Lafferty v. Liu et al

Filing 16

STIPULATION AND ORDER to continue trial date and modify pretrial deadlines re parties' 15 Stipulated Motion : Jury Trial is CONTINUED to 5/7/2018 and the pretrial deadlines will be adjusted accordingly, signed by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (SWT)

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The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 SHANE LAFFERTY, No. 2:17-cv-00749-RSM 11 12 13 14 Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND MODIFY PRETRIAL DEADLINES vs. CHRISTOPHER LIU et al. Defendants. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 STIPULATION Defendant David Heenan, by and through his counsel Stephen T. LeCuyer, Thomas B. Nedderman, and John A. Safarli, Defendant Hudson Insurance Company (“Hudson”), by and through its counsel William W. Spencer, and Plaintiff Shane Lafferty, by and through his counsel William J. Johnston (collectively, “the Parties”) respectfully request this Court continue the trial date that is currently set for February 5, 2018, Dkt. #10, and modify the pretrial deadlines accordingly. This matter was originally filed in Whatcom County Superior Court on March 6, 2017. STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND MODIFY PRETRIAL DEADLINES - 1 No. 2:17-CV-00749-RSM F LOYD , P FLUEGER & R INGER P.S. 200 W. THOMAS ST., SUITE 500 SEATTLE, WA 98119-4296 TEL 206 441-4455 FAX 206 441-8484 1 The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner was served with the summons and 2 complaint on April 17, 2017, accepted service, and forwarded copies to Hudson, which were 3 received on April 26, 2017. Hudson then removed this matter, and this Court set trial for 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 February 5, 2018. Dkt. #10. Heenan was not served until July 7, 2017—the day after the trial date was set. Heenan’s counsel have since appeared. Dkt. #11, #12, #14. Heenan’s counsel have discussed a new trial date with counsel for Hudson and for Plaintiff. The Parties all consent to a new trial date. A new case schedule would provide Heenan with time to comply with pretrial deadlines, including expert disclosure under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2), which is currently due on August 9, 2017. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request that this Court continue the trial date until May 2018, and modify the pretrial dates accordingly. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED THIS 31st day of July, 2017. 14 15 16 17 18 19 FLOYD, PFLUEGER & RINGER, P.S. By: s/ Thomas B. Nedderman Thomas B. Nedderman tnedderman@floyd-ringer.com John A. Safarli jsafarli@floyd-ringer.com 200 W. Thomas Street, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98119-4296 Tel (206) 441-4455 Fax (206) 441-8484 20 21 22 23 24 25 OFFICE OF THE TRIBAL ATTORNEY SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY By: s/ Stephen T. LeCuyer Stephen T. LeCuyer slecuyer@swinomish.nsn.us 11404 Moorage Way La Conner, WA 98257 Tel (360) 466-1058 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND MODIFY PRETRIAL DEADLINES - 2 No. 2:17-CV-00749-RSM F LOYD , P FLUEGER & R INGER P.S. 200 W. THOMAS ST., SUITE 500 SEATTLE, WA 98119-4296 TEL 206 441-4455 FAX 206 441-8484 1 2 3 Attorneys for Defendant David Heenan MURRAY DUNHAM & MURRAY 7 By: William W. Spencer william@murraydunham.com P.O. Box 9844 200 W. Thomas St., Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98109-0844 Tel (206) 622-2655 8 Attorney for Hudson Insurance Company 9 13 WILLIAM J. JOHNSTON By: s/ William J. Johnston William J. Johnston wjtj47@gmail.com 401 Central Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225 Tel (360) 676-1931 Fax (360) 676-1931 14 Attorney for Plaintiff Shane Lafferty 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND MODIFY PRETRIAL DEADLINES - 3 No. 2:17-CV-00749-RSM F LOYD , P FLUEGER & R INGER P.S. 200 W. THOMAS ST., SUITE 500 SEATTLE, WA 98119-4296 TEL 206 441-4455 FAX 206 441-8484 1 ORDER 2 The trial date is continued from February 5, 2018, to May 7, 2018, and the pretrial 3 deadlines will be adjusted accordingly. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 Dated this 1 day of August 2017. 7 8 A 9 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND MODIFY PRETRIAL DEADLINES - 4 No. 2:17-CV-00749-RSM F LOYD , P FLUEGER & R INGER P.S. 200 W. THOMAS ST., SUITE 500 SEATTLE, WA 98119-4296 TEL 206 441-4455 FAX 206 441-8484

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