Centex Homes v. Zurich American Insurance Company et al

Filing 28

ORDER Granting 27 Stipulation to Stay Discovery until after the Court issues a ruling on Lexington's 11 Motion. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 12/21/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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Case 2:16-cv-01634-APG-GWF Document 27 Filed 12/19/16 Page 1 of 3 1 Scott S. Thomas, NV Bar No. 7937 sst@paynefears.com 2 Sarah J. Odia, NV Bar No. 11053 sjo@paynefears.com 3 PAYNE & FEARS LLP 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 525 4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 Telephone: (702) 851-0300 5 Facsimile: (702) 851-0315 6 Attorneys for CENTEX HOMES 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada general partnership, 11 ATTORNEYS AT LAW 7251 W. LAKE MEAD BLVD., SUITE 525 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89128 (702) 851-0300 PAYNE & FEARS LLP 10 Plaintiff, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Case No. 2:16-cv-01634-APG-GWF STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON, a London corporation; LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Jersey corporation, 19 20 Defendants. 21 22 The above-named parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby 23 stipulate and agree to stay discovery in the above-captioned litigation until the Court issues a 24 ruling on Lexington Insurance Company’s (“Lexington”) motion to dismiss Centex Homes’ 25 (“Centex”) complaint (ECF No. 11), which defendant Zurich American Insurance Company has 26 joined. (ECF No. 19). Lexington’s motion to dismiss involves an issue central to this case and 27 central to coverage under many of the defendants’ insurance policies. The parties do not want to 28 expend resources performing discovery until the Court issues a ruling on the dispositive issues Case 2:16-cv-01634-APG-GWF Document 27 Filed 12/19/16 Page 2 of 3 1 raised in Lexington’s motion. 2 Lexington filed a nearly identical dispositive motion in a similar case that is currently 3 pending entitled Centex Homes v. Everest Nat’l Ins. Co., et al., D. Nev. Case No.: 2:16-cv-012754 GMN-PAL (hereinafter “Callaway”). The Court in the Callaway case recently stayed discovery 5 due to Lexington’s pending dispositive motion. (ECF No. 37 in Callaway). 6 The parties thus stipulate and agree that discovery in this case should be stayed until after 7 the Court issues a ruling on Lexington’s motion, in order to save resources and promote 8 efficiency. 9 Dated: December 19, 2016 HEROLD & SAGER 11 ATTORNEYS AT LAW 7251 W. LAKE MEAD BLVD., SUITE 525 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89128 (702) 851-0300 PAYNE & FEARS LLP 10 PAYNE & FEARS LLP Dated: December 19, 2016 12 By: /s/ Sarah J. Odia 13 By: Scott S. Thomas, Esq. Sarah J. Odia, Esq. 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 525 Las Vegas, NV 89128 Telephone: (702) 382-3574 14 15 16 Attorneys for Plaintiff CENTEX HOMES /s/ Joshua Zlotlow Joshua Zlotlow, Esq. 3960 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: (702) 990-3624 Attorneys for Defendant LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY 17 18 Dated: December 19, 2016 19 MORALES FIERRO& REEVES 20 21 22 23 By: /s/ Ramiro Morales Dated: December 19, 2016 SELMAN BREITMAN LLP By: Ramiro Morales, Esq. 600 S. Tonopah Drive, Ste. 300 Las Vegas, NV 89106 Telephone: (702) 669-9455 /s/ David A. Astengo David A. Astengo, Esq. 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: (702) 228-7717 Attorneys for Defendant ZURICH AMERICAN 24 INSURANCE COMPANY Attorneys for Defendant EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 25 26 27 28 2 of 3 Case 2:16-cv-01634-APG-GWF Document 27 Filed 12/19/16 Page 3 of 3 1 Dated: December 19, 2016 2 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 3 4 5 6 By: /s/ Timothy J. Lepore Timothy J. Lepore, Esq. 3755 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ste. 200 Las Vegas, NV 89123 Telephone: (702) 954-8310 7 Attorneys for Defendant CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON 8 9 ORDER 11 ATTORNEYS AT LAW 7251 W. LAKE MEAD BLVD., SUITE 525 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89128 (702) 851-0300 PAYNE & FEARS LLP 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21, December 12, 2016 12 DATED:_______________________ 13 14 ______________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 15 16 17 18 4839-1041-9006.2 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 of 3

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