Olympic Air, Inc. et al v. Helicopter Technology Company et al

Filing 40

ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION granting parties' 35 Joint Motion to Consolidate cases; striking without prejudice Defendant MD Helicopters Inc.'s 10 Motion to Dismiss. All documents hereafter filed in these causes shall be filed and docketed under Case No. C17-1257RSL. Plaintiffs are ordered to meet and confer and within fourteen days of this order file a Consolidated Complaint. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 OLYMPIC AIR, INC. and CATLIN INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., 11 12 13 14 Plaintiffs, Case No. C17-1257RSL ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION v. HELICOPTER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 15 16 17 WILLIAM G. REED and MARY E. REED, Plaintiffs, 18 19 20 21 Case No. C17-1258RSL v. HELICOPTER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 22 23 This matter comes before the Court on “Plaintiffs’ Joint Motion to Consolidate Actions.” 24 Dkt. # 35. The parties seek to consolidate Olympic Air, Inc. v. Helicopter Tech. Co., Case No. 25 C17-1257RSL, with Reed v. Helicopter Tech. Co., Case No. C17-1258RSL. Both actions arise 26 out of the same helicopter accident and will involve many of the same witnesses and documents. 27 The motion is unopposed by defendants, who are the same in both matters. Dkt. # 37. 28 ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION - 1 1 The Court finds that these cases are appropriate for consolidation under Federal Rule of 2 Civil Procedure 42(a) because the actions involve common questions of law and fact, and the 3 interests of judicial economy will be served by consolidation. The Court therefore GRANTS the 4 motion, Dkt. # 35, and orders that the cases be consolidated pursuant to Rule 42(a). The cases 5 shall be consolidated for all purposes. All documents hereafter filed in these causes shall be filed 6 and docketed under Case No. C17-1257RSL. No further documents shall be filed in Case No. 7 C17-1258RSL. The Clerk of the Court is requested to file a copy of this order in both cases and 8 to close Case No. C17-1258RSL. 9 Although both of the above-captioned matters share the same defendants, they do not 10 share the same complaint. The attorneys for each matter’s plaintiffs are therefore ordered to 11 meet and confer and within fourteen days of this order file a Consolidated Complaint, which will 12 be the operative pleading in this case. 13 In addition, defendants filed nearly identical motions to dismiss in each matter. Case No. 14 C17-1257, Dkt. # 11; Case No. C17-1258, Dkt. # 10. Those motions were initially continued by 15 stipulation of counsel in both actions. Those motions are hereby stricken without prejudice to 16 defendants refiling a motion to dismiss in response to the Consolidated Complaint. 17 DATED this 21st day of March, 2018. 18 19 A Robert S. Lasnik 20 21 United States District Judge 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION - 2

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