Symeonides v. Trump Ruffin Commercial LLC et al

Filing 35

ORDER Granting 34 Stipulation to Exceed the 10 Deposition Limit Pursuant to Rule 30(a)(2)(A). Signed by Magistrate Judge Maximiliano D. Couvillier, III on 5/9/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - RJDG)

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JOSH COLE AICKLEN
Nevada Bar No. 007254
[e-mail]
DAVID B. AVAKIAN
Nevada Bar No. 009502
YILMAZ E. TURKERI
Nevada Bar No. 15468
[e-mail]
6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89118
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 702.893.3789
Attorneys for Defendant TRUMP RUFFIN
TOWER I, LLC, erroneously sued herein as
TRUMP RUFFIN COMMERCIAL, LLC, d/b/a
TRUMP INTERNATIONAL LAS VEGAS and
TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL &
TOWER LAS VEGAS; and TRUMP
INTERNATIONAL HOTELS MANAGEMENT,
LLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

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Case No. 2:23-cv-00854-JAD-MDC

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STIPULATION TO EXCEED THE 10
DEPOSITION LIMIT PURSUANT TO
RULE 30(a)(2)(A)

Individual,

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Plaintiff,
vs.
TRUMP RUFFIN COMMERCIAL, LLC, a
Foreign Limited-Liability Company d/b/a
TRUMP INTERNATIONAL LAS VEGAS
and TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL &
TOWER LAS VEGAS; TRUMP RUFFIN
TOWER I, LLC, a Foreign Limited-Liability
Company; TRUMP INTERNATIONAL
HOTELS MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Foreign
Limited-Liability Company; OTIS
ELEVATOR CORPORATION, a Foreign
Corporation; DOES I through X, inclusive;
and ROE BUSINESS ENTITIES I through
XX, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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LEWIS

COMES NOW, Plaintiff SEBASTIAN SYMEONIDES, by and through his attorneys

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BRISBOIS

BISGAARD
& SMITH LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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1 of record, the law firm CHRISTIANSEN TRIAL LAWYERS, Defendant TRUMP RUFFIN
2 TOWER I, LLC, erroneously sued herein as TRUMP RUFFIN COMMERCIAL, LLC, d/b/a
3 TRUMP INTERNATIONAL LAS VEGAS and TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL &
4 TOWER LAS VEGAS; and TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTELS MANAGEMENT, LLC by
5 and through its counsel of record, the law firm LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
6 and Defendant OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY by and through its counsel of record, the law
7 firm ROGERS, MASTRANGELO, CARVALHO, AND MITCHELL and TUCKER ELLIS LLP,
8 and hereby agree that the limit of ten (10) depositions per side, set forth by Fed. R. Civ. P.
9 30(a)(2)(A), will be exceeded by Defendants and by Plaintiffs as stipulated herein.
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This matter involves allegations of personal injury by Plaintiff SEBASTIAN

11 SYMEONIDES as a result of an alleged elevator incident on February 14, 2022. Due to
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13 incident, the parties agree that the ten (10) deposition limit per side will prevent the parties
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15 fact witnesses, including numerous medical and expert witnesses, which will need to be
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Therefore, the parties hereby stipulate to exceed ten (10) depositions per Fed. R.

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1. Nothing in the parties’ stipulation or any associated Order shall be construed so

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as to modify the Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(d)(1) limitations as to deposition duration

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(“[u]nless otherwise stipulated or ordered by the court, a deposition is limited to

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1 day of 7 hours”); nor shall this stipulation be construed so as to deprive any

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party of that party’s right to seek Court relief from the Rule 30(d) deposition

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duration limitations pursuant to that subsection.

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2. Nothing in the parties’ stipulation or any associated Order shall be construed so

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as to prejudice or preclude the right of any parties hereto from seeking Court

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relief, including but not limited to any protective orders, pursuant to any

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applicable provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – including but not

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& SMITH LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Case No. 2:23-cv-00854-JAD-VCF
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STIPULATION TO EXCEED THE 10 DEPOSITION LIMIT PURSUANT TO RULE 30(a)(2)(A)

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limited to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c), 30(d), 30(g).

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Dated this 7th day of May, 2024

Dated this 7th day of May, 2024

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CHRISTIANSEN TRIAL LAWYERS

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD &
SMITH LLP

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/s/ R. Todd Terry
PETER CHRISTIANSEN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 5254
R. TODD TERRY, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 6519
KEELY P. CHIPPOLETTI, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 13931
710 South 7th Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Dated this 7th day of May, 2024
ROGERS, MASTRANGELO, CARVALHO
& MITCHELL

/s/ Josh Cole Aicklen
JOSH COLE AICKLEN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 7254
DAVID B. AVAKIAN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 9502
YILMAZ E. TURKERI, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 15468
6385 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89118
Attorneys for Defendant
Trump Ruffin Tower I, Trump International
Las Vegas and Trump International Hotel
& Tower Las Vegas and Trump
International Hotels Management, LLC

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/s/ Rebecca L. Mastrangelo
REBECCA L. MASTRANGELO, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 5417
700 South 3rd Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Attorneys for Defendant Otis Elevator
Company
Dated this ___ day of May, 2024
TUCKER ELLIS LLP
/s/ Vasudhsiri T. Sathienmars
SU-LYN COMBS, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice)
515 South Flower Street
Forty-Second Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071

IT IS SO ORDERED

V. SATHIENMARS (Pro Hac Vice)
201 Mission Street, Suite 2310
San Francisco, CA 94105

United States Magistrate Judge

Attorneys for Defendant Otis Elevator
Company

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5-9-24
DATED: __________________________

BRISBOIS

BISGAARD
& SMITH LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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STIPULATION TO EXCEED THE 10 DEPOSITION LIMIT PURSUANT TO RULE 30(a)(2)(A)

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