Pennington v. Fluor Corporation et al

Filing 179

ORDER granting (178) Motion to Consolidate Cases in case 0:17-cv-02094-JMC; granting (131) Motion to Consolidate Cases in case 0:17-cv-02201-JMC; granting (25) Motion to Consolidate Cases in case 0:19-cv-00346-JMC Signed by Honorable J Michelle Childs on 8/5/2019.Associated Cases: 0:19-cv-00346-JMC, 0:17-cv-02094-JMC, 0:17-cv-02201-JMC(asni, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ROCK HILL DIVISION
MICHAEL ARNETT, CHRISTOPHER
BALL, MARK BARON, KIMBERLY
BENTZ, JOSEPH BERENDZEN, JAMES
BLAND, JOHN BRUNSON, ROWENA
BURKE, DOUGLAS CARMAN,
VINCENT CHABOT, JAMISON
CROWLEY, JASON DEARBORN, SEAN
DONAHOE, BRIAN DUNNE, ALEX
FILO, MICHAEL FOGARTY,
SHANNOTN GAVIT, JAY HUMPHERY,
SHANE LARTER, TRENT LEE,
HAROLD LEWIS, JOHN PAUL MIMS,
GARY OBERMEYER, JAMES REDD,
THOMAS SAUER, THOMAS SIMS,
MATTHEW SKELLEY, DON SPENCE,
LARRY STEPANEK, DEWAII TATE,
JAMES WARWICK,
v.

Plaintiffs,

FLUOR ENTERPRISES, INC., FLUOR
CORPORATION, SCANA
CORPORATION, and SOUTH
CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS
COMPANY,
Defendants.
Harry Pennington III and Timothy
Lorentz, on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly situated,
v.

Plaintiffs,

Fluor Corporation, Fluor Enterprises, Inc.,
Fluor Daniel Maintenance Services, Inc.,
SCANA Corporation, and South Carolina
Electric & Gas Company,
Defendants.

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C/A No.: 0:19-cv-00346-JMC

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C/A No. 0:17-cv-02094-JMC

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Lawrence Butler, Lakeisha Darwish,
and Jimi Che Sutton,
v.

Plaintiffs,

Fluor Corporation and Fluor Enterprises,
Inc.,
Defendants.

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C/A No. 0:17-cv-02201-JMC

ORDER GRANTING CONSENT MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE
This matter is before the Court on the Parties’ Consent Motion to Consolidate, whereby
the Parties request that this action be consolidated with the already-consolidated actions pending
before this Court, styled Pennington et al. v. Fluor Corp. et al., C/A No. 0:17-02094-JMC
(“Pennington Action”) and Butler et al. v. Fluor Corp. et al., C/A No. 0:17-02201-JMC (“Butler
Action”).

Having read and carefully considered the Consent Motion to Consolidate, the Court

hereby GRANTS the Parties’ Consent Motion to Consolidate and consolidates these proceedings
with the Pennington Action and the Butler Action for purposes of discovery and pretrial motions. 1
All relevant filings and submissions shall be made in all three case numbers from this point
forward.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 5th day of August, 2019.
s/J. Michelle Childs
J. Michelle Childs
United States District Judge
Columbia, South Carolina

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At the close of discovery, and after the court has issued an opinion on any dispositive motion
filed, the court will decide to what extent, if at all, the trial of these three cases shall proceed
together.
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