Potter v. Crane Co. et al
Filing
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ORDER Granting 396 Stipulation of Dismissal. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 11/17/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)
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DAVID J. MORTENSEN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 2547
JESSICA GANDY, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 14202
MESSNER REEVES LLP
8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
Telephone:
(702) 363-5100
Facsimile:
(702) 363-5101
E-mail: dmortensen@messner.com
jgandy@messner.com
Attorneys for Defendant
Rogers Corporation
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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JORDAN J. POTTER,
Case No. 2:20-CV-00276-RFB-VCF
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Plaintiff,
vs.
STIPULATION TO DISMISS
DEFENDANT ROGERS CORPORATION
ARROWHEAD PRODUCTS, Individually
and as successor in interest to Arrowhead
Rubber Company;
CRANE CO.; DCO, LLC;
EATON AEROQUIP, LLC;
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
GOODRICH CORPORATION fka The BF
Goodrich Company;
HARCOSEMCO LLC fka HARCO LLC;
HENKEL CORPORATION as successor-ininterest to Loctite Corporation and Dexter
Hysol; HEXCEL CORPORATION, fka, Heath
Tecna fka Ciba-Geigy;
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
Individually and as successor to Alliedsignal,
Inc. and The Bendix Corporation; IMO
INDUSTRIES, INC.;
IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., Individually and as
successor in interest to Adel Fasteners;
INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, as successor in interest to
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Arrowhead Products and Arrowhead Rubber
Company;
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION;
OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP.;
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION,
Individually and as successor-in-interest to
Cleveland Wheel & Brake and Stratoflex
Productions;
ROGERS CORPORATION;
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED;
TIGHITCO INC. as successor-in-interest to
H.I. Thompson Company and HITCO;
TITEFLEX COMMERCIAL INC;
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION fka United Technologies
Corporation;
WYETH HOLDINGS LLC; wyeth Holdings
Corp. fka American Cyanamid Corporation;
DOES 1 through 10, inclusive and ROE
CORPORATIONS 1 through 50, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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COMES NOW, Plaintiff, JORDAN POTTER by and through their counsel of record,
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Jackalyn Olinger Rochelle, Esq. and Lorrette Fisher, Esq. of the law firm of MAUNE RAICHLE
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HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD LLC., and Defendant, ROGERS CORPORATION, by and through
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their counsel of record, David J. Mortensen, Esq. and Jessica R. Gandy, Esq., of the law firm of
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MESSNER REEVES LLP, hereby stipulate and agree to the following:
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That Defendant ROGERS CORPORATION, shall be dismissed, from the instant
litigation, Federal District of Nevada Civil Case No. 2:20-CV-00276-RFB-VCF
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2. Each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs.
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Counsel to this matter have agreed to the use of their e-signatures via email correspondence,
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attached hereto as Exhibit 1. The Proposed Order regarding Stipulation and Order for Dismissal of
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Defendant Rogers Corporation is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
DATED this 17th day of November, 2021.
DATED this 17th day of November, 2021
MESSNER REEVES LLP
MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH &
MUDD LLC
/s/ Jessica Gandy
David J. Mortensen, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 2547
Jessica Gandy, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 14202
8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
Attorneys for Defendant
Rogers Corporation
/s/ Jackalyn Olinger Rochelle
Jackalyn A. Olinger Rochelle
Illinois Bar No. 6288480
Admitted Pro Hac Vice
Lorrette Fisher, New York Bar No. 5263934
Admitted Pro Hac Vice
1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200
St. Louis, MO 63101
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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Lawrence E. Mittin, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 005428
CRAIG P. KENNY & ASSOCIATES
501 S. 8th Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT NO.
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Email correspondence re: counsel to this matter have agreed to
the use of their e-signatures
Proposed Order regarding Stipulation for Dismissal of Defendant
Rogers Corp.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 17th day of November, 2021, I served a true and correct
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copy of the foregoing STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS DEFENDANT ROGERS,
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CORPORATION addressed to the following counsel of record at the following address(es) via
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electronic mail:
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Plaintiff Jordan Potter
MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD LLC
1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200, St. Louis, MO 63101
Jackalyn Olinger Rochelle jrochelle@mrhfmlw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Lorrette Fisher lfisher@mrhfmlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Kelly Pool kpool@mrhfmlaw.com (Paralegal)
CRAIG P. KENNY & ASSOCIATES
501 S. 8th Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Lawrence Mittin lmittin@cpklaw.com (NV Counsel)
Stephanie Hanks shanks@cpklaw.com (Paralegal)
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Defendant Old Orchard Industrial Corp
GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI
300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
James Cavanaugh jecavanaugh@grsm.com (Senior Counsel)
James Lowery jlowery@grsm.com (Partner)
Theodore Yarbrough tyarbrough@grsm.com (Associate)
Andrea Montero amontero@grsm.com
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Defendant General Dynamics Corporation
GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI
1 Battery Park Plaza, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10004
300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
James Cavanaugh jecavanaugh@grsm.com (Senior Counsel)
Erik DiMarco edimarco@grsm.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Michael Ramirez mramirez@grsm.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Aleksandra Szajna aszajna@grsm.com (Associate)
Ashley Wilson awilson@grsm.com
Andrea Montero amontero@grsm.com
Jessica Huot jhuot@grsm.com
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Defendant Dexter Hysol Aerospace and Henkel US Operations Corp
LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
6385 South Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600, Las Vegas, Nevada 89118
Steven Abbott steven.abbott@lewisbrisbois.com (Partner)
Kari Halbrook kari.halbrook@lewisbrisbois.com (Partner)
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Michael Smith michael.r.smith@lewisbrisbois.com (Associate)
Amanda Doell amanda.doell@lewisbrisbois.com (Paralegal)
Cynthia Halas cynthia.halas@lewisbrisbois.com (Legal Assistant)
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Defendant Arrowhead Products and Industrial Manufacturing Company
BENESCH FRIEDLANDER COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP
200 Public Square, Suite 2300 Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2378
4100 South High Street, Suite 2600, Columbus, Ohio 43215-6164
Eric Zalud ezalud@beneschlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Joe Blalock JBlalock@beneschlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Nora Cook ncook@beneschlaw.com (Associate)
HOLLAND & HART LLP
9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
Lars Evensen lkevensen@hollandhart.com (NV Counsel)
Joseph Went jgwent@hollandhart.com (NV Counsel)
Defendants Titeflex Commercial, Inc. and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC)
EVANS FEARS & SCHUTTERT LLP
6720 Via Austi Parkway, Suite 300, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
Alexandria Layton alayton@efstriallaw.com (Associate)
Jay Schuttert jschuttert@efstriallaw.com (Partner)
MG+M THE LAW FIRM (Titeflex Commercial, Inc., only)
125 High Street Boston, MA 02110
Jonathan Tabasky jtabasky@mgmlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
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Defendant HarcoSemco
OLSON CANNON GORMLEY & STOBERSKI
9950 West Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89129
Paterno Jurani pjurani@ocgas.com (Associate)
Michael Stoberski mstoberski@ocgas.com (Associate)
Deborah Lien dlien@ocgas.com (Paralegal)
Cindie McCulloch cmcculloch@ocgas.com (Legal Assistant)
Defendant Eaton Aeorquip, LLC
MESSNER REEVES LLP
8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
Michael Edwards medwards@messner.com (NV Counsel)
Derek Noack dnoack@messner.com (NV Counsel)
Laurie Moreno lmoreno@messner.com (Legal Assistant)
Lisa Thayer lthayer@messner.com (Legal Assistant)
SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP
1000 Jackson Street, Toledo OH 43604
David Strup dstrup@shumaker.com (Pro Hac Vice)
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Defendant Hexcel Corporation
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP
3770 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Michelle Alarie malarie@atllp.com (NV Counsel)
Gregory Iken giken@atllp.com (NV Counsel)
Christie Rehfeld crehfeld@atllp.com (Legal Assistant)
GLAZIER YEE LLP
707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2025, Los Angeles, California 90017
Scott Kossoudji kossoudji@glazieryee.com (Pro Hac Vice)
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Defendant Wyeth Holdings LLC
KING & SPALDING LLP
50 California Street, Suite 3300, San Francisco, CA 94111
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1600, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Troy D. McMahan TMcMahan@kslaw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Stephanie Le SLe@kslaw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
WILEY PETERSEN
Robert Caldwell RCaldwell@wileypetersenlaw.com (NV Counsel)
1050 Indigo Dr., Suite 200B, Las Vegas, NV 89145
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Defendant Crane Co.
BACKUS, CARRANZA & BURDEN
3050 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89117
Edgar Carranza ecarranza@backuslaw.com (Associate)
Jacquelyn Franco jacquelynfranco@backuslaw.com (Associate)
Defendant Parker-Hannifin Corporation
SNELL & WILMER LLP
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100, Las Vegas, NV 89169
Tracy Fowler tfowler@swlaw.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Dawn Davis ddavis@swlaw.com (NV Counsel)
Lyndsey Luxford lluxford@swlaw.com (Legal Assistant)
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Defendant Teleflex Incorporated
CLARK HILL PLLC
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
West Broadway, Suite 500, San Diego, California 92101
Nicholas Wieczorek nwieczorek@clarkhill.com (NV Counsel)
Gerald Schneewise gschneeweis@clarkhill.com (Pro Hac Vice)
Kyle Fellenz kfellenz@clarkhill.com (Pro Hac Vice)
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Defendant General Electric
LEWIS ROCA ROTHERGERBER CHRISTIE LLP
3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996
J. Christopher Jorgensen cjorgensen@lrrc.com (Associate)
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/s/ Tya Frabott
An Employee of Messner Reeves LLP
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Exhibit 1
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Tya Frabott
From:
Sent:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Jackie Olinger Rochelle
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:48 PM
Tya Frabott; Jessica R. Gandy
Stephanie Prescott
RE: Our File No. 10677.0002 / Rogers et. al adv. Potter / STIPULATION TO DISMISS ROGERS
CORPORATION
Yes, thank you
Jackie Olinger Rochelle
MRHFM
Cell: (314) 570-8840
Email: jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com
From: Tya Frabott [mailto:tfrabott@messner.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:16 PM
To: Jackie Olinger Rochelle ; Jessica R. Gandy
Cc: Stephanie Prescott
Subject: RE: Our File No. 10677.0002 / Rogers et. al adv. Potter / STIPULATION TO DISMISS ROGERS CORPORATION
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments
unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Good morning Ms. Rochelle,
The Stipulation has been updated to reflect the change, see attached. Do we have permission to affix your e‐signature?
Thank you,
TYA FRABOTT
Legal Assistant
Messner Reeves LLP
O: 702.363.5100 E: tfrabott@messner.com
8945 W. Russell Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV 89148
From: Jackie Olinger Rochelle
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 7:42 AM
To: Jessica R. Gandy
Cc: Tya Frabott ; Stephanie Prescott
Subject: Re: Our File No. 10677.0002 / Rogers et. al adv. Potter / STIPULATION TO DISMISS ROGERS CORPORATION
Jessica ‐ the motion reads “with prejudice” in one of the last sentences. Can you adjust?
Jackie Olinger Rochelle
Attorney at Law
Maune Raichle Hartley
French & Mudd, LLC
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jrochelle@mrhfmlaw.com
Office: 314.244.1397
Cell: 314.570.8840
On Nov 16, 2021, at 5:36 PM, Jessica R. Gandy wrote:
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments
unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Jackie –
Per our conversation, please see the attached SAO.
Thank you,
Jessica
JESSICA R. GANDY
Attorney
M: 702.363.5100 E: jgandy@messner.com
8945 W. Russell Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV 89148
One East Liberty Street, Suite 600, Reno, NV 89501
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DAVID J. MORTENSEN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 2547
JESSICA GANDY, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 14202
MESSNER REEVES LLP
8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
Telephone:
(702) 363-5100
Facsimile:
(702) 363-5101
E-mail: dmortensen@messner.com
jgandy@messner.com
Attorneys for Defendant
Rogers Corporation
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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JORDAN J. POTTER,
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Plaintiff,
vs.
ORDER REGARDING STIPULATION TO
DISMISS DEFENDANT ROGERS
CORPORATION
ARROWHEAD PRODUCTS, Individually
and as successor in interest to Arrowhead
Rubber Company;
CRANE CO.; DCO, LLC;
EATON AEROQUIP, LLC;
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
GOODRICH CORPORATION fka The BF
Goodrich Company;
HARCOSEMCO LLC fka HARCO LLC;
HENKEL CORPORATION as successor-ininterest to Loctite Corporation and Dexter
Hysol; HEXCEL CORPORATION, fka, Heath
Tecna fka Ciba-Geigy;
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
Individually and as successor to Alliedsignal,
Inc. and The Bendix Corporation; IMO
INDUSTRIES, INC.;
IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., Individually and as
successor in interest to Adel Fasteners;
INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, as successor in interest to
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Arrowhead Products and Arrowhead Rubber
Company;
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION;
OLD ORCHARD INDUSTRIAL CORP.;
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION,
Individually and as successor-in-interest to
Cleveland Wheel & Brake and Stratoflex
Productions;
ROGERS CORPORATION;
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED;
TIGHITCO INC. as successor-in-interest to
H.I. Thompson Company and HITCO;
TITEFLEX COMMERCIAL INC;
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION fka United Technologies
Corporation;
WYETH HOLDINGS LLC; wyeth Holdings
Corp. fka American Cyanamid Corporation;
DOES 1 through 10, inclusive and ROE
CORPORATIONS 1 through 50, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of counsel for the moving parties, and good cause
appearing therefore.
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant, ROGERS CORPORATION, shall be dismissed,
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from the instant litigation, United States District Court for the District of Nevada Case No. 2:20-
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CV-00276-RFB-VCF;
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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November
DATED this _____ day of ____________, 2021.
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DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
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Respectfully submitted by:
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MESSNER REEVES LLP
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/s/ Jessica Gandy
DAVID J. MORTENSEN, ESQ. (NBN 2547)
JESSICA GANDY, ESQ. (NBN 14202)
8945 West Russell Road, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
Telephone:
(702) 363-5100
Facsimile: (702) 363-5101
E-mail: dmortensen@messner.com
jgandy@messner.com
Attorneys For Defendant
Rogers Corporation
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