Harris v. Tatro
Harris v. Tatro
Trial Court Opinion
JOHNATHAN M. LEAVITT, ESQ. 1 Nevada Bar No. 13172 RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM 2 801 South 4th Street 3 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 444-4444 4 Facsimile: (702) 444-4445 E-mail: [email protected] 5 Attorney for Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendant
6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 8 KAYCHA HARRIS, as Parent and Legal Guardian Case No. 2:19-cv-00730-GMN-BNW 9 of J.P., a minor,
10 Plaintiffs, vs. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 11 EXTEND DISCOVERY AND EXPERT GLENN ALLEN TATRO, individually; GLEN-RO DISCLOSURE DEADLINES 12 LLC, a foreign limited liability company; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, (SECOND REQUEST) 13 Defendants. 14 GLENN ALLEN TATRO, individually; GLEN-RO 15 LLC, a foreign limited liability company; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 16 Defendants/Counter-Claimants, 17 vs.
18 KAYCHA HARRIS, as Parent and Legal Guardian of J.P., a minor, 19 Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants. 20 21 Pursuant to LR 6-1 and LR 26-4, Plaintiff KAYCHA HARRIS, as Parent and Legal Guardian 22 of J.P., a minor by and through his counsel of record, the Richard Harris Law Firm, Defendants 23 GLENN ALLEN TATRO and GLEN-RO LLC, by and through their attorneys of record, the law firm 24 of Messner Reeves LLP, hereby stipulate and request that this court extend discovery in the above- 25 captioned case as further outlined below. In addition, the parties request that the expert disclosure 26 27 deadlines, dispositive motion deadline and pre-trial order deadline be extended for an additional ninety 1 days as outlined herein. In support of this stipulation and request, the parties state as follows: 2 3 I. DISCOVERY COMPLETED TO DATE 4 1. Both parties have filed their initial disclosure of witnesses and documents, as well as 5 multiple supplements thereto. 6 2. Defendants served written discovery on Plaintiffs. 7 3. Plaintiffs served written discovery of Defendants. 8 4. The deposition of Defendant GLENN A. TATRO, individually and on behalf of the 9 GLEN-RO LLC, has been taken. 10 11 5. The deposition of percipient witness Rosemarie Tatro has been taken. 12 6. The deposition of Plaintiff KAYCHA HARRIS has been taken. 13 7. The deposition of Plaintiff J.P., a minor, has been taken. 14 8. The depositions of percipient witnesses SHAWN and CECILIA WALSTRA have been 15 taken. 16 9. Both parties have subpoenaed medical records, bills and other documents. 17 18 10. Experts have been disclosed by both parties. 19 11. The parties attended a private mediation in a good faith attempt to resolve this case. 20 II. WHY REMAINING DISCOVERY HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED 21 The underlying matter involves a minor, J.P., who was a ten-year-old pedestrian when the 22 subject incident occurred. He sustained substantial injuries, fracturing his femur and lacerating his 23 spleen. The Plaintiff had hardware placed into his body immediately after his injury. Plaintiff’s 24 medical treatment was not yet resolved prior the filing of this action due to his need to have this 25 26 hardware removed. The parties wanted to wait until after this surgery to attend a private mediation and 27 attempt to resolve this case. However, due to Covid-19, all non-emergent medical treatment ceased in 1 the state of Nevada, and Plaintiff was unable to schedule his hardware removal surgery. The parties 2 3 attended mediation anyways, but were unsuccessful in resolve this case due to the speculative future 4 of Plaintiff’s medical care needs. It was then decided that the parties would reconvene negotiation 5 attempts after Plaintiff sought additional medical treatment, not only for the hardware removal surgery, 6 but also for eating issues Plaintiff has been experiencing, which he alleges is a result of the underlying 7 incident. 8 Given the Governor’s recent orders reopening the State of Nevada and allowing for medical 9 procedures to move forward, the Plaintiff is now able to schedule the hardware removal surgery and 10 11 seek additional medical treatment. The parties are requesting that this court continue the discovery 12 deadlines to allow for the additional medical treatment and the possibility of additional depositions of 13 treating physicians, if necessary. Furthermore, this will increase the likelihood that the parties are able 14 to resolve this case, as Plaintiff’s remaining medical treatment seems to be the only obstacle to 15 achieving that result. 16 III. DISCOVERY REMAINING 17 18 1. Depositions of treating physicians 19 2. Written discovery. 20 3. Acquisition of medical records. 21 4. Expert disclosures. 22 5. Expert depositions. 23 6. Any other discovery the parties deem necessary as the case progresses. 24 25 26 27 IV. EXTENSION OR MODIFICATION OF THE DISCOVERY PLAN AND 1 SCHEDULING ORDER 2 LR 26-4 governs modifications of extensions of the Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. 3 Any stipulation or motion must be made no later than twenty-one (21) days before the expiration of 4 the subject deadline and comply fully with LR 26-4. 5 The following is a list of the current discovery deadlines and the parties’ proposed extended 6 7 deadlines. 8 PROPOSED DEADLINE ACTIVITY DATE 9 Amend Pleadings or Add Passed October 17, 2019 Parties 10 Expert Disclosures Pursuant to September 17, 2020 February 17, 2019 Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) 11 Rebuttal Expert Disclosure October 16, 2020 March 16, 2019 12 Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) 13 November 16, 2020 Discovery Cut-Off Date April 16, 2020 14 December 15, 2020 Dispositive Motions May 15, 2020 15 June 16, 2020 January 15, 2021 Joint Pretrial Order 16 If dispositive motions are filed, the deadline for filing the Joint Pre-Trial Order will be 17 18 suspended until thirty (30) days after the decision on the dispositive motions or further court order. 19 This request for an extension of time is not sought for any improper purpose or other purpose 20 of delay. The parties have worked together at moving discovery forward, and counsel for the parties 21 have an amicable relationship that has allowed for cooperation and avoided discovery disputes. 22 However, the facts and circumstances underlying the case, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, as 23 outlined above, has made the matter more difficult and caused delays not necessarily present in some 24 other cases. 25 26 This is the second request for extension of time in this matter. The parties respectfully submit 27 that the reasons set forth above constitute compelling reasons for the discovery extension.
> WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that this court extend the discovery period and 3 || the other discovery dates as outlined in accordance with the table above. 4 5 || Dated this 9th day of June, 2020. Dated this 9th day of June, 2020. 6 || RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM MESSNER REEVES LLP 7 By: __/s/ Johnathan M, Leavitt, Esq. By: _ /s/Lauren D. Calvert, Esq. 8 Richard Harris, Esq. Lauren D. Calvert, Esq. Johnathan M. Leavitt, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 10534 9
801 South 4" Street 8945 W. Russell Road, Suite 300 Las Vegas, NV89101 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorney for Defendants 11 12 ORDER 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED this 10th day of _ June 2020 15 || ITIS ORDERED that ECF ( 1 || No. 38 is DENIED without We prejudice. UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED 18 || that the parties may file a 19 subsequent stipulation that seeks a 60 day extension. If 20 || discovery cannot safely be completed within this period, 21 || the parties may request another extension. 23 24 25 26 27 {03776390 / 1}5 28
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