Doucet v. Conam Management Corporation

Filing 13

ORDER granting 10 Defendant's Request to Excuse Attendance of Insurance Carrier Representative at Early Neutral Evaluation. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 11/14/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MARY DOUCET,
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Plaintiff,
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CONAM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,
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Defendant.
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Case No.: 2:17-cv-02571-GMN-PAL
ORDER

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This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s Request to Excuse Attendance of Insurance

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Carrier Representative at Early Neutral Evaluation (ECF No. 10), filed on November 2, 2017.

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Plaintiff filed a Limited Opposition (ECF No. 12) on November 13, 2017.

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Defendant requests that its insurance representative, who resides in New York, be excused

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from personal attendance at the Early Neutral Evaluation (“ENE”) set for December 7, 2017.

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Defendant represents that it believes the insurance representative is not necessary at the ENE because

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it believes that the settlement value of this matter is well below its self-insured retention rate of

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$100,000.00. Plaintiff represents that she does not have a problem with Defendant’s insurance

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representative remaining in New York. However, Plaintiff requests that Defendant’s insurance

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representative be made available by telephone during the time of the ENE. Therefore, the Court will

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grant Defendant’s request and instructs Defendant to ensure that its insurance representative is

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available via telephone at the time of the ENE. According,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s Request to Excuse Attendance of Insurance
Carrier Representative at Early Neutral Evaluation (ECF No. 10) is granted.
DATED this 14th day of November, 2017.

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GEORGE FOLEY, JR.
United States Magistrate Judge