Hrabe-Kinzer v. The Vons Companies, Inc.

Opinion

1 JNaecvka Pd.a BSutartdee nB,a Er sNqo. . 6918 2 Jacquelyn Franco, Esq. Nevada State Bar No. 13484 3 BACKUS | BURDEN 4 3050 South Durango Drive Las Vegas, NV 89117 5 (702)872-5555 (702)872-5545 6 jburden@backuslaw.com jacquelynfranco@backuslaw.com 7 Attorneys for Defendant 8 The Vons Companies, Inc. 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 NEREIDA HRABE-KINZER, individually; ) Case No. 2:24-cv-00691-ART-MDC 12 ) Plaintiff, ) 13 vs. ) ) STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 14 THE VONS COMPANIES, INC., dba Vons ) DISCOVERY DEADLINES Grocery Co #1970, a foreign limited-liability ) 15 company; DOE EMPLOYEE; ROE ) Second Request 16 OWNER/OPERATOR; DOE INDIVIDUALS ) 2-10; ROE BUSINESS ENTITIES 2-10, ) 17 inclusive jointly and severally, ) ) 18 Defendants. ) 19 In accordance with Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court for the 20 District of Nevada (“LR”) 26-3, THE VONS COMPANIES, INC. (“Defendant”), by and through 21 its counsel of record Jack P. Burden, Esq. and Jacquelyn Franco, Esq. the law firm of BACKUS | 22 23 BURDEN, and Plaintiff NEREIDA HRABE-KINZER (“Plaintiff”), by and through her counsel of 24 record Jonathan Lee, Esq. of the law firm RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM, hereby stipulate and agree 25 to an extension of all remaining discovery deadlines by sixty (60) days. The parties propose the 26 following revised discovery plan: 27 Pursuant to Local Rule 6-1(b), the Parties hereby aver that this is the second such 28 1 extension is stipulated by the Parties; 2) a sixty (60) day extension will not impact a trial date 2 because the same has not been scheduled; 3) the Parties, their respective Counsel, and witnesses 3 have been limited in appearing for deposition due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and 4) the requested 4 extension is made in good faith by both Parties. Pioneer Investment Services v. Brunswick 5 Associate’s, Ltd., 507 U.S. 380, 395 (1993). 6 I. 7 8 DISCOVERY COMPLETED TO DATE 9 1. Plaintiff served her Initial List of Witnesses and Documents Pursuant to FRCP 10 26(a), with twelve (12) supplements thereto. 11 2. Defendant served its Initial Disclosures of Witnesses and Documents Pursuant to 12 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1), with two (2) supplements thereto. 13 3. The Parties stipulated to a Confidentiality and Protective Order. 14 4. Plaintiff propounded interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for 15 16 admission on Defendant; all of which were timely responded to. 17 5. Defendant pr propounded interrogatories and requests for production on Plaintiff; 18 each of which were timely responded to. 19 6. Defendant took Plaintiff’s deposition on November 26, 2024. 20 II. 21 DISCOVERY TO BE COMPLETED AND REASONS 22 FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY 23 24 Discovery to be completed includes: 25 1. Supplementation of the Parties FRCP 26 Disclosures; 26 2. Depositions of fact witnesses; 27 3. Depositions of Plaintiff’s treating medical providers; 28 1 5. FRCP 26(a)(2) designation of initial and rebuttal expert witnesses; and 2 6. Depositions of initial and rebuttal witnesses. 3 7. Additional written discovery and depositions as the Parties deem necessary. 4 III. 5 REASONS WHY DISCOVERY WAS NOT COMPLETED WITHIN TIME SET BY 6 DISCOVERY PLAN 7 8 The Parties aver, pursuant to Local Rule 6-1, that good cause exists for the requested 9 extension. First, during the deposition of Plaintiff, new medical providers were identified; 10 including pre- and post-slip and fall. Further, the Plaintiff continues to treat for alleged accident- 11 related injuries. The Parties request the additional time to subpoena the new providers. Second, 12 Defendant is currently in its busiest time of year [from Halloween through Valentine’s Day]. 13 Because of the same, store employee(s) and/or corporate 30(b)(6) witness(es) are not available to 14 sit for deposition. 15 16 IV. 17 DISCOVERY DEADLINES 18 Discovery cutoff: April 4, 2025 19 Amending the pleadings or adding parties: January 6, 2025 20 Initial expert disclosures: January 6, 2025 21 Rebuttal expert disclosures: February 3, 2025 22 Dispositive motions: May 6, 2025 23 24 Joint Pre-Trial Order, if no Dispositive Motions June 5, 2025 25 VII. 26 [PROPOSED] NEW DISCOVERY DEADLINES 27 Discovery cutoff: June 3, 2025 28 1 Hrabe-Kinzer v. The Vons Companies, Inc. 2 Stipulation and Order to Extend (Second Request) 3 Rebuttal expert disclosures April 4, 2025 4 Expert disclosures: March 7, 2025 5 6 Dispositive motions: July 7, 2025 7 Joint Pre-Trial Order, if no Dispositive Motions August 7, 2025 8 The Parties aver that this request for extension of discovery deadlines is made by the 9 10 11 Parties in good faith and not for the purpose of delay. 12 13 DATED this 3rd day of December 2024. DATED this 3rd day of December 2024. RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM BACKUS | BURDEN 14 15 /s/_Jonathan Lee_____________ /s/_Jacquelyn Franco__________ 16 JONATHAN B. LEE, ESQ. JACK P. BURDEN, ESQ. 17 Nevada Bar No. 13524 Nevada Bar No. 6918 801 South Fourth Street JACQUELYN FRANCO, ESQ. 18 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Nevada Bar No. 13484 Attorneys for Plaintiff 3050 South Durango Drive 19 Las Vegas, NV 89117 Attorneys for Defendant 20 21 22 ORDER 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 ____________________________________ 25 United States Magistrate Judge Date: 12-6-24 26 27 28