City v. United States of America

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided September 4, 2024·No. 2:20-cv-02193·Unknown

Opinion

United States Attorney District of Nevada Nevada Bar No. 7709 R. Thomas Colonna Assistant United States Attorney 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 388-6552 Richard.Colonna@usdoj.gov Attorneys for the United States UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Tameia City, Plaintiff, Case No. 2:20-cv-02193-JCM-EJY vs. AMENDED JOINT PRE-TRIAL ORDER The United States of America, Defendant. Emely Johana Portillo, an individual; and Eva Lilian Leonzo De Portillo an individual Plaintiffs, vs. The United States of America, Defendant Comes now Plaintiff Tameia City (“City”), by and through her attorneys Jordan Schnitzer, Esq., and Plaintiffs Emely Johanna Portillo (“Emely Portillo”) and Eva Lilian Leonzo de Portillo (“Eva Portillo”); and Defendant United States of America, by the United States Attorney, submit this proposed Amended Joint Pretrial Order pursuant to the Court’s Order on August 19, 2024, and Local Rules 16-3 and 16-4. I. Summary of Action This is a tort action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), wherein Plaintiffs Tameia City and Plaintiffs Emely Johana Portillo and Eva Lilian Leonzo de

Portillo allege they sustained personal injuries arising out of a motor vehicle accident occurring on May 7, 2019. II. Statement of Jurisdiction The Court’s subject matter jurisdiction arises under the FTCA, codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1346 et. seq. Because this is an FTCA case, the Court will be acting as the trier-of-fact. There will be no jury trial in this case. Venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2). The following facts are admitted by the parties and require no proof: 1. Plaintiff Tameia City, Defendant’s employee Kyle Loose, and Plaintiffs Emely

Portillo and Eva Portillo, were involved in a motor vehicle accident on or about May 7, 2019. 2. At the time of the accident, Mr. Loose was acting in the course and scope of his duties as an employee of the United States. IV. The following facts, though not admitted, will not be contested at trial by evidence to the contrary: None. V. The following are the issues of fact to be tried and determined at trial. 1. The duty of care owed and to whom. 2. The actions or inactions taken to constitute a breach of duty of care. 3. The mechanism of the cause of the accident. 4. Whether, and to what extent, Plaintiff City, suffered injury and/or sustained

damages from the accident. 5. Whether, and to what extent, Plaintiff Emely Portillo, suffered injury and/or sustained damages from the accident. 6. Whether, and to what extent, Plaintiff Eva Portillo suffered injury and/or sustained damages from the accident. 7. The extent and quality of Plaintiff City’s pre-existing medical conditions. 8. The extent and quality of Plaintiff Emely Portillo’s pre-existing medical conditions. 9. The extent and quality of Plaintiff Eva Portillo’s pre-existing medical conditions. 10. Whether Plaintiff City’s alleged damages, if any, are attributable to medical

conditions that pre-existed the accident. 11. Whether Plaintiff Emely Portillo’s alleged damages, if any, are attributable to medical conditions that pre-existed the accident. 12. Whether Plaintiff Eva Portillo’s alleged damages, if any, are attributable to medical conditions that pre-existed the accident. 13. Whether Plaintiff City contributed to her own alleged damages. 14. Whether Plaintiff Emely Portillo contributed to her own alleged damages. 15. Whether Plaintiff Eva Portillo contributed to her own alleged damages. 16. Whether, and to what extent, Plaintiff City incurred damages as a proximate cause of the negligence of others. 17. Whether, and to what extent, Plaintiff Emely Portillo incurred damages as a proximate cause of the negligence of others. 18. Whether, and to what extent, Plaintiff Eva Portillo incurred damages as a

proximate cause of the negligence of others. 19. The type and extent of damages claimed for (1) past medical expenses; (2) future medical expenses; (3) pain and suffering; (4) lost wages; (5) property damages; (6) other general and special damages. 20. Whether Plaintiff City’s claim for medical damages were reasonably and necessarily incurred and caused by the accident. 21. Whether Plaintiff Emely Portillo’s claim for medical damages were reasonably and necessarily incurred and caused by the accident. 22. Whether Plaintiff Eva Portillo’s claim for medical damages were reasonably and necessarily incurred and caused by the accident.

23. Plaintiff City’s efforts to mitigate her alleged damages. 24. Plaintiff Emely Portillo’s efforts to mitigate her alleged damages. 25. Plaintiff Eva Portillo’s efforts to mitigate her alleged damages. VI. The following are the issues of law to be tried and determined at trial: 1. Duty of Care. Generally, everyone has a duty to exercise reasonable care when their conduct creates a risk of physical harm to others. Nev. J.I. 4.3. Negligence is the failure to exercise the degree of care which an ordinarily careful and prudent person would exercise under the same or similar circumstances. Id. Ordinary care is care which persons of ordinary prudence would exercise in the management of their own affairs to avoid injury to themselves or to others. Id. The issues as to duty are: a. Whether the parties owed a duty of care. 2. Proximate Cause. A proximate cause of injury, damage, loss, or harm is a cause

which, in natural and continuous sequence, produces the injury, damage, loss, or harm, and without which the injury, damage, loss, or harm, would not have occurred. Nev. J.I. 4.4. The issues as to causation are: a. Whether a breach in the duty of care proximately caused the accident. 3. Comparative Negligence. A plaintiff may not recover damages if their comparative negligence has contributed more to their injury than the negligence of the defendant. Nev. J.I. 4.8. However, if the plaintiff is negligent, the plaintiff may still recover a reduced sum, so long as their comparative negligence was not greater than the negligence of the defendant. Id. The issues as to comparative negligence are: a. Whether Plaintiff(s) were negligent (and if so, by what percentage).

b. Whether Plaintiff’s negligence was a substantial factor in causing their own harm. c. Does Plaintiff’s percentage of negligence exceed the negligence of Losee, if any, barring recovery pursuant to NRS 41.141.(1). d. The percentage of negligence attributable to the Plaintiff shall reduce the amount of such recovery by the proportionate amount of such negligence and the reduction will be made by the Court. 4. Damages. In determining losses, if any, suffered by the Plaintiff as a proximate (legal) cause of the accident, the Court must take into consideration the nature, extent and duration from the evidence and decide upon a sum to reasonably and fairly compensate: (a) reasonable and necessary medical expenses incurred in the past; (b) reasonable and necessary medical expenses to incur in the future as a result of the accident; (c) lost earnings that were incurred and future earnings that are reasonably certain to have been lost in the future; (d) pain

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