Laron v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

Opinion

1 Brian D. Nettles James J. Rosemergy Nevada Bar No. 7462 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 2 NETTLES MORRIS CARY DANIS & LOWE 1389 Galleria Drive, Suite 200 8235 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 1100 3 Henderson, NV 89014 Clayton, MO 63105 T: 702.434.8282; F: 702.434.1488 T: 314.725.7700 4 Email: brian@nettlesmorris.com Email: jrosemergy@careydanis.com 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff Anthony Laron Attorneys for Plaintiff Anthony Laron 6 Dominica C. Anderson (SBN 2988) Sean K. Burke Tyson E. Hafen (SBN 13139) Admitted Pro Hac Vice 7 DUANE MORRIS LLP Drew T. Dorner 100 N. City Parkway, Suite 1560 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 8 Las Vegas, NV 89106 DUANE MORRIS LLP T: 702.868.2655; F: 702.993.0722 505 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1000 9 Email: tehafen@duanemorris.com Washington, D.C. 20004-2166 dcanderson@duanemorris.com T: 202.776.7800; F: 215.776.7801 10 Email: sburke@duanemorris.com Dana J. Ash dtdorner@duanemorris.com 11 Admitted Pro Hac Vice DUANE MORRIS LLP Attorneys for Defendant 12 30 South 17th Street Wright Medical Technology, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196 13 T: 215.979.1000; F: 215.979.1020 Email: djash@duanemorris.com 14 Attorneys for Defendant 15 Wright Medical Technology, Inc. 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 18 ANTHONY LARON, Case No.: 2:18-cv-01161-MMD-DJA 19 Plaintiff, JOINT REQUEST TO RESCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 20 v. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 21 WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 22 Defendant. 23 24 Plaintiff Anthony Laron (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Wright Medical Technology, Inc. 25 (“Wright Medical” and collectively, the “Parties”) by and through their undersigned counsel, jointly 26 request that the settlement conference scheduled for May 9, 2022 in this matter be rescheduled. In 27 support of their Joint Request, the Parties state as follows: 1 1. This is a complex medical device case arising out of products liability claims related 2 to Plaintiff Anthony Laron’s implantation of certain hip implant devices allegedly manufactured 3 and/or sold by Defendant Wright Medical. 4 2. On March 1, 2022, after ruling on the Parties’ dispositive motion briefing, this Court 5 issued an Order scheduling a settlement conference in this matter (the “Order”) to take place remotely 6 on May 9, 2022 at 10:00 am. See Dkt. No. 67. 7 3. The Order also stated that “[a]ny requests to reschedule the SC must be submitted at 8 least one (1) week in advance of the scheduled date and provide a detailed reason for the request.” 9 Id. 10 4. Presently, counsel for both Parties are working together to potentially resolve this 11 matter informally. Discussions regarding a potential resolution have been taking place between 12 counsel for both Parties and these discussions have been fruitful. 13 5. Therefore, to save time and costs that could otherwise disrupt this potential settlement 14 effort, the Parties respectfully request that the settlement conference in this matter be rescheduled. 15 Specifically, the Parties respectfully request that the settlement conference date be extended by 16 approximately thirty (30) days. This brief extension will allow the Parties to continue settlement 17 discussions informally for the next thirty days without incurring costs of preparing for and attending 18 a settlement conference, but will also provide a separate avenue to resolve this matter if informal 19 discussions reach an impasse. 20 6. The Parties represent that they are both generally available the week of June 6 or the 21 week of June 13, 2022 to appear remotely for the settlement conference in the event these efforts to 22 resolve the case informally are unsuccessful. 23 /// 24 25 26 27 1 |} Dated: April 29, 2022 2 3 CAREY, DANIS & LOWE DUANE MORRIS LLP 4 By _/s/_ James J. Rosemergy By:_/s/ Tyson E. Hafen James J. Rosemergy (pro hac vice) Sean K. Burke (pro hac vice) 5 CAREY DANIS & LOWE Drew T. Dorner (pro hac vice) 6 St. Louis, MO 63105 . T: 314.678.1064 505 oth Street, N.W., Suite 1000 7 jrosemergy@careydanis.com Washington, DC 20004-2166 T: (202) 776-7800 8 Brian D. Nettles sburke@duanemorris.com Nevada Bar No. 7462 dtdorner@duanemorris.com 9 NETTLES | MORRIS 1389 Galleria Drive Suite 200 Dana J. Ash (pro hac vice) 10 Henderson, NV 89014 DUANE MORRIS LLP T: 702.434.8282 30 South 17" Street 11 brian@nettlesmorris.com Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196 T: 215.979.1000 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff djash@duanemorris.com 13 Tyson E. Hafen (SBN 13139) 14 Dominica C. Anderson (SBN 2988) DUANE MORRIS LLP 15 100 N. City Parkway, Suite 1560 Las Vegas, NV 89106 16 T: 702.868.2600 tehafen@duanemorris.com 17 dcanderson@duanemorris.com 18 Attorneys for Defendant Wright Medical Technology, Inc. 19 ORDER 20 IT IS ORDERED that the Settlement Conference currently scheduled for May 9, 2022 is VACATED and RESET to Monday, July 11, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. IT IS FURTHER 32 || ORDERED that the written settlement statements must be submitted by Noon on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other provisions of the 23 || Court's prior Order ECF No. 67 remain in effect. 24 . DATED: May 3, 2022. \) —_ 25 AQ 26 >A □□ DANIEL J. ALBREGIS 27 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 28