consultant, dated 7/19/2019 – 8/15/2019 Medical Bill and Records from Palm Medical Group, dated 7/29/2019 – 8/14/2019 Medical Bill and Records from Henderson Hospital, dated 8/26/2019 – 9/27/2019 Medical Bill and Records from SimonMed, dated 6/17/2019 Medical Bill and Records from Las Vegas Radiology, dated 5/28/20193/1/2021 Medical Bill and Records from Red Rock Neurology & Pain Management, dated 11/23/2020-2/22/2021 Medical Bill and Records from Resurgens Orthopedic, dated 5/12/20216/2/2021; 5/12/2021-12/15/2021 Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. 3 6 5. 7 8 6. 9 10 11 12 7. ER000167ER000370 ER2750ER2754 ER000371ER000395 8. ER000396ER000446 9. ER000447ER000597 10. ER000598ER000607 11. ER000608ER000621 12. ER000622ER002221 21 13. 22 14. ER002222ER002237 ER002273ER002311 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 15. ER002312ER002332 16. ER002342ER002360 ER2669 – ER2749 27 28 CLAC 7479454.1 5 Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 6 of 15 1 Exhibit Bate No 2 17. ER002374ER002463 3 4 18. 5 19. 6 7 20. 8 9 21. 10 11 12 22. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 21 22 28. 23 24 25 26 27 29. 30. 31. Description Defendant’s objection Medical Bill and Records from Comprehensive Spine & Pain, dated 8/13/2021-12/30/2021 ER002238 Color photograph of the scene of the incident ER002361– Color photographs of the scene of the ER002373 incident from site inspection on 10/27/2021 ER 2464 – David E. Fish, M.D. Medical Records ER 2526 Review and Future Medical Care Cost Analysis dated January 8, 2022, CV, Testimony History and Fee Schedule ER 2527Stan V. Smith of Smith Economics ER 2631 Group Expert Report dated June 30, 2021, CV, Testimony History and Fee Schedule ER 2632 – Adam Hjorth of Hobble Creek Services, ER 2652 LLC Expert Report dated January 7, 2022, CV, Testimony History and Fee Schedule ER 2653 – David E. Fish, M.D. Medical Records ER 2659 Review and Future Medical Care Cost Analysis (FCA) dated January 15, 2022 ER2660 – Adam Hjorth of Hobble Creek Services, ER 2661 LLC Supplemental Expert Report dated February 7, 2022 ER 2662 – David E. Fish, M.D. TeleMedicine ER 2668 Medical Evaluation ER 2755 – Adam Hjorth of Hobble Creek Services, ER 2756 LLC Second Supplemental Expert Report dated April 8, 2022 ER 2757 – David E. Fish, M.D. Medical Records ER 2761 Review Rebuttal Report dated March 19, 2022 ER 2762 – David E. Fish, M.D. Medical Records ER 2767 Review Rebuttal Report #4 dated April 15, 2022 ER002239- Pay Details from Tesla, Inc. for Sandy ER002242 Sinclair-Lewis, dated 11/30/2020 – 3/21/2021 ER002243- Plaintiff’s Federal Income Tax filings for ER002272 2018, 2019, and 2020 ER002333– Plaintiff’s W-2 Wage and Tax Statement ER002341 for 2018, 2019, and 2020 28 CLAC 7479454.1 6 Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901 Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901 Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 801, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403 and 801. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 801. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 407, 702, and 801. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 801 and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 901. Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 7 of 15 Plaintiff reserves the right to utilize any and all responses to Interrogatories, Requests for 1 2 Production and Requests for Admissions from Defendants. Plaintiff reserves the right to utilize any and all documents produced by Defendant or any 3 4 party in this litigation. 5 Plaintiff may offer documents needed for rebuttal or impeachment, including, but not limited 6 to, discovery obtained during the course of litigation as permitted, pleadings, and other documentation 7 in accordance with admissible evidence. 8 Plaintiff may offer documents produced by Plaintiff and Defendant, upon which experts have 9 reviewed and formed opinions, including but not limited to, reports, pleadings, correspondence, notes, 10 and medical records and billing. 11 Plaintiff expects to utilize any and all writings, published works, journals, treatises, medical 12 texts, affidavits, films, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, reports, computer tapes, computer discs, 13 and other data compilations, and other medical reference materials which Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s 14 expert use in support of Plaintiff’s allegations. 15 Deposition transcripts will be used as needed for rebuttal or impeachment. Deposition 16 transcripts may also be used for direct examination if the witness is unable to appear at the time of 17 trial. 18 Any and all rebuttal exhibits. 19 Plaintiff reserves the right to use any and all other exhibits needed for rebuttal and/or 20 impeachment. All pleadings and discovery obtained during the course of litigation as permitted, and in 21 22 accordance with admissible evidence. (2) Defendant’s exhibits and Plaintiff’s objections: 23 24 Exhibit Bate No Description 25 32. (DEF-0000001 – DEF-0000004) Incident Report 27 33. (DEF-0000005) Evidence Report 28 34. (DEF-0000006 – DEF-0000007) Sweeps/Floor Inspection Report 26 CLAC 7479454.1 Plaintiff’s objection 7 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 8 of 15 1 Exhibit Bate No Description Plaintiff’s objection 35. (DEF-0000008) One (1) color copy of a photograph from the date of the subject incident 36. N/A One (1) compilation DVD from the date of the incident: 30192710559 – Sandy Sinclair-Lewis – Date of Loss: 05/25/19 – Store 376 – DXA Files (1 of 1). 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Defendant reserves the right to utilize any or all of the exhibits listed by Plaintiff or those listed below as necessary to impeach or rebut evidence presented by Plaintiffs at trial: 37. Letter from David Markman, Esq. to Sedgwick CMS dated June 12, 2019 (DEF-0000009); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, and 411 38. Letter from Sedgwick CMS to Vince Ditcharo dated July 9, 2019 (DEF-0000010); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 39. Letter from Optum to Sedgwick CMS dated July 11, 2019 (DEF-0000011) ; Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 40. Letter from Optum to Sedgwick CMS dated July 18, 2019 (DEF-0000012) ; Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 41. Letter from Sedgwick CMS to Yevgeniy A. Khavkin, M.D., P.C. dated July 23, 2019 (DEF-0000013); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 42. Letter from Sedgwick CMS to Optum dated July 23, 2019 (DEF-0000014) ; Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 43. Letter from Sedgwick CMS to Community Ambulance dated July 30, 2019 (DEF-0000015); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 44. Letter from Optum to Sedgwick CMS dated January 30, 2020 (DEF-0000016 – DEF-0000017); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CLAC 7479454.1 8 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 9 of 15 1 45. Letter from Sedgwick CMS to Optum dated February 25, 2020 (DEF-0000018); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 46. Letter from Optum to Sedgwick CMS dated June 19, 2020 (DEF-0000019 – DEF-0000020); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 47. Letter from Sedgwick CMS to Optum dated July 9, 2020 (DEF-0000021); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 48. Letter from Ryan Harrison, Esq. to Sedgwick CMS dated July 27, 2020 (DEF-0000022); Plaintiff’s objections: Fed R. Evid. 401, 402, 403, 408, 409 and 411 Proctor v. Castelletti, 112 Nev. 88, 911 P.2d 853 49. Plaintiff’s medical records from: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kimberly Adams, M.D. (KA-0000001 – KA-0000089); Fidelis Edosomwan, M.D. (FE-0000001 – FE-0000024); Khavkin Clinic (KC-0000001 – KC-0000062); Las Vegas Radiology (LVR-0000001 – LVR-0000039); Palm Medical Group (PMG-0000001 – PMG-0000083); Red Rock Neurology (RRN-0000001 – RRN-0000020); and Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centers (SDM-0000001 – SDM-0000047) Resurgens Orthopedics (RO-0000001 – RO-0000572) Shyam Shivdasani, M.D. (SS-0000001 – SS-0000095) 12 13 14 15 16 17 Defendant reserves the right to utilize the following as necessary to impeach or rebut evidence presented by Plaintiffs at trial: 18 Store diagram – Demonstrative Evidence Deposition exhibits Expert Report of Brian K. Jones, MSBE, PE, ACTAR, CXLT Expert Report of Vladimir Sinkov MD 19 20 21 Defendant reserves the right to use any exhibit listed or introduced by Plaintiff. Defendant 22 reserves the right to use Plaintiff’s medical records, provided by either party, as needed for 23 impeachment evidence as permitted by applicable court rules. Defendant reserves the right to use 24 any statements, discovery responses, and/or deposition testimony for purposes of refreshing 25 recollection, impeachment, and/or substantively as party admissions. Defendant reserves the right to 26 use demonstrative evidence. 27 28 (c) Electronic evidence: Electronic evidence: The parties anticipate utilizing the court’s electronic evidence display system. The parties do not anticipate utilizing native electronic evidence CLAC 7479454.1 9 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 10 of 15 1 but will be displaying video electronically. This includes the presentation of video electronically to 2 the jury for deliberations. The parties will coordinate with the courtroom administrator as 3 contemplated by the Local Rules. 4 (d) Depositions: (1) Plaintiff will offer the following depositions: 5 6 Plaintiff does not intend at this time to offer page and line designations for any deposition 7 transcripts. In the event Plaintiff learns that a witness is unavailable to testify at trial, Plaintiff will 8 notify all parties and the Court of page and line designations of the unavailable witness’ deposition 9 transcript to offer at trial. Plaintiff reserves the right to use deposition transcripts to refresh 10 recollection, to impeach, and otherwise to use at trial in accordance with applicable rules, e.g., Fed. 11 R. Civ. P. 32, and Fed. R. Evid. 801(d). 12 13 Plaintiff reserves the right to use any and all deposition transcripts and videotaped depositions deemed necessary for impeachment and/or rebuttal purposes. 14 (2) Defendant will offer the following depositions: Defendant does not intend at 15 this time to offer page and line designations for any deposition transcripts. In the event Defendant 16 learns that a witness is unavailable to testify at trial, Defendant will notify all parties and the Court 17 of page and line designations of the unavailable witness’ deposition transcript to offer at trial. 18 Defendant reserves the right to use deposition transcripts to refresh recollection, to impeach, and 19 otherwise to use at trial in accordance with applicable rules, e.g., Fed. R. Civ. P. 32, and Fed. R. 20 Evid. 801(d). 21 (e) Objections to depositions: 22 (1) Defendant objects to Plaintiff’s depositions as follows: 23 Defendant reserves the right to object to any deposition testimony being offered by 24 Plaintiff. 25 (2) Plaintiff objects to Defendant’s depositions as follows: 26 VIII. 27 Witnesses that May be Called at Trial 28 The following witnesses may be called by the parties at trial: CLAC 7479454.1 10 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 11 of 15 (a) Plaintiff’s witnesses: 1 2 Plaintiff may call the following witnesses at trial: 3 1. SANDY ALECIA SINCLAIR-LEWIS c/o Justin G. Randall, Esq. ER INJURY ATTORNEYS 1700 S. Pavilion Center Dr. Ste. 530 Las Vegas, NV 89135 2.. PHILLIP LEWIS c/o Justin G. Randall, Esq. ER INJURY ATTORNEYS 1700 S. Pavilion Center Dr. Ste. 530 Las Vegas, NV 89135 3. Nyree Neder- NRCP 30(6)(6) for SMITH’S FOOD & DRUG CENTERS, INC. c/o Jerry S. Busby, Esq. Gregory A. Kraemer, Esq. COOPER LEVENSON, P.A. 3016 West Charleston Boulevard - #195 Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 4. Yesica Lopez, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable Community Ambulance P.O. Box 30102, Dept N809 Salt Lake City, UT 84130 5. Amy Zanik, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable St. Rose Dominican Hospital- Siena Campus 3001 St. Rose Parkway Henderson, Nevada 89052 6. Laura Castillo, Custodian of Records and/or Jonathon McGarry, M.D., and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Vituity Partners P.O. Box 45390 San Francisco, California 94145 7. Steven Sogge, M.D. and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Custodian of Records for Radiology Associates of Nevada P.O. Box 30077, Dept 305 Salt Lake City, Utah 84130 8. Rolando Garcia, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable Desert Orthopaedic Center 2800 E Desert Inn Rd., Ste 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CLAC 7479454.1 11 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 12 of 15 1 9. Yevgeniy Khavkin, M.D., and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Custodian of Records for Khavkin Clinic 653 N Town Center Dr., Ste 602 Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 10. Theresa Lopez, Custodian of Records, and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Rapid Rehab- Henderson 2475 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy, Ste 100 Henderson, Nevada 89052 11. Zia Khan, M.D., and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Custodian of Records for Desert Cardiovascular Consultants 5785 S Fort Apache Rd., Ste 100A Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 12. Adriana Ruiz, PA-C, and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Custodian of Records for Palm Medical Group 9280 W Sunset Rd., Ste 306 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 13. Yevgeniy Khavkin, M.D. and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Henderson Hospital 1050 W Galleria Dr. Henderson, Nevada 89011 14. Nany M. Rice, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging 2950 S Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 15. Rori Himes, Custodian of Records, and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Total Wellness Family Medicine 9640 W Tropicana Ave., Ste 116 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 16. Veronica Muniz, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or SimonMed PO Box 204165 Dallas, Texas 75320 17. Mario Gonzalez, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Las Vegas Radiology 7500 Smoke Ranch Rd., Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CLAC 7479454.1 12 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 13 of 15 1 18. Triesha Caoin, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Red Rock Neurology & Pain Management 1905 McDaniel St., Suite 102 North Las Vegas, Nevada 89030 19. V K Puppala, M.D. and/or Stacy Kendrick, M.D. and/or Anthony Carantzas, M.D. and/lor Jasmine Rivera, Custodian of Records, and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Resurgens Orthopaedic 270 Chastain Rd. Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 20. V K Puppala, M.D. and/or Hannah Hermon, Custodian of Records and/or Person Most Knowledgeable and/or Comprehensive Spine & Pain 403 Permain Way Ste D Villa Rica, Georgia 30180 21. David E. Fish, M.D. UCLA School of Medicine 1350 Davies Drive Beverly Hills, California 90210 22. Stan V. Smith, Ph.D. Smith Economic Group, LTD. 1165 N. Clark Street, Suite 600 Chicago, Illinois 60610 23. Adam Hjorth Hobble Creek Services, LLC 275 Hampton Ridge Ct. Henderson, Nevada 89002 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiff reserves the right to call any witness named by Defendant. Plaintiff reserves the right 21 to call any witness as may be necessary for the purpose of impeachment. Plaintiff may call any and 22 all witnesses called in rebuttal to testimony given by Defendant’s witnesses. Plaintiff reserves the right 23 to object to any of Defendant’s witnesses at the time of trial. 24 (b) Defendant’s witnesses: 25 Defendant may call the following witnesses at trial: 26 1. 27 28 CLAC 7479454.1 Sandy Alecia Sinclair-Lewis, Plaintiff c/o Justin G. Randall, Esq. ER INJURY ATTORNEYS 1700 S. Pavilion Center Dr. Ste. 530 Las Vegas, NV 89135 (702) 968-7500 13 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 14 of 15 1 2. Philip Lewis, Plaintiff c/o Justin G. Randall, Esq. ER INJURY ATTORNEYS 1700 S. Pavilion Center Dr. Ste. 530 Las Vegas, NV 89135 (702) 968-7500 3. Nyree Neder 5161 Cereus Court Las Vegas, NV 89146 (702) 797-0049 4. Michael Fox 2443 Wilder Road Bullhead City, AZ 86442 (928) 219-7486 5. Julian Gonzales c/o SMITH’S Store No. 358 2540 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89109 (702) 735-8928 6. Jacob Dufault 1460 Lawman Court Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702) 673-0936 7. Mariah Beasley 2456 Via De Milano Henderson, NV 89074 (702) 906-8037 8. Brian K. Jones, MSBE, P.E., ACTAR, CXLT American Bio Engineers 6351 Hinson Street - Suite R Las Vegas, NV 89118 (702) 395-6768 9. Vladimir Sinkov, M.D. Sinkov Spine Center 1627 East Windmill Lane, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89123 (702) 710-1010 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Defendant reserves the right to call any of the healthcare providers identified by either 24 25 party during this litigation as a witness if needed to impeach or rebut evidence presented by 26 Plaintiff. Defendant also reserves the rights to call impeachment and/or rebuttal witnesses at trial, as 27 permitted by applicable rules, and to call any witnesses identified by Plaintiff. 28 /// CLAC 7479454.1 14 Case 2:20-cv-02063-JCM-VCF Document 59 Filed 05/16/23 Page 15 of 15 1 IX. 2 Proposed Trial Dates 3 The attorneys or parties have met and jointly offer these three trial dates: 4 November 6, 2023 5 It is expressly understood by the undersigned that the court will set the trial of this matter on 6 one of the agreed-upon dates if possible; if not, the trial will be set at the convenience of the court’s 7 calendar. January 22, 2024 February 12, 2024 8 X. 9 Estimated Time for Trial 10 It is estimated that the trial will take seven (7) days. 11 DATED this 12th day of May, 2023. DATED this 12th day of May, 2023 12 ER INJURY ATTORNEYS COOPER LEVENSON, P.A. 13 /s/ JUSTIN G. RANDALL, ESQ. _________________________________ JUSTIN G. RANDALL, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 12476 4795 South Durango Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 Telephone: (702) 968-7500 Facsimile: (702) 968-7525 Attorneys for Plaintiff Sandy Alecia Sinclair-Lewis /s/ JERRY S. BUSBY, ESQ. _________________________________ JERRY S. BUSBY Nevada Bar #001107 ANDRE T. MARQUES Nevada Bar #014737 3016 West Charleston Boulevard - #195 Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 (702) 366-1125 FAX: (702) 366-1857 Attorneys for Defendant Smith’s Food & Drug Centers, Inc. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 XI. 22 Action by the Court 23 This case is set for court/trial on the fixed/stacked calendar at the United States District 24 25 26 Court, District of Nevada at 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101 on January 17, 2024 at January 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM ______________________ Calendar call will be held on _ 1:30 p.m. Dated May 16, 2023. 27 ______________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 28 CLAC 7479454.1 15

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