Assurance Company of America et al v. National Fire & Marine Insurance Company

Filing 134

ORDER Granting 133 Motion for Exception from Order Scheduling Settlement Conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 12/14/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ASB)

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Dennis L. Kennedy
Nevada Bar No. 1462
Sarah E. Harmon
Nevada Bar No. 8106
BAILEY KENNEDY
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148-1302
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Mary Beth Forshaw (pro hac vice)
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Deborah L. Stein (pro hac vice)
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 29th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant NATIONAL FIRE &
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA;
MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY;
NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NEW YORK; ZURICH SPECIALTIES
LONDON; ZURICH AMERICAN
INSURANCE COMPANY; and STEADFAST
INSURANCE COMPANY,

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Plaintiffs,
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v.
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Defendant.
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BAILEY KENNEDY
8984 SPANISH RIDGE AVENUE
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89148

PHONE [phone]
FAX [phone]

Case No. 2:09-cv-01182-JCM-PAL

DEFENDANT NATIONAL FIRE &
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY’S
REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION FROM
ORDER SCHEDULING SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER

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REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION

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Pursuant to the Court’s September 15, 2011 Order Scheduling a Settlement Conference

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(Dkt. No. 126), National Fire will be sending to the December 15 settlement conference a

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representative with binding settlement authority along with co-lead trial counsel, Mary Beth

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Forshaw and Deborah L. Stein. National Fire respectfully requests that counsel from Bailey

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Kennedy be excused from attending given that two other attorneys will be participating in the

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conference.

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BAILEY KENNEDY
8984 SPANISH RIDGE AVENUE
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89148

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Dated: December 8, 2011
BAILEY KENNEDY

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By: /s/ Sarah E. Harmon
Dennis L. Kennedy
Nevada Bar No. 1462
Sarah E. Harmon
Nevada Bar No. 8106
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148-1302
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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-and-

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SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
Mary Beth Forshaw (pro hac vice)
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Deborah L. Stein (pro hac vice)
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 29th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant National Fire &
Marine Insurance Company

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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The request for an exception is granted.

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this

day of

2011.

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United States Magistrate Judge

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BAILEY KENNEDY
8984 SPANISH RIDGE AVENUE
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89148

PHONE [phone]
FAX [phone]

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