Kara McCulloch DMD MSD PLLC v. Valley Forge Insurance Company, No. 2:2020cv00809 - Document 73 (W.D. Wash. 2021)

Court Description: STIPULTION AND ORDER granting Parties' 72 Stipulated Motion to File a Single Omnibus Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Certify Questions. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein.(MW)

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Kara McCulloch DMD MSD PLLC v. Valley Forge Insurance Company Doc. 73 THE HONORABLE BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN 1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WADE K. MARLER, DDS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASPEN AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 KARA MCCULLOCH DMD MSD PLLC, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR PLAINTIFFS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE A SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY QUESTIONS TO THE WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT No. 2:20-cv-00809-BJR Plaintiffs, v. VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 17 Defendants. 18 19 CABALLERO, 20 21 22 23 24 No. 3:20-cv-05437-BJR Plaintiff, v. MASSACHUSETTS BAY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. 25 26 PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 1 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 CHORAK, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00627-BJR Plaintiffs, v. 5 HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 6 Defendants. 7 8 PACIFIC ENDODONTICS, P.S., et al., 9 Plaintiffs, 10 11 12 v. OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 13 14 15 16 17 No. 2:20-cv-00620-BJR NGUYEN, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00597-BJR Plaintiffs, v. 18 TRAVELERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, et al., 19 Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 2 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 1 2 3 4 5 LA COCINA DE OAXACA LLC, No. 2:20-cv-01176-BJR Plaintiff, v. TRI-STATE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MINNESOTA, Defendant. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MARK GERMACK DDS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. THE DENTISTS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 No. 2:20-cv-00661-BJR CADECEUS LLC d/b/a CAFE RACER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. 2:21-cv-00050-BJR Plaintiff, v. SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. 21 22 23 24 25 26 PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 3 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 1 2 PLAINTIFFS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE A SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY QUESTIONS TO THE WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT 3 4 In order to increase efficiencies for the parties and the Court, Plaintiffs in the above- 5 captioned matters respectfully move this Court to allow them to file a single omnibus reply brief 6 of no more than 15 pages in response to Defendants’ oppositions to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Certify 7 8 9 10 11 Questions to the Washington State Supreme Court (the “Opposition Motions”). Plaintiffs have conferred with counsel for Defendants and they do not oppose this request. In support of this motion, Plaintiffs hereby state as follows: 1. On February 18, 2021, Plaintiffs filed their Motion to Certify Questions to the 12 Washington State Supreme Court (“the Omnibus Motion”) in the above-captioned Marler, 13 McCulloch, Caballero, Chorak, Pacific Endodontics, Nguyen, Germack, and La Cocina de 14 Oaxaca actions. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2. On March 10, 2021, Plaintiff Cadeceus LLC filed a substantively-identical Motion to Certify Questions to the Washington State Supreme Court (the “Cadeceus Motion”) in the above-captioned matter. 3. On March 25, 2021, Defendants responded to the Omnibus Motion by filing a 30- page Omnibus Opposition. Plaintiffs’ reply to this Omnibus Opposition is due April 8, 2021. 4. On March 31, 2021, Scottsdale Insurance Company responded to the Cadeceus Motion by filing a 5-page opposition, which, among other things, incorporated by reference the arguments and citations in the March 25, 2021 Omnibus Opposition. Plaintiffs’ reply to Scottsdale’s opposition is due by April 14, 2021. PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 4 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 1 2 3 4 5 6 5. After review of the two oppositions, Plaintiffs believe it will be most efficient for the parties and the Court if they respond to the two oppositions by filing a single omnibus reply brief. Plaintiffs will limit their omnibus reply brief to 15 pages, i.e., half the number of pages used in the Omnibus Opposition, and less than half of the combined total of pages used by the Defendants collectively in the two opposition motions. 7 6. Plaintiffs will file their single omnibus reply to both oppositions by April 8, 2021. 8 7. Defendants do not oppose Plaintiffs’ request to respond to their oppositions by 9 10 11 12 April 8, 2021 with a single omnibus reply brief that is limited to 15 pages. Now, therefore, Plaintiffs’ request, which Defendants do not oppose, to file an omnibus reply brief limited to 15 pages should be granted. 13 ORDER 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 17 DATED this 5th day of April, 2021. 18 19 20 21 22 Presented By: __________________________________________ Barbara J. Rothstein UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 23 24 25 26 DATED this 2nd day of April, 2021 PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 5 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. By: s/ Amy Williams-Derry By: s/ Lynn L. Sarko By: s/ Gretchen Freeman Cappio By: s/ Ian S. Birk By: s/ Irene M. Hecht By: s/ Gabriel Verdugo By: s/ Nathan L. Nanfelt Amy Williams-Derry, WSBA #28711 Lynn Lincoln Sarko, WSBA #16569 Gretchen Freeman Cappio, WSBA #29576 Ian S. Birk, WSBA #31431 Irene M. Hecht, WSBA #11063 Gabriel Verdugo, WSBA #44154 Nathan Nanfelt, WSBA #45273 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-1900 Fax: (206) 623-3384 Email: awilliams-derry@kellerrohrback.com Email: lsarko@kellerrohrback.com Email: gcappio@kellerrohrback.com Email: ibirk@kellerrohrback.com Email: ihecht@kellerrohrback.com Email: gverdugo@kellerrohrback.com Email: nnanfelt@kellerrohrback.com By: s/ Alison Chase Alison Chase, pro hac vice forthcoming 801 Garden Street, Suite 301 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone: (805) 456-1496 Fax: (805) 456-1497 Email: achase@kellerrohrback.com 24 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Nguyen et al., Pacific Endodontics, et al., Chorak et al., Marler et al., McCulloch, et al., Caballero, La Cocina de Oaxaca LLC, Owens Davies, P.S., Mark Germack DDS, The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and Cafe Racer 25 OWENS DAVIES, P.S. 22 23 26 PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 6 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 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 26 By: s/ Matthew B. Edwards Matthew B. Edwards, WSBA #18332 1115 West Bay Drive, Suite 302 Olympia, WA 98502 Telephone: (206) 203-1900 Email: medwards@owensdavies.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Owens Davies, P.S. RUIZ & SMART PLLC By: s/ William C. Smart By: s/ Isaac Ruiz By: s/ Kathryn M. Knudsen William C. Smart, WSBA #8192 Isaac Ruiz, WSBA #35237 Kathryn M. Knudsen, WSBA #41075 1200 5th Avenue, Suite 1220 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 203-1900 Email: wsmart@plaintifflit.com Email: iruiz@plaintifflit.com Email: kknudsen@plaintifflit.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jennifer Strelow, DMD and Shokofeh Tabaraie DDS PLLC HACKETT, BEECHER & HART By: s/ Brent W. Beecher Brent W. Beecher, WSBA #31095 601 Union Street, Suite 2600 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 787-1830 Email: bbeecher@hackettbeecher.com Attorneys for Seattle Bakery, LLC, CSQBKR2018, LLC, Piroshky Piroshky Bakery, LLC, Piroshky Baking Company, LLC, and SCRBKR2017, LLC THE LOYD LAW FIRM, P.L.L.C. By: s/ Shannon Loyd Shannon Loyd 12703 Spectrum Drive, Suite 201 San Antonio, Texas 78249 PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 7 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 Telephone:(210) 775-1424 Facsimile:(210) 775-1410 Email: shannon@theloydlawfirm.com 1 2 3 Attorneys for Plaintiff J Bells LLC 4 G O RD O N T IL DE N T HO M AS & CO RDEL L LP 5 6 By: s/ Mark A. Wilner By: s/ Franklin D. Cordell By: s/ Kasey D. Huebner Mark A. Wilner, WSBA #31550 Franklin D. Cordell, WSBA #26392 Kasey D. Huebner, WSBA #32890 One Union Square 600 University Street, Suite 2915 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 467-6477 Fax: (206) 467-6292 Email: mwilner@gordontilden.com Email: fcordell@gordontilden.com Email: khuebner@gordontilden.com 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Suneet Bath, Noskenda Inc. and The Seattle Symphony Orchestra 15 16 17 4838-3903-6131, v. 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PLS.’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO FILE SINGLE OMNIBUS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-00616-BJR; 2:20-cv-00809-BJR; 3:20-cv-05437BJR; 2:20-cv-00627-BJR; 2:20-cv-00620-BJR; 2:20-cv-00597-BJR; 2:20-cv-01176-BJR; 2:20-cv-00661-BJR; 2:21-cv-00050-BJR)- 8 KELLER ROHRB ACK L.L .P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384

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