Parker Excavating, Inc. v. LaFarge West, Inc. et al

Filing 180

MINUTE ORDER granting in part and denying in part 177 Amended Motion to Excuse the Attendance of Defendants Randall and Schmidt fromthe 2/9/2016 Settlement Conference by Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 02/03/2016.(mdave, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 14-cv-01534-LTB-MJW
PARKER EXCAVATING, INC., a Colorado Corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
LAFARGE WEST, INC.,
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.,
FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND,
NICK GUERRA,
ALF RANDALL, and
ROBERT SCHMIDT,
Defendants.

MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on February 3, 2016.
The Amended Motion to Excuse the Attendance of Defendants Randall and Schmidt from
the February 9, 2016 Settlement Conference [filed February 1, 2016; docket #177] is granted in
part and denied in part as follows. Counsel for Defendants Randall and Schmidt shall ensure that
their clients are available by telephone throughout the entirety of the Settlement Conference. As a
cautionary note, however, if the lack of physical presence of such persons becomes a hindrance to
the progress of settlement negotiations (if any), the conference may be recessed and re-convened
at a time when the individual Defendants can be present, and costs of the recessed conference may
be assessed against the Defendants.