District Court, W.D. Washington, 2023

Sea Brim Condominium Association v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Company

Sea Brim Condominium Association v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Company
District Court, W.D. Washington · Decided April 24, 2023
Sea Brim Condominium Association v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Company

Trial Court Opinion

1 HONORABLE BENJAMIN H. SETTLE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA RAYMOND WILLIAMS, an individual, on Case No. 3:19-cv-5823-BHS behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO 9 SUBMIT JOINT STATUS REPORT 10 Plaintiff, NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: April 20, 2023 11 v.

12 GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Maryland Corporation, CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, 15 Defendants.

Pursuant to Local Rule 7(d)(1), Plaintiff Raymond Williams (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants GEICO General Insurance Company (“GEICO”) and CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. (“CCC”) (collectively, the “Parties”), hereby stipulate as follows: 1. WHEREAS, on July 29, 2021, this Court entered an Order (Dkt. No. 97) staying this matter and ordering the Parties to provide the Court with a joint written status report and proposed case schedule within ten days after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its mandate in Lundquist v. First Nat’l Ins. Co. of Am. (“Lara”), Case No. 21-35126 (9th Cir. 2021).

2. On February 11, 2022, the Ninth Circuit filed its opinion in Lara affirming Judge Bryan’s denial of class certification in Lundquist v. First Nat’l Insurance Co. of Am., Case No. 3:18-cv-05301-RJB. Lara, Dkt. No. 86; Lara v. First Nat’l Ins. Co. of Am., 25 F.4th 1134 (9th Cir. 2022).

1 3. On March 28, 2022, the plaintiffs-appellants in Lara petitioned for rehearing and rehearing en banc. Lara, Dkt. No. 89.

3 4. On May 10, 2022, the Ninth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc in Lara. Lara, Dkt. No. 106.

5 5. On June 7, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued its mandate in Lara. Lara, Dkt. No. 111. Accordingly, the deadline for the Parties to submit their joint status report was initially June 17, 2022.

8 6. The parties subsequently filed several motions to extend the deadline to submit their joint status report, and the current deadline is now April 21, 2023.

10 7. The Parties jointly and respectfully request an additional extension of 30 days for the deadline to submit a joint status report. The Parties have reached a settlement agreement in principle, and the requested extension will allow the Parties to document that agreement without the pressure of immediate court deadlines.

14 8. Based on the foregoing, the Parties stipulate and agree that good cause exists to extend the deadline to submit a joint status report to May 22, 2023.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

18 Dated this 24th of April, 2023.

19 A BENJAMIN H. SETTLE 22 United States District Judge HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP /s/ Kathleen M. O’Sullivan Kathleen M. O’Sullivan, WSBA No. 27850 By /s/Steve W. Berman PERKINS COIE LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Steve W. Berman (WSBA #12536) 3 Seattle, WA 98101 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Telephone: 206.583.8888 Seattle, WA 98101 Facsimile: 206.583.8500 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Email: [email protected] Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information Email: [email protected] Services Inc. Robert B. Carey (pro hac vice) /s/ Marguerite M. Sullivan John M. DeStefano (pro hac vice) Marguerite M. Sullivan (pro hac vice) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP Jason R. Burt (pro hac vice) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP West Jefferson Street, Suite 1000 11th Street NW, Suite 1000 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (602) 840-5900 Telephone: 202.637.2200 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Steven J. Pacini (pro hac vice) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 13 200 Clarendon Street 27th Floor 14 Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: 617.880.4516 15 Email: [email protected] 16 Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information Services Inc. /s/ Brian J. Hembd 18 Dan W. Goldfine Brian J. Hembd 19 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC 1850 N Central Ave., Suite1400 20 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General 21 Insurance Company Vanessa S. Power 23 STOEL RIVES LLP University Street, Suite 3600 24 Seattle, WA 98101 25 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General Insurance Company 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on April 20, 2023 a true and correct copy of the foregoing was filed electronically by CM/ECF, which caused notice to be sent to all counsel of record.

5 DATED this 20th day of April, 2023.

6 /s/ Elizabeth E. Gibson

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