Lopez et al v. U.S. Home Corporation et al

Filing 560

ORDER Granting Third Party Defendant General Electric Company's 315 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement in the amount of $250.00. Upon payment of the settlement monies Third-Party Defendant General Electric Company shall be dismissed with prejudice. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 3/13/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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Elizabeth A. Skane, Esq. (Nevada Bar #7181)
[e-mail]
Sarai L. Brown, Esq. (Nevada Bar # 11067)
[e-mail]
Beth A. Cook, Esq. (Nevada Bar #9928)
[e-mail]
SKANE WILCOX LLP
1120 Town Center Drive, Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89144
T: [phone]/ F: [phone]
Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BRITTANY & ANTHONY LOPEZ, Husband and
Wife; PAULA EARL-MCCONICO & WILLIE
MCCONICO, Husband and Wife; MARTIN &
VERONICA FREEMAN, Husband and Wife;
TIMMY LE & NGUYEN TRINH, Husband and
Wife; GERDA PIERROT; SHAWN YBARRA;
SHELBY MCEVOY & KENNETH PFEIFER,
Husband and Wife; PABLO ECHEVARRIA &
PATREASE ASHLEY, Husband and Wife;
NICHOLAS SPELDRICH & MARYANN UNDIS;
SHUREN ZHENG & PING YUE, Husband,
Husband and Wife; ROBYN COOPER; LINDA
YARBROUGH; SOON LEWIS; NICOLE
JENKINS; MATTHEW BACHMAN & TIMOTHY
THOMPSON; STEVE FELDMAN; JENNIFER
DURHAM; JENNIFER HOUGHLAND; SETH &
KRISTAL MACKERT, Husband and Wife;
LILLIE A. BANKS; NATHAN & KYLEE
REEDER; DEREK BAO & NICOLE SHINAVER,
Husband and Wife; JEROME A REYES; PAUL E.
MELENDEZ; SCOTT & HOLLY WORTLEY,
Husband and Wife,

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Plaintiffs,
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CASE NO.: 2:16-cv-01754-RFB-CWH

ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY
DEFENDANT GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY’S MOTION FOR
DETERMINATION OF GOOD FAITH
SETTLEMENT

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US. HOME CORPORATION AND GREYSTONE
NEVADA, LLC; and DOES 1 through 100,
inclusive,
Defendants.
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US HOME CORPORATION AND GREYSTONE
NEVADA, LLC,
Third-Party Plaintiffs,

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v.

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THE A.C. HOUSTON LUMBER COMPANY, a
Nevada corporation; AMERICAN ASPHALT &
GRADING COMPANY, a Nevada corporation,
RCR PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL, INC., a
California corporation; ATRIUM DOOR AND
WINDOW COMPANY – WEST COAST, a
Delaware Corporation; ATRIUM DOOR AND
WINDOW COMPANY OF ARIZONA, a Delaware
corporation; ALLARD ENTERPRISES, INC. dba
AR IRON, a Nevada Corporation; BEE-LURE
PAINTING, a Nevada close-corporation; BANKER
INSULATION, INC., an Arizona corporation;
BRASS2COPPER MECHANICAL, INC., a
Nevada Corporation; BURNHAM PAINTING &
DRYWALL CORP., a Nevada close-corporation;
CBC FRAMING, INC., a California corporation; C
CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Delaware corporation;
SELECTBUILD CORPORATION, INC.,
Delaware corporation; CAMPBELL CONCRETE
OF NEVADA, INC., a Nevada corporation;
FLOORS-N-MORE, LLC dba CARPETS-NMORE, a Nevada limited liability company;
CHICAGO PAINTING, INC., a Nevada
corporation; CONCRETE SERVICES, INC., a
Nevada corporation; CONTRACT DÉCOR, INC.,
an Oklahoma corporation; COOPER ROOFING
CO., INC., a Nevada Corporation; COOPER
ROOFING CO., INC., a Nevada corporation;
LUKESTAR CORPORATION dba CHAMPION
MASONRY, a Nevada corporation; CUSTOM
HEARTH DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a Nevada
corporation; DAWN FRAMING, INC., a Nevada
corporation; CIRCLE S DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION dba DECK SYSTEMS
NEVADA, a Nevada corporation; DISTINCTIVE
MARBLE, INC., an Arizona corporation;
DOUBLE A ELECTRIC, LLC, a Nevada limitedliability company; DRI RESIDENTIAL
CORPORATION – NEVADA, a Nevada
corporation; DRI RESIDENTIAL

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CORPORATION, a California corporation;
EAGLE PLASTERING, INC. fka SUNDANCE
PLASTERING, a Nevada corporation;
EXECUTIVE PLUMBING, INC., a Nevada
corporation; EXTREME CONCRETE, LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company; GENERAL
ELECTRIC COMPANY; a New York corporation;
HARRISON DOOR COMPANY, a Nevada
corporation; HOUSTON-STAFFORD
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a Texas limited partnership;
INFINITY BUILDING PRODUCTS, LLC, an
Arizona limited liability company; HUTCHINS
DRYWALL, INC., a Nevada corporation;
INTERSTATE PLUMBING & AIR
CONDITIONING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability
company; JAYAR MANUFACTURING, INC., a
Texas corporation; JOHNSON ELECTRIC, INC., a
Nevada corporation; KNIPP BROTHERS INC. dba
KBI CONSTRUCTION, an Arizona corporation;
K&K DOOR & TRIM, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company; K&K FRAMERS, INC., a
Nevada corporation; KENNINGTON
PLASTERING NEVADA, a Nevada corporation;
LARRY METHVIN INSTALLATIONS, INC., a
California corporation; LAS VEGAS CULTURED
MARBLE, INC., a Nevada corporation; MASCO
CABINETRY, LLC, a Michigan limited liability
company; MERILLAT INDUSTRIES, INC., a
Michigan corporation; THE MASONRY GROUP
NEVADA, INC., a Nevada corporation; NEVADA
COUNTERTOP CORPORATION, a Nevada
corporation; POWER HOUSE PLASTERING, a
Nevada corporation; HIRSCHI MASONRY, LLC,
a Nevada limited-liability company, NEVADA
STAIRS, INC., a Nevada corporation; NEW
CRETE, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company;
PETERSEN-DEAN, INC., a California company;
QUALITY BUILT, LLC, a California limited
liability company; QUALITY WOOD
PRODUCTS, LTD., a Nevada corporation; RED
ROCK MECHANICAL, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company; SACRAMENTO INSULATION
CONTRACTORS dba GAL BUILDING
PRODUCTS; WEST COAST AIR
CONDITIONING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability
company; REPUBLIC ELECTRIC, INC., a Nevada
corporation; ROADRUNNER DRYWALL CORP.,
a Nevada corporation; SBS CONSTRUCTION,
INC., a Nevada corporation; SELECTBUILD
CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Delaware corporation;
SILVER STATE STEEL GROUP, INC., a Nevada
corporation; SIERRA AIR CONDITIONING, INC.,
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a Nevada corporation; SILVER STATE
FIREPLACES, INC., a Nevada corporation;
SOUTHWEST GLAZING & WINDOWS, LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company; STATE
INSULATION, LLC, a Nevada limited liability
company; SUN CITY LANDSCAPES & LAWN
MAINTENANCE, INC., a Nevada corporation;
SUNRISE CARPENTRY, INC., an Arizona
corporation; T AND F MARBLE & GRANITE,
INC., a Nevada corporation; AMERICAN
WOODMARK CORP. dba TIMBERLAKE
CABINET COMPANY, a Nevada corporation;
AMENDE CABINET CORPORATION dba
TIMBERLAKE CABINET COMPANY, a Virginia
corporation; T&R PAINTING AND DRYWALL,
INC., a Nevada limited liability company; T&R
CONSTRUCTION GROUP dba T&R PAINTING
AND DRYWALL, a Nevada CORPORATION;
TITAN STAIRS & TRIM, a Nevada corporation;
TOWER BUILDERS, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company; TRI-CITY DRYWALL, INC., a
Nevada corporation; ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS,
INC., a Delaware corporation; UNIQUE-SCAPE
AND DESIGN, a Nevada corporation; VALENTE
CONCRETE, LLC, a Nevada limited liability
company; WESTERN SHOWER DOOR, INC., a
Nevada corporation; WEST COAST
COUNTERTOPS, INC., a Nevada corporation;
WEST COAST COUNTERTOPS, INC., a Nevada
corporation; WEST COAST PROPERTY
CONSULTANTS, INC., a California corporation;
WESTCOR CONSTRUCTION, a Nevada
corporation; XO WINDOWS NEVADA, LLC, a
Nevada corporation; and ZEPEDA BROS. PAINT
& DRYWALL, LLC, a Nevada limited liability
company,
Third-Party Defendants.

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ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY’S
MOTION FOR DETERMINATION OF GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT

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Third-Party Defendant GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY’S Motion for Determination of
Good Faith Settlement having been filed on August 1, 2017, having received no responses in opposition
to the Motion, and the Court having considered the Motion, pleadings and papers on file herein, being
advised that a settlement in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS
($250.00), having been negotiated by GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, in favor of Third-Party
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Plaintiffs, which settlement excludes any additional insured obligations, and GOOD CAUSE

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APPEARING THEREFORE:

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Third-Party Defendant

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GENERAL ELECTRICY COMPANY’S Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement is hereby

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granted pursuant to N.R.S. 17.245;

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the settlement between

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Third-Party Plaintiffs and Third-Party Defendant GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, in the total

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amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($250.00) is determined to be in

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good faith;

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that upon payment of the

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settlement monies, any and all Complaints, Third-Party Complaints, Cross-Claims, Counterclaims, and

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any other claims filed against, or that could have or should have been filed against Third-Party Defendant,

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GENERAL ELECTRIC, shall be dismissed with prejudice, including claims for equitable indemnity and

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contribution, and any other future equitable and/or implied indemnity claims shall be barred pursuant to

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N.R.S. 17.245.

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DATED this ____ day of March, 2018
13th
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II
United States District Court

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Respectfully submitted by:
SKANE WILCOX LLP

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/s/ Beth A. Cook, Esq.
By:
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Elizabeth A. Skane, Esq. (Nevada Bar #7181)
[e-mail]
Sarai L. Brown, Esq. (Nevada Bar 11067)
[e-mail]
Beth A. Cook, Esq. (Nevada Bar #9928)
[e-mail]
1120 Town Center Drive, Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89144

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Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant,
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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