Ellis v. Mercury Casualty Company

Filing 14

ORDER granting 12 Stipulation for Remand to State Court; Signed by Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro on 1/2/2019. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF, cc: Public Docket to State Court - JM)

Case 2:18-cv-01021-GMN-CWH Document 12 Filed 12/31/18 Page 1 of 3

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JOHN H. PODESTA, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 7487
CHRISTOPHER D. PHIPPS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 3788
WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP
300 South Fourth Street, 11th Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
[phone]; FAX [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant Mercury Casualty Company

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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SONDRA ELLIS, an individual,

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Case No. 2:18-cv-01021-GMN-CWH

Plaintiff,

STIPUALTION AND ORDER FOR
REMAND TO STATE COURT

vs.
MERCURY CASUALTY COMPANY, a foreign
business entity; DOES I through XX, inclusive; and
ROE CORPORATIONS I through XX, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff, SONDRA ELLIS, by and through her undersigned counsel of record, Steven Baker,

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Esq., of the law firm of Bertoldo Baker Carter & Smith, and Defendant MERCURY CASUALTY

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COMPANY, by and through its undersigned counsel of record, John H. Podesta, Esq., and

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Christopher D. Phipps, Esq., of the law firm Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP,

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hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

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WHEREAS Plaintiff was involved in a March 25, 2015, motor vehicle accident, which has
led to the filing of the Complaint in the instant action;

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WHEREAS Plaintiff was involved in a subsequent motor vehicle accident, for which
Defendant is still in the process of adjusting Plaintiff’s claim and for which no action has been filed
or is pending in any court;
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WHEREAS the instant action had been removed to the United States District Court based
upon diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1441(a), et seq.;

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT the Plaintiff’s claims arising out of

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the Complaint on file herein pertaining to the March 25, 2015, motor vehicle collision will not

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exceed $75,000.00 (Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars), and that Plaintiff agrees to limit recovery to

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that amount;

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT the instant action be

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remanded back to the Eighth Judicial District Court in and for Clark County, State of Nevada, for

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all further proceedings; and

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT in the event an action is

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ultimately filed with respect to the subsequent motor vehicle accident, each side reserves all rights

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and defenses relative to the subsequent motor vehicle accident, including the right to seek removal

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and consolidation of the cases involving uninsured motorist benefits under defendant’s policy for

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the two motor vehicle accidents.

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Respectfully Submitted,

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DATED this 31st day of December, 2018

DATED this 31st day of December, 2018

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WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ
EDELMAN & DICKER LLP

BERTOLDO BAKER CARTER & SMITH

/s/ Christopher D. Phipps
JOHN H. PODESTA, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 7487
CHRISTOPHER D. PHIPPS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 3788
300 South Fourth Street, 11th Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-6014
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant Mercury Casualty
Company

/s/ Steven Baker, Esq.
STEVEN M. BAKER, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 4522
7408 w. Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Benjamin J. Carman, Esq.
Nevada Bar No.: 13565
Ranalli Zaniel Fowler & Moran, LLC
2400 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy.
Henderson, NV 89052
Attorneys for Defendant Mercury Casualty
Company

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ORDER

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The Court having consider the Stipulation of the parties and for good cause there appearing,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED the Plaintiff’s claims arising

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out of the Complaint on file herein pertaining to the March 25, 2015, motor vehicle collision may
not exceed $75,000.00 (Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars);

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that the instant
action is matter be remanded to the Eighth Judicial District Court in and for Clark County, State of
Nevada, for all further proceedings; and

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that should an

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action be filed by Plaintiff related to the subsequent motor vehicle accident, both parties have

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reserved all rights and defenses relative to the subsequent motor vehicle accident, including the right
to seek removal and consolidation of the cases involving the two motor vehicle accidents

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DATED this _____ day of January, 2019.

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Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge
United States District Court

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