Shepard et al v. Ford Motor Company et al

Filing 46

ORDER APPROVING and ADOPTING 44 Report and Recommendation. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that D Ford Motor Company's 35 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement is GRANTED. A telephone status conference is set for Friday, December 11, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Signed by Judge Edward C. Reed, Jr on 11/17/2009. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA DENNY SHEPARD, individually and as ) Co-Administrator of the Estate of ) JESSICA L. SHEPARD, deceased, and ) WALTER I. LEBERSKI, as Co) Administrator of the Estate of ) JESSICA L. SHEPARD, deceased ) DENNY SHEPARD as the guardian of ) ODESSA and CHELSEA SHEPARD, minors,) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) FORD MOTOR COMPANY, TRW AUTOMOTIVE ) INC., TRW, INC., and TRW VEHICLE ) SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) PRESENT: Deputy Clerk: EDWARD C. REED, JR. COLLEEN LARSEN Reporter: 3:09-CV-00196-ECR-RAM MINUTES OF THE COURT DATE: November 17, 2009

U. S. DISTRICT JUDGE NONE APPEARING

Counsel for Plaintiff(s) Counsel for Defendant(s) MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS

NONE APPEARING NONE APPEARING

On October 13, 2009, the Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation (#44) recommending that Defendant Ford Motor Company's Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement (#35) be granted. No objections have been filed to the Report and Recommendation (#44). IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (#44) is well taken and it is APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Court. IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Ford Motor Company's Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement (#35) is GRANTED.

This action has previously been dismissed as to Defendant TRW, Inc. by our Order (#45), filed on October 23, 2009. A telephone status conference is set for Friday, December 11, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., to determine the further proceedings in this case. It appears that the case has been dismissed as to all defendants except TRW Automotive Inc. and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. In the event the action is dismissed as to the remaining defendants prior to the status conference, the status conference will be vacated. LANCE S. WILSON, CLERK By /s/ Deputy Clerk

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