District Court, W.D. Washington, 2020

Short v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation

Short v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation
District Court, W.D. Washington · Decided September 28, 2020
Short v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation

Trial Court Opinion

THE HONORABLE MARSHA PECHMAN 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT TACOMA CARLA SHORT, Individually and as Personal Case No. 2:19-cv-01270-MJP Representative of the Estate of DONALD J.

SHORT 10 ORDER GRANTING IN PART Plaintiff, MODIFYING IN PART STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION, et al., 14 Defendants.

IS RELIEF REQUESTED 16 Under LCR 16(b)(6), Defendant Warren Pumps, LLC, together with Plaintiff and all remaining Defendants (collectively the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel of record, move this Court to enter an Order to continue the January 25, 2021 trial date and all remaining pre-trial deadlines for one month, subject to this Court’s availability.

20 STUIPULATION 21 The Parties propose to continue the trial date and all remaining pre-trial deadlines one month to allow for further discovery, motion practice and trial preparation. The Parties are in the process of completing fact and expert depositions, with the following depositions currently on calendar: 25 wt “aq: e September 16, 2020 - Deposition of William Powell Company 26 e September 17, 2020 -Deposition of Flowserve US, Inc. - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH PG TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MJP] 1300 SW Sixth Avenue Portland OR 97201 e September 18, 2020 — Deposition of Electrolux Home Products, Inc. 1 e September 22, 2020 - Deposition of Spirax Sarco, Inc. e September 22, 2020 - Deposition of Margaret McClosky 2 e September 23, 2020 — Deposition of Warren Pumps e September 23, 2020 — Deposition of James Delaney 3 e September 24, 2020 - Deposition of Chris Herfel e September 25, 2020 - Deposition of Gerald Gjelfe 4 e September 28, 2020 - Deposition of Donna Ringo e September 28, 2020 - Deposition of Howard Freeman 5 e September 29, 2020 - Deposition of Carl Brodkin The Parties request this additional time to complete these depositions and other discovery under aless compressed schedule, and prepare dispositive motions.

8 Under FRCP 16(b)(4), and for good cause, the Court may amend the case scheduling order.'! “Good cause” in this context is primarily concerned with the diligence of the party seeking the amendment. /d. According to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee's notes, the district court may modify the pretrial schedule “if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension.” Good cause is met here as this is a complex civil matter with multiple parties.

14 Based on the foregoing, the Parties stipulate to the following: 15 1. Continue the trial date of January 25, 2021 for one month; 16 2. Continue the following pre-trial deadlines: Deadline Current Date Stipulated Date 18 . (subject to court 19 availability) 15 DAYS Jury TRIAL set for 09:00 AM on 01/25/2021 05/03/2021 | All motions related to discovery must be FILED by 9/8/2020 10/8/2020 ' Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.,975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th Cir. 1992).

2A > Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee's notes (1983 amendment); Harrison Beverage Co. v. Dribeck Importers, Inc., 133 F.R.D. 463, 469 (D.N.J. 1990); Amcast Indus. Corp. v. Detrex Corp., 132 F.R.D.

25 213, 217 (N.D.Ind. 1990); Forstmann,114 F.R.D. at 85; 6A Wright, Miller & Kane, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1522.1 at 231 (2d ed. 1990) (“good cause” means scheduling deadlines cannot be met despite party’s diligence).

2 - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH PG TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MJP] 1300 SW Sixth Avenue Portland OR 97201 Discovery COMPLETED by 9/29/2020 10/29/2020 > All dispositive motions must be FILED by 10/28/2020 11/30/2020 Settlementeconference_per LER 39 He} 2) HELD -tater than 3 HA92020 PRAITRO20 | No settlement conference is required Civil Rule 39-1} the- Court ORDERS that the_-parties_engace +n mediation Fhe-parties He) i ’ 22432020 1252021 7 i No mediation conference is required Letter-of complance-astoLCR 391 FILED by-A +ester- of Lecal | Geil Rule 39-1 mediaters_canbe tlecated_on the Internet at 162024 2/82021 otions in limine must be y and noted on the motion 1] | calendar no later than the Friday before the Pretrial Conference. 12/22/2020 3/29/2021 (See LCR 7(d)(4)) Agreed Pretrial Order 1/11/2021 4/20/2021 Pretrial conference will be HELD at 01:30 PM on 1/18/2021 4/22/2021 | (Jury Trial) Proposed Voir Dire, Jury Instructions and Trial Briefs or (Bench Trial) Trial Briefs and Proposed Findings of Fact and 1/12/2021 4/20/2021 | Conclusions of Law shall be filed b RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 9" day of September, 2020.

19 BERGMAN DRAPER OSLUND UDO PLLC GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI s/Ruby Aliment . . □ _ Ss/Kevin Ruby Aliment Wee Glen Bergman ark ‘vin 821 2™4 Avenue, Suite 2100 Kevin Craig Seattle, WA 98104 701 5"" Avenue, Suite 2100 [email protected] Seattle, WA 98104 Attorneys for Plaintiff mtuvim@ grsm.com; kcraig@ grsm.com; 24 asbestos @ gordonrees.com Attorneys for Velan Valve Corp. - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MARINE □□ TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MJP] 1300 SW Sixth Avene Portland OR 97201 RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH, PC TANENBAUM KEALE, LLP 4 s/Allen Eraut s/Christopher Marks Allen E. Eraut, WSBA #30940 Christopher Marks 1300 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 330 Malika Johnson Portland, OR 97201 Alice Serko asbestos @rizzopc.com Two Union Square [email protected] 601 University Street, Suite 4253 Attorneys for Defendant Warren Pumps, Seattle, WA 98101 g LLC cmarks @tktrial.com; mjohnson @tktrial.com; 9 aserko @tktrial.com; Seattle.asbestos @tktrial.com 10 Attorneys for Spirax Sarco Inc; Electrolux Home Products, Inc. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH FOLEY & MANSFIELD LLP 13 s/Rachel Reynolds __ s/James Hicks Randy Aliment James D. Hicks Rachel raion Reynolds Brian Smith aryn Basauri □ ‘ 15 3rd Ave Ste 2700 Seattle Wa oetog Seattle, WA 98101-3224 cate, □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ bsmith @ foleymansfield.com rachel.reynolds @lewisbrisbois.com; jhicks @foleymansfield.com taryn.basauri @ lewisbrisbois.com; [email protected] seattle-asbestos @lewisbrisbois.com Attorneys for William Powell Co. Attorneys for Flowserve Corporation K&LGATES MILLER NASH GRAHAM & DUNN LLP 20 S/G. William Shaw G. William Shaw S/Michael Fandel_ | Ryan J. Groshong Michael K. Fandel K & L Gates Briana Jones 925 4th Avenue, Ste. 2900 Kellen Hade Seattle, WA 98104 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300 bill shaw @klgates.com; Seattle, WA 98121 ryan.groshong @klgates.com; Michael.Fandel @ millernash.com; asbestos @klgates.com Kellen. Hade @ millernash.com; Attorneys for Crane Co Briana.Jones @ millernash.com; 25 asbestosnotices @ millernash.com Attorneys for FL Smidth Dorr-Oliver, Inc - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH PG TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MJP] 1300 SW Sixth (Avenue Portland OR 97201 WILSON SMITH COCHRAN & DICKERSON 8/Richard Gawlowski Richard G Gawlowski Fifth Ave., Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98164 [email protected] MetLifeAsbestos @wscd.com Attorneys for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH PG TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MIP] 1300 SW Sixth (Avenue Portland OR 97201 3 ORDER 4 Based on the foregoing Stipulation, the trial date is continued to May 3, 2021, and related deadlines are set as follows: g DATED this 28 day of September, 2020.

10 2 Lin ee HON. MARSHA J. PECHMAN 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Presented by: RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH, PC 8/Allen Eraut ALLEN E. ERAUT, WSBA #30940 Counsel for Defendant Warren Pumps, LLC 1300 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 330 Portland, OR 97201 Phone : (503) 229-1819 Fax : (503) 229-0630 aeraut @rizzopc.com Approved as to form and content: > BERGMAN DRAPER OSLUND UDO PLLC GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI s/Ruby Aliment . . ; Ruby Aliment Wee Glen Bergman UVuT.

821 2™ Avenue, Suite 2100 Kevin Craig Seattle, WA 98104 701 5" Avenue, Suite 2100 [email protected] Seattle, WA 98104 Attorneys for Plaintiff mtuvim@ grsm.com; kcraig@ grsm.com; 26 asbestos @ gordonrees.com - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH PG TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MIP] 1300 SW Sixth Avenue Portland OR 97201 Attorneys for Velan Valve Corp. ‘ RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH, PC TANENBAUM KEALE, LLP s/Allen Eraut s/Christopher Marks Allen E. Eraut, WSBA #30940 Christopher Marks 1300 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 330 Malika Johnson Portland, OR 97201 Alice Serko asbestos @rizzopc.com Two Union Square aeraut @rizzopc.com 601 University Street, Suite 4253 Attorneys for Defendant Warren Pumps, Seattle, WA 98101 10 LLC cmarks @tktrial.com; mjohnson @tktrial.com; 11 aserko @tktrial.com; Seattle.asbestos @tktrial.com 12 Attorneys for Spirax Sarco Inc; Electrolux B Home Products, Inc. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH FOLEY & MANSFIELD LLP 15 s/Rachel Reynolds __ s/James Hicks Randy Aliment James D. Hicks Rachel Tallon Reynolds Brian Smith Taryn Basauri : 1111 3rd Ave Ste 2700 Seattle Wa oetog Seattle, WA 98101-3224 cattle, randy.aliment @lewisbrisbois.com; [email protected] rachel.reynolds @ lewisbrisbois.com; hicks @foleymansfield.com 19 [email protected]; [email protected] seattle-asbestos @lewisbrisbois.com Attorneys for William Powell Co. Attorneys for Flowserve Corporation K&LGATES MILLER NASH GRAHAM & DUNN LLP 22 s/G. William Shaw G. William Shaw s/Michael Fandel __ Ryan J. Groshong Michael K. Fandel K & L Gates Briana Jones 925 4th Avenue, Ste. 2900 Kellen Hade Seattle, WA 98104 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300 bill. shaw @klgates.com; Seattle, WA 98121 ryan.groshong @klgates.com; Michael.Fandel @ millernash.com; asbestos @klgates.com Kellen.Hade @ millernash.com; - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH PG TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MJP] 1300 SW Sixth Avenue Portland OR 97201 Attorneys for Crane Co Briana.Jones @ millernash.com; 1 asbestosnotices @ millernash.com Attorneys for FL Smidth Dorr-Oliver, Inc WILSON SMITH COCHRAN & DICKERSON s/Richard Gawlowski Richard G Gawlowski Fifth Ave., Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98164 gawlowski@ wscd.com MetLifeAsbestos @ wscd.com Attorneys for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ll - STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING RIZZO MATTINGLY BOSWORTH PG TRIAL DATE [2:19-CV-01270-MIP] 1300 SW Sixth Avene Portland OR 97201

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