Lemperle v. Avis Rent-A-Car Systems
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Opinion
1 || JOSH COLE AICKLEN Nevada Bar No. 007254 2 || josh.aicklen@lewisbrisbois.com STEPHEN L. TITZER 3 || Nevada Bar No. 008289 stephen.titzer@lewisbrisbois.com 4|| LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 5 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 TEL.: 702.893.3383 6 || FAX: 702.893.3789 Attorneys for Defendant 7 || VINCENT TJOTA 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 || REBECCA LEMPERLE, individually, CASE NO.: 2:18-cv-00202-JCM-DJA 13 Plaintiff, 14 VS. 15 || VINCENT TJOTA, individually; DOES I-x, 16 and ROE CORPORATIONS I-X, inclusive, Defendants. 17 18 DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL 19 COMES NOW, Defendant VINCENT TJOTA (“Defendant”), by and through his counsel, Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. and Stephen L. Titzer, Esq. of LEWIS BRISBOIS 21/|BISGAARD & SMITH LLP, and moves this Court for a continuance of the trial date 22 pursuant to Local Court Rule 45-2. 23 24 25 II] 26 //1 27
1 This Motion is based upon the following Memorandum of Points and Authorities, 2||the attached exhibits, the affidavit of counsel attached hereto, the papers and pleadings 3 || on file herein and any oral argument entertained at the time of hearing, if any. 4 DATED ie! 7 day of January, 2020. 5 Respectfully Submitted, 6 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 7 8 By /s/ Josh Cole Aicklen 9 JOSH COLE AICKLEN Nevada Bar No. 007254 10 STEPHEN L. TITZER Nevada Bar No. 008289 11 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 12 Attorneys for Defendant 13 VINCENT TJOTA 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2/7 78
1 AFFIDAVIT OF STEPHEN L. TITZER, ESQ., INSUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S > MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL
3 || STATE OF NEVADA Ss. || COUNTY OF CLARK ) 5 STEPHEN L. TITZER, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 6 1. | am a Partner at LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP, and am duly 7 || licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada. 8 2. | am competent to testify to the matters set forth in this Affidavit, and will do 9 || so if called upon. 10 3. | am an attorney representing Defendant VINCENT TJOTA in the subject 11 || lawsuit currently pending in the United States District Court of Nevada, Case No. 2:18-cv- 12 ||00202-JCM-DJA. 13 4. On January 15, 2020, | contacted Mike Kristoff, Esq. attorney for Plaintiff, 14 || and informed him that the Defendant Vincent Tjota lives in Singapore and cannot attend 15 || the present trial date. | requested that Plaintiff's counsel stipulate to continue the trial to 16 || December 2020. Plaintiff's counsel did not respond, thus necessitating the instant 17 || Motion. 18 5. This Motion is not filed for any improper purpose or to cause undue delay. 19 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of ECF No. 77, 20 || Order Granting Joint Pretrial Order. 21 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of a Letter from 22 || Vincent Tjota to Defense Counsel Requesting a Continuance, dated January 8, 2020. 23 FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. 24 Stephen L. Titzer, Esq 25 || SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED to before 26 ||me this [> day of|January, 2020. Sh GEM oiare oe nayncn 27 se County of Clark | Notary Public in arid for said es my MELISSA Y. LATRELL 28 || County and State aes pt Expires Joly 6, 2020
1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 2 I. 3 FACTUAL BACKGROUND 4 On Saturday, April 30, 2016, Defendant Vincent Tjota was visiting Las Vegas, 5 || Nevada and driving a Budget rental vehicle with Janice Siau, his fiancée, as a passenger. They live in Singapore. Vincent Tjota was driving a white 2016 Ford Mustang GT 7 || westbound on Bridger Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada, while stopped at the intersection of 8 Maryland Parkway. Plaintiff Rebecca Lemperle was driving a red 2015 Kia RIO LX 9 || vehicle southbound on Maryland. After stopping and looking both ways, Vincent Tjota 10 || proceeded to drive through the intersection, which was clear. At that time, Plaintiff drove 11 || through the intersection and struck Tjota’s Mustang as she was likely speeding through 12 || the intersection. Plaintiff lived in Sweden. 13 Mr. Tjota disputes liability. Mr. Tjota stopped at the intersection and looked both 14 || ways before proceeding through the intersection. Mr. Tjota did not see the Plaintiff's car 15 || and did not have enough time to react to avoid the impact. Plaintiff struck the rear panel 16 || of Defendant’s Mustang. Mr. Tjota disclosed the photographs from the scene of the 17 || accident that showed the damage to the right rear panel of his Mustang. 18 Presently, trial for this matter is scheduled to occur on June 15, 2020. See, ECF 19 ||No. 77, attached hereto as Exhibit A. Recently, on January 8, 2020, Defense counsel 20 || received a letter from Mr. Tjota who expressed a desire for trial to be pushed back until 21||December 2020 so he could be physically present at the time of trial. See, 22 || Correspondence from Vincent Tjota, attached hereto as Exhibit B. Mr. Tjota lives in 23 || Singapore and he will need to take off at least two weeks of work so he can travel to the 24 || United States and attend the trial. Id. Therefore, Defendant respectfully requests that 25 || this Court grant the Motion and continue trial until December 2020. 26 /// 27/11 28 ///
1 ll. 2 LEGAL ARGUMENT 3 A. Motions to Continue Standard and Argument 4 Pursuant to this Court’s local rules, 5 LCR 45-2 Continuance of Trial Date - Speedy Trial Act 6 A request to continue a trial date, whether by motion or stipulation, will not be considered unless it sets forth in detail 7 the reasons a continuance is necessary and the relevant 8 statutory citations for excludable periods of delay, if any, under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h). The request 9 must be accompanied by a proposed order that contained factual findings and relevant statutory citations, if any. 10 4 See, LCR 45-2.
12 District courts have the inherent power to control their respective dockets. See, 3 Oliva v. Sullivan, 958 F.2d 272, 273 (9th Cir. 1992); Hamilton Copper & Steel Corp. v.
14 Primary Steel, Inc., 898 F.2d 1428, 1429 (9th Cir. 1990). 15 The importance of physical presence at trial cannot be overlooked. The Federal
16 Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a) provides in part: 17 Rule 43. Taking Testimony 18 (a) In Open Court. At trial, the witnesses’ testimony must be taken in open court unless a federal statute, the Federal Rules 19 of Evidence, these rules, or others adopted by the Supreme Court provide otherwise. For good cause in compelling 20 circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous 21 transmission from a different location. 22 || See, FRCP 43(a). 23 oA The Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules also provided the following with respect to live testimony: 25 26 Contemporaneous transmission of testimony from a different location is permitted only on showing good cause in 27 compelling circumstances. The importance of presenting live testimony in court cannot be forgotten. The very ceremony of 28 trial and the presence of the factfinder may exert powerful
1 force for truthtelling. The opportunity to judge the demeanor of a witness face-to-face is accorded great value in our tradition. 2 Transmission cannot be justified merely by showing that it is inconvenient for the witness to attend the trial. 3 See, NOTES OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RULES - 1996 AMENDMENT (emphasis added). 4 As noted above, Mr. Tjota is not a United States Citizen and resides in Singapore. 5 Mr.
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1 || JOSH COLE AICKLEN Nevada Bar No. 007254 2 || josh.aicklen@lewisbrisbois.com STEPHEN L. TITZER 3 || Nevada Bar No. 008289 stephen.titzer@lewisbrisbois.com 4|| LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 5 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 TEL.: 702.893.3383 6 || FAX: 702.893.3789 Attorneys for Defendant 7 || VINCENT TJOTA 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 || REBECCA LEMPERLE, individually, CASE NO.: 2:18-cv-00202-JCM-DJA 13 Plaintiff, 14 VS. 15 || VINCENT TJOTA, individually; DOES I-x, 16 and ROE CORPORATIONS I-X, inclusive, Defendants. 17 18 DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL 19 COMES NOW, Defendant VINCENT TJOTA (“Defendant”), by and through his counsel, Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. and Stephen L. Titzer, Esq. of LEWIS BRISBOIS 21/|BISGAARD & SMITH LLP, and moves this Court for a continuance of the trial date 22 pursuant to Local Court Rule 45-2. 23 24 25 II] 26 //1 27
1 This Motion is based upon the following Memorandum of Points and Authorities, 2||the attached exhibits, the affidavit of counsel attached hereto, the papers and pleadings 3 || on file herein and any oral argument entertained at the time of hearing, if any. 4 DATED ie! 7 day of January, 2020. 5 Respectfully Submitted, 6 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 7 8 By /s/ Josh Cole Aicklen 9 JOSH COLE AICKLEN Nevada Bar No. 007254 10 STEPHEN L. TITZER Nevada Bar No. 008289 11 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 12 Attorneys for Defendant 13 VINCENT TJOTA 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2/7 78
1 AFFIDAVIT OF STEPHEN L. TITZER, ESQ., INSUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S > MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL
3 || STATE OF NEVADA Ss. || COUNTY OF CLARK ) 5 STEPHEN L. TITZER, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 6 1. | am a Partner at LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP, and am duly 7 || licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada. 8 2. | am competent to testify to the matters set forth in this Affidavit, and will do 9 || so if called upon. 10 3. | am an attorney representing Defendant VINCENT TJOTA in the subject 11 || lawsuit currently pending in the United States District Court of Nevada, Case No. 2:18-cv- 12 ||00202-JCM-DJA. 13 4. On January 15, 2020, | contacted Mike Kristoff, Esq. attorney for Plaintiff, 14 || and informed him that the Defendant Vincent Tjota lives in Singapore and cannot attend 15 || the present trial date. | requested that Plaintiff's counsel stipulate to continue the trial to 16 || December 2020. Plaintiff's counsel did not respond, thus necessitating the instant 17 || Motion. 18 5. This Motion is not filed for any improper purpose or to cause undue delay. 19 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of ECF No. 77, 20 || Order Granting Joint Pretrial Order. 21 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of a Letter from 22 || Vincent Tjota to Defense Counsel Requesting a Continuance, dated January 8, 2020. 23 FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. 24 Stephen L. Titzer, Esq 25 || SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED to before 26 ||me this [> day of|January, 2020. Sh GEM oiare oe nayncn 27 se County of Clark | Notary Public in arid for said es my MELISSA Y. LATRELL 28 || County and State aes pt Expires Joly 6, 2020
1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 2 I. 3 FACTUAL BACKGROUND 4 On Saturday, April 30, 2016, Defendant Vincent Tjota was visiting Las Vegas, 5 || Nevada and driving a Budget rental vehicle with Janice Siau, his fiancée, as a passenger. They live in Singapore. Vincent Tjota was driving a white 2016 Ford Mustang GT 7 || westbound on Bridger Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada, while stopped at the intersection of 8 Maryland Parkway. Plaintiff Rebecca Lemperle was driving a red 2015 Kia RIO LX 9 || vehicle southbound on Maryland. After stopping and looking both ways, Vincent Tjota 10 || proceeded to drive through the intersection, which was clear. At that time, Plaintiff drove 11 || through the intersection and struck Tjota’s Mustang as she was likely speeding through 12 || the intersection. Plaintiff lived in Sweden. 13 Mr. Tjota disputes liability. Mr. Tjota stopped at the intersection and looked both 14 || ways before proceeding through the intersection. Mr. Tjota did not see the Plaintiff's car 15 || and did not have enough time to react to avoid the impact. Plaintiff struck the rear panel 16 || of Defendant’s Mustang. Mr. Tjota disclosed the photographs from the scene of the 17 || accident that showed the damage to the right rear panel of his Mustang. 18 Presently, trial for this matter is scheduled to occur on June 15, 2020. See, ECF 19 ||No. 77, attached hereto as Exhibit A. Recently, on January 8, 2020, Defense counsel 20 || received a letter from Mr. Tjota who expressed a desire for trial to be pushed back until 21||December 2020 so he could be physically present at the time of trial. See, 22 || Correspondence from Vincent Tjota, attached hereto as Exhibit B. Mr. Tjota lives in 23 || Singapore and he will need to take off at least two weeks of work so he can travel to the 24 || United States and attend the trial. Id. Therefore, Defendant respectfully requests that 25 || this Court grant the Motion and continue trial until December 2020. 26 /// 27/11 28 ///
1 ll. 2 LEGAL ARGUMENT 3 A. Motions to Continue Standard and Argument 4 Pursuant to this Court’s local rules, 5 LCR 45-2 Continuance of Trial Date - Speedy Trial Act 6 A request to continue a trial date, whether by motion or stipulation, will not be considered unless it sets forth in detail 7 the reasons a continuance is necessary and the relevant 8 statutory citations for excludable periods of delay, if any, under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h). The request 9 must be accompanied by a proposed order that contained factual findings and relevant statutory citations, if any. 10 4 See, LCR 45-2.
12 District courts have the inherent power to control their respective dockets. See, 3 Oliva v. Sullivan, 958 F.2d 272, 273 (9th Cir. 1992); Hamilton Copper & Steel Corp. v.
14 Primary Steel, Inc., 898 F.2d 1428, 1429 (9th Cir. 1990). 15 The importance of physical presence at trial cannot be overlooked. The Federal
16 Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a) provides in part: 17 Rule 43. Taking Testimony 18 (a) In Open Court. At trial, the witnesses’ testimony must be taken in open court unless a federal statute, the Federal Rules 19 of Evidence, these rules, or others adopted by the Supreme Court provide otherwise. For good cause in compelling 20 circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous 21 transmission from a different location. 22 || See, FRCP 43(a). 23 oA The Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules also provided the following with respect to live testimony: 25 26 Contemporaneous transmission of testimony from a different location is permitted only on showing good cause in 27 compelling circumstances. The importance of presenting live testimony in court cannot be forgotten. The very ceremony of 28 trial and the presence of the factfinder may exert powerful
1 force for truthtelling. The opportunity to judge the demeanor of a witness face-to-face is accorded great value in our tradition. 2 Transmission cannot be justified merely by showing that it is inconvenient for the witness to attend the trial. 3 See, NOTES OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RULES - 1996 AMENDMENT (emphasis added). 4 As noted above, Mr. Tjota is not a United States Citizen and resides in Singapore. 5 Mr. Tjota has expressed his desire to Defense counsel to be physically present at the 6 time of trial, but unfortunately, is unable to do so until December 2020 due to work 7 3 restrictions and the distance he must travel to be present at trial - typically a twenty-plus hour flight. Mr. Tjota deserves his day in court as does every party to a legal proceeding. 9 Defense counsel believes that it would be manifestly unjust if Defendant is not able to be 0 present to testify in front of the finders of fact. As such, Defense counsel finds it 11 imperative that Mr. Tjota be physically present at the time of trial and therefore 12 3 respectfully requests that this Court continue trial until December 2020. Ul. 14 CONCLUSION 15 Defendant requests that this Court grant his Motion and continue this matter’s 16 current trial date to December of 2020 so he can be physically present at trial. 7 18 DATED this day of January, 2020.
19 Respectfully Submitted, 20 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
21 22 By _____/s/Josh Cole Aicklen JOSH COLE AICKLEN 23 Nevada Bar No. 007254 STEPHEN L. TITZER 24 Nevada Bar No. 008289 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 25 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 Attorneys for Defendant 26 VINCENT TJOTA 27 78
1 ORDER 2 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant's Motion 3 || to Continue Trial is GRANTED pursuant to Local Rule 45-2; and; 4 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the current trial 5 || date on June 15, 2020 is VACATED; and 6 IT |S FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the new trial date 7 || shall commence on December 14, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. on a three-week stack. Calendar Call is December 9, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. 8 “IT IS SO ORDERED.” 9 DATED January 24, 2020. 10 Ethos ¢ Atal Wun 11 (oy 49 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
13 || Submitted By: 14 || Dated IH(7 JAE 45 || LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 16 7 Jogn Cole Aicklen, Esq. 4g || Stephen L. Titzer, Esq. 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 19 || Las Vegas, NV 89118 20 Attorneys for Defendant VINCENT TJOTA
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 | hereby certify that on this [ day of January, 2020, a true and correct copy 3||of the foregoing DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL was served via 4 || electronic service by the U.S. District Court CM/ECF system to the parties with an email- 5 || address on record, as follows: 6 || Paul D. Powell, Esq. Michael A. Kristof, Esq. 7 || Johnathon C. Roberts, Esq. 8 THE POWELL LAW FIRM 8918 Spanish Ridge Avenue, Suite 100 g || Las Vegas, NV 89148 Telephone: 702-728-5500 10 || Fax: 702-728-5501 paul@tplf.com 11 || mkristof@tplf.com 42 jroberts@tplf.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 13 || REBECCA LEMPERLE 14 15 16 17 By Pathe Employee of 18 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 78
Lemperle v. Tjota, Case No. 2:18-cv-00202-JCM-CWH
EXHIBIT A ECF No. 77 — Joint Pretrial Order
EXHIBIT A
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|| JOSH COLE AICKLEN Nevada Bar No. 007254 2 || josh.aicklen@lewisbrisbois.com STEPHEN L. TITZER 3 || Nevada Bar No. 008289 stephen ter Gtew str sbars com LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 5 j} Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 TEL.: 702.893.3383 6 || FAX: 702.893.3789 Attorneys for Defendant 7 |; VINCENT TJOTA 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 || REBECCA LEMPERLE, individually, CASE NO.: 2:18-cv-00202-JCM-DJA 13 Plaintiff, 14 VS. 15 || VINCENT TJOTA, individually; DOES I-x, 16 and ROE CORPORATIONS I-X, inclusive, Defendants. 17 18 JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER 19 COMES NOW Plaintiff, REBECCA LEMPERLE (Plaintiff), by and through her 20 || attorneys, Michael A. Kristof, Esq. of THE POWELL LAW FIRM; and Defendant 21 || VINCENT TJOTA (“Defendant”), by and through his attorneys, Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. 22 ||and Stephen L. Titzer, Esq. of LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP; and submit 23 || the Joint Pretrial Order pursuant to LR 16-3 and LR 16-4. 24 Following pretrial proceedings in this case: 25 ||!- STATEMENT OF ACTION 26 A. Nature of Action 27 This is a case arising from a motor vehicle accident involving Plaintiff REBECCA 28 LEMPERLE and Defendant VINCENT TJOTA. The accident occurred in Las Vegas,
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Nevada, Clark County, on April 30, 2016. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant caused the 2 || accident. Defendant disputes liability and alleges Plaintiff caused the accident. 3 B. Relief Sought 4 Plaintiff seeks general damages, past and future medical specials, pain and 5 || suffering. C. Identification of the Parties 7 This case was removed to Federal Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1441(a) and 8 || 1446 based upon diversity jurisdiction. 9 During all relevant times, Plaintiff is a resident of Clark County, Nevada. 10 During all relevant times, Defendant VINCENT TJOTA is a foreign resident of the 11 || Country of Singapore. 12 Plaintiff made claims for medical special damages and pain and suffering, with the 13 || amount in controversy in excess of $75,000.00. 14 D. Contentions of the Parties 15 1. Plaintiffs Contentions 16 Plaintiff contends that Defendant caused the accident and Plaintiff was injured. 17 2. Defendant's Contentions 18 Defendant contends that Plaintiff caused the accident, that the Plaintiff did not 19 || sustain personal injury as a result of the subject event, that Plaintiff's injuries were pre- 20 || existing, not causally related to the subject event and that the medical billings were not 21 || reasonable and necessary. 22 | Il. STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION 23 This Court has diversity jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 24 || 1332(A)(1), as the alleged value of the matter in controversy exceeds $75,000.00, and 25 || the suit is between citizens of different states. 26/1. ADMITTED FACTS 27 The following facts are admitted by the parties and require no proof: 28 1. The subject motor vehicle accident occurred on April 30, 2016.
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1 2. Plaintiff filed the Complaint. 2 3. Defendant filed an Answer. 3/|IV. UNCONTESTED FACTS 4 The following facts, though not admitted, will not be contested at trial by evidence 5 || to the contrary: None. iV. ISSUES OF FACT FOR TRIAL 7]; The following issues of fact are to be tried and determined upon trial: 8 1. Whether Defendant was negligent. 9 2. Whether Plaintiff was negligent. 10 3. Whether the subject incident proximately caused injuries and other 11 || damages to Plaintiff. 12 4. The amount of apportionment for any pre-existing condition or unrelated 13 || event and subsequent accident. 14 5. The monetary value of Plaintiff's injuries and damages, if any. 15|iVi. ISSUES OF LAW FOR TRIAL 16 The following are issues of law are to be tried and determined upon trial: 17 1. Whether Defendant breached a duty of care to Plaintiff. 18 2. Whether Defendant caused the subject accident. 19 3. Whether Plaintiff breached a duty of care to Defendant. 20 4, Whether Plaintiff caused the subject accident and comparative fault. 21 2. Whether Plaintiff met her burden of proof, production and persuasion as to 22 || alleged injuries and amount of damages, and the issue of apportionment for any pre- 23 || existing conditions or the subsequent events for Plaintiff's claims in controversy. 24iiVii. EXHIBITS FOR TRIAL 25 (a) The following exhibits are stipulated into evidence in this case and may be so 26 || marked by the clerk: 27 1. Plaintiff's Complaint. 28 2. Defendant's Answer.
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1 (b) As to the following additional exhibits the parties have reached the 2 || stipulations stated: 3 None. 4 (1) Plaintiff's exhibits: 5 MEDICAL AND/OR BILLING RECORDS 6 1. Medical records and billing from Align Med for dates of service 5/2/16 7 through 9/1/16: 8 2. Medical records and billing from Med MRI Center for dates of service 5/19/16 through 5/26/17; 14 3. Medical records and billing from interventional Pain and Spine Institute for 12 dates of service 6/15/16 through 8/31/17; 13 4, Medical records and billing from Surgical Arts Center for dates of service 14 6/27/16 through 2/20/17; 15 5. Medical records and billing from Anesthesiology Consultants for date of 16 service 6/27/16; 6. Medical records and billing from Western Regional Center for Brain and i Spine Surgery for dates of service 8/4/16 through 6/6/17; 20 7. Medical records and billing from Louis Mortillaro, Ph.D. for dates of service 1 2/16/17 through 4/12/17; 22 8. Medical records and billing from Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center for 23 dates of service 3/12/17 through 4/24/17; 24 9. Billing from Shadow Emergency Physicians, PLLC for dates of service 25 3/14/17 through 4/24/17; 10. Billing from Desert Radiologists for dates of service 3/14/17 through 28 4/22/17;
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1 11. Medical records and billing from Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center 2 for dates of service 4/19/17 through 4/21/17; 3 12. | Medical records and billing from Monitoring Associates for date of service ‘ 4/19/17; 6 13. Medical records and billing from Neuromonitoring Associates for date of
7 service 4/19/17; 8 14. Billing from Orthassist, LLC for date of service 4/19/17; 9 15. Medical records and billing from American Medical Response for date of 10 service 4/22/17; 1 16. Medical records and billing from Pueblo Medical Imaging for date of service 12 5/11/17; 13 17. | Medical records and billing from Wellhealth Quality Care for date of service 4/26/17; 16 18. Medical records and billing from Jackson Physical Therapy for dates of 17 service 6/15/17 through 8/23/17; 18 19. Medical records and billing from Advanced Orthopedics and Sports 19 Medicine for dates of service 6/8/17 through 8/21/17; 20 20. Billing from Select Physical Therapy for date of service 6/19/17; 21 21. Medical records and billing from Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services for dates of service 5/11/16 through 8/8/16;
24 22. Medical records and bills from Spring Valley Hospital for date of service 95 3/27/18: 96 23. □ Medical records and billing from Jackson Physical Therapy for dates of 27 service 2/8/18 through 4/6/18; 28 24. Patient forms from Align;
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1 25. Patient forms from Western Regional Center for Brain and Spine Surgery; 2 26. Patient forms from Interventional Pain & Spine Institute; 3 27. Medical records and billing from Interventional Pain & Spine Institute for 4 date of service 11/29/18; 28. Medical records and billing from Nevada Health Centers for dates of service
j 1/30/19 and 2/1/19; 8 29. Medical records and billing from Southwest Medical Associates for date of g service 2/19/19; 10 30. Medical records and billing from Premier Physical Therapy & Sports "1 Performance for dates of service 2/11/19 through 2/27/19; 12 31. | Medical records and billing from Pueblo Medical Imaging for date of service 8 3/18/19; 14 45 32. Medical records and billing from Interventional Pain & Spine Institute for
16 dates of service 1/30/19 and 2/21/19; 17 33. | Medical records and billing from Select Physical Therapy for date of service 18 6/19/17; 19 34. Medical billing from Shadow Emergency Physicians for dates of service 20 8/11/16, 3/12/17 and 3/27/18; and 2 35. | Medical records and billing from Spring Valley Hospital for date of service 8/11/16.
24 OTHER 25 1. Complaint; 26 2. State of Nevada Traffic Accident Report; 27 3. Google Maps Overview of Maryland Parkway and Bridger Avenue; 28
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1 4, Google Maps street view of southbound Maryland Parkway at Bridger 2 Avenue; 3 5. Google Maps street view of westbound Bridger Avenue at Maryland 4 Parkway; 6 6. Property damage Estimate of Record and CCC One Market Evaluation j Report, from Geico Insurance; 8 7. Fifty-four (54) color photographs of Plaintiff's vehicle, from Geico Insurance; 9 8. Documents produced by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 10 responsive to Subpoena Duces Tecum; 1 9. 911 audio file produced by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 12 responsive to Subpoena Duces Tecum; 10. Pink journal entries written by Plaintiff:
15 11. Black journal entries written by Plaintiff; 16 12. Curriculum Vitae, fee schedule and prior testimony list of David Oliveri, 17 M.D.; 18 13. Curriculum Vitae, fee schedule and prior testimony list of Stan Smith, Ph.D.; 19 14. Curriculum Vitae and fee schedule of Ryan Kissling, D.C.; 20 15. Curriculum Vitae and fee schedule of Michael DiGregorio, M.D.; 2 16. Curriculum Vitae and fee schedule of Kristine Lukens, D.C.; 17, Curriculum Vitae and fee schedule of Keith Lewis, M.D.; 24 18. Curriculum Vitae, fee schedule and prior testimony list of Jorg Rosler, M.D.; 25 19. Curriculum Vitae, fee schedule and prior testimony list of Jason Garber, 26 M.D.; 27 20. Curriculum Vitae, fee schedule and prior testimony list of Nick Liu, M.D.; 28 21. Employment records from VegeNation;
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1 X-RAYS, FILMS AND DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES 2 Plaintiff is aware of the following x-rays, films and diagnostic studies: 3 1. Align Med MRI Center 4 2. Desert Radiologists ° 3. Pubelo Medical Imaging j 4, Southwest Medical Associates 8 DEMONSTRATIVE EXHIBITS 9 Plaintiff may offer at trial certain exhibits for demonstrative purposes, including but 10 || not limited to, the following: 1 1. Power point images, blowups and transparencies for exhibits. 12 2. Models of various parts of the human body. 8 3. Diagrams, drawings, pictures, photos, film, video, DVD and CD ROM of various parts of the human body, diagnostic and surgical procedures. 16 4. Exemplars, models, or pictures of the surgical hardware/implantation 17 devises used, or expected to be used in the care and treatment of Plaintiff. 18 5. Power point images, drawings, diagrams, animations, story boards of the 19 incident, the location of the incident. 20 6. Power point images and blowups of deposition transcripts, discovery 2 responses, and jury instructions. 7. Maps, diagrams or models of the scene of the incident that is the subject of
24 this litigation. 25 (2) Defendant's exhibits: 26 A. Plaintiff's Complaint. 27 B. Defendant's Answer to Complaint. 28 C. Redacted Traffic Accident Report, TAR-00001 - TAR-00006.
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1 D. Color photographs, DEF-00001 - DEF-00020. 2 E. Color photographs, DEF00030 - DEF00046. 3 F. Visual Assessment Report and Salvage of Defendant's vehicle, 4 DEF00058 - DEF00059. 5 G. Plaintiffs Property Damage Records, DEF000323 - DEF000350. 6 H. GEICO’s records for Plaintiff's vehicle, DEFO00351 - DEF000436. 7 I. Pueblo Medical Imaging’s billing records (Canyon), CMBL00001 - 02. 8 J. Select Physical Therapy's medical and billing records, SPT00001 - 09. 9 K. Align Med’s medical and billing records, AM0001 - 159. 10 L. Interventional Pain and Spine Institute’s medical and billing records, 11 IPAS00001 - 108. 12 M. Surgical Arts Center's medical records, SAC00001 - 79. 13 N. American Medical Response’s medical and billing records, AMRIOQ001 - 17. 14 O. Orthassist, LLC’s medical and billing records, OL0001 - 04. 15 P. Monitoring Associates’ medical and billing records, MACT00001 - 11. 16 Q. Centennial Hills Hospital’s medical records, CHHM00001 - 395. 17 R. Desert Radiologists’ billing records, DRIB00001 - 03. 18 Ss. Louis Mortillaro, Ph.D.’s medical and billing records, LFMP00001 - 58. 19 T. Canyon Medical’s Billing records re Jackson Physical Therapy, Bates- 20 stamped CMBLO00001 - 06. 21 U. Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services’ records, Bates-stamped 22 SNAM00001 - 25. 23 V. Desert Radiologists’ medical records, Bates-stamped DRI00001 - 12. 24 W. _ Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center's Billing records, Bates-stamped 25 SVHMO00001 - 15. 26 X. Western Regional Center for Brain and Spine Surgery’s medical records, 27 Bates-stamped WRCFO00001 - 117. 28 | Y. CD’s of films from Align Med, Bates-stamped ALIGN-CD-00001 and
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1 ALIGN-CD-00002. 2 Zz. Shadow Emergency Physician’s medical and billing records, Bates-stamped 3 SEP00001 - 83. 4 AA. Western Regional Center for Brain and Spine Surgery’s medical and billing 5 records, Bates-stamped WRCF00001 - 117. 6 BB. Anesthesiology Consultants, Inc.’s affidavit of no records, Bates-stamped 7 ACI00001. 8 CC. Canyon Medical Billing for Centennial Hospital’s medical and billing 9 records, Bates-stamped CMBLO00001 - 02. 10 DD. Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, PC’s medical and billing 11 records, Bates-stamped AOASO00001 - 34. 12 EE. Pueblo Medical Imaging’s medical records, Bates-stamped PMIL00001 - 05. 13 FF. One 40 Beauty Lounge’s Employment Records, 14 Bates-stamped OBL00001 - 11. 15 GG. GEICO Claims File, Bates-stamped GEICO-00001 - 01135 and GGIC00001 16 - 1204; Recorded Statement of Plaintiff, Bates-stamped GEICO-AUDIO- 17 00001 and GEICO-AUDIO-00002. 18 HH. Vege Nation’s Employment Records, Bates-stamped V00001 - 35. 19 li. Care Now Urgent Care’s medical records, Bates-stamped CUC00001 - 26. 20 JJ. Southern Hills Hospital Medical Center's Billing records, Bates-stamped 21 SHHMO00001 - 09. 22 KK. Southern Hills Hospital Medical Center's medical records, Bates-stamped 23 SHHM00001 - 175. 24 LL. | Walmart’s medical and billing records, Bates-stamped WSI00001 - 06. 25 MM. Jackson Physical Therapy and Sport Medicine’s medical and billing records, 26 Bates-stamped JPTA00001. 27 NN. Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center's medical records, Bates-stamped 28 SVHMO00001 - 575.
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1 OO. Southern Nevada Mental Health Services’ medical and billing records, 2 Bates-stamped SNAM00026 - 29. 3 PP. Wellhealth Quality Care’s medical and billing records, Bates-stamped 4 WQC00001 - 11. 5 QQ. Vege Nation’s Employment Records, Bates-stamped V00036. 6 | RR. Keith M. Lewis, M.D.’s medical records, KMLM00001. 7| SS. Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services’ medical records, Bates- 8 stamped SNAM00026-30. 8 TT. Trails Family Medical’s medical records, TFM00001 - 51. UU. CD of films from Southern Hills Hospital, SHH-CD-00001.
42 VV. GEICO Insurance Company's records, GGICO1205 - 1211. 13 XX. Lake Mead Radiologists’ medical records, LMRO0001. 14 YY. Nevada Department of Health and Human Services’ records, 15 NDOH00001 - NDOHO0045. 16 ZZ. Certificate no records, Healthcare Partners Nevada, HPNLO0001 - 02. 7 AAA. LMR Upright MRI, affidavit of no records, LUM00001 - LUMO00002. BBB. Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance’s medical and billing records, PPTA00001 - PPTA00120.
21 CCC. Southwest Medical /OPTUM Dept. of Radiology’s medical records, 22 SMDO 00001 - SMDO 00003. 23 DDD. CD of films, Southwest Medical /OPTUM Dept. of Radiology, 24 SMDO-CD-00001. The CD is available for inspection. 25 EEE. Martin Luther King Family Health Center's medical records and billing, 26 MLKFO00001 - 154. 27 FFF. Southwest Medical Associates’ medical records and billing, SMA00001 - 64. 28
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1 GGG. CD of Dr. David Oliver's file, bates stamped DO-CD-00001. 2 HHH. Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance, Affidavit of no films, PPTA 00121. 4 (c) As to the following exhibits, the party against whom the same will be offered 5 objects to their admission upon the grounds stated: 6 (1) | Objections to Plaintiff's exhibits: Any medical records, billings or claims for damages Plaintiff failed to disclose and 8 produce in the FRCP Rule 26 disclosures, and/or submitted after the expiration of the discovery deadline; and any initial and rebuttal experts and their expert reports disclosed 10 after the expert deadlines. " Defendant does not stipulate to the reasonableness, necessity, causation and/or "2 relatedness of the medical records in the Exhibits. 8 (2) Objections to Defendant's exhibits: "4 None 18 (d) Electronic Evidence: 16 No party in this matter anticipates presenting electronic evidence to the jury. u (e) Depositions: 8 1. Plaintiff will offer the following depositions: Plaintiff does not intend to read 19 any depositions at this time, but reserves the right to use depositions due to deponent 20 unavailability, to refresh recollection and/or to impeach deposed witnesses. 21 2. Defendant will offer the following depositions: 22 Plaintiff. 23 Vill. WITNESSES FOR TRIAL 24 The following witnesses may be called by the parties at trial: 25 (a) Plaintiff's Witnesses 26 1. REBECCA LEMPERLE 27 c/o Paul D. Powell, Esq. The Powell Law Firm 28 6785 W. Russell Road, Suite 210
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1 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 2 REBECCA LEMPERLE is the Plaintiff in this action and is expected to testify as to 3 her knowledge of the facts and and circumstances surrounding the incident that occurred on April 30, 2016, her injuries and treatment and other matters pertinent hereto. 2. VINCENT TJOTA 6 clo Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. 7 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP 6385 Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 8 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 9 VINCENT TJOTA is the Defendant in this action and is expected to testify 10 || regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident that occurred on April 30, 11 || 2016 and other matters pertinent hereto. 12 3. The Person Most Knowledgeable 13 AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEMS, LLC c/o Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. 14 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 15 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 16 The Person Most Knowledgeable of AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEMS, LLC is the 17 Defendant and is expected to testify regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding 18 19 the incident that occurred on April 30, 2016 and other matters pertinent hereto.
20 4, The Person Most Knowledgeable PV HOLDING CORP. 21 c/o Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP 22 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 33 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118
The Person Most Knowledgeable of PV HOLDING CORP. is the Defendant and is
25 expected to testify regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident that 26 || occurred on April 30, 2016 and other matters pertinent hereto. 27 5. Janice Siau 1005 Lower Delta 28 Singapore
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3 testify regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident that occurred on 4 || April 30, 2016 and other matters pertinent hereto. 5 6. Officer Almaguer, ID# 13467 c/o Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 6 400 S. Martin Luther King Boulevard 7 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 8 Officer Almaguer is expected to testify regarding the facts and circumstances |i surrounding the incident that occurred on April 30, 2016 and other matters pertinent 10 || hereto. 11 7. Joseph Camel 12 6711 West Tropicana Avenue, Apartment 359 Las Vegas, Nevada 89103 13 (702) 372-0253 14 Mr. Camel is Plaintiffs neighbor and is expected to testify as to his knowledge of 15 || the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident that occurred on April 30, 2016, how 16 the crash has impacted Plaintiff and any other matters pertinent thereto. 17 8. Liz Torres 18 2312 North Green Valley Parkway, Apartment 212 Henderson, Nevada 89014 19 (714) 321-4234 20 Ms. Torres is Plaintiffs church friend and is expected to testify as to her knowledge 21 of the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident that occurred on April 30, 2016, 22 33 how the crash has impacted Plaintiff and any other matters pertinent thereto. 9. Maliena Stasher 24 1393 Whithorn Court 25 Riverside, California 92507 (951) 880-4750 26 Ms. Stasher is Plaintiff's church friend and is expected to testify as to her 27 28 knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident that occurred on April
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1 || 30, 2016, how the crash has impacted Plaintiff and any other matters pertinent thereto. 2 10. | Person Most Knowledgeable Viva Las Vegan DBA VegeNation 3 616 East Carson Avenue, Suite 120 4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 5 Person Most Knowledgeable at Viva Las Vegan is expected to testify as to his or g || her knowledge of Plaintiff's Employment, any lost wages Plaintiff has incurred as a result 7 || of the accident and any other matters pertinent hereto. 8 11. Kristine Lukens, DC Marilyn Adair, DC 9 Michael DiGregorio, MD 10 Todd Gardner, DC Person Most Knowledgeable 11 Custodian of Records Align Med 12 8680 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 155 13 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 14 12. Keith Lewis, MD Person Most Knowledgeable 15 Custodian of Records Align Med MRI Center 2208 S. Nellis Boulevard, Suite 1A 7 Las Vegas, Nevada 89104
18 13. Jorg Rosier, MD Person Most Knowledgeable 19 Custodian of Records interventional Pain and Spine Institute 20 851 S. Rampart Boulevard, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 14. Jorg Rosler, MD 22 Person Most Knowledgeable 23 Custodian of Records Surgical Arts Center 24 9499 W. Charleston Boulevard, Suite 250 Las Vegas, Nevaa 89117 25 15. Person Most Knowledgeable 26 Custodian of Records 27 Anesthesiology Consulants PO Box 50209 28 Henderson, Nevada 89016
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1 16. Jason Garber, MD Person Most Knowledgeable 2 Custodian of Records 3 Western Regional Center for Brain and Spine Surgery 2471 Professional Court 4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 5 17. Louis Mortillaro, Ph.D. Person Most Knowledgable 6 Custodian of Records J Louis Mortillaro, Ph.D., Ltd. 501 S. Rancho Drive, Suite F-37 8 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 9 18. Deirdre O'Reilly, MD Salah Baydoun, MD 10 Daniel Baldwin, MD Kathleen Cornia, MD "1 Person Most Knowledgeable 12 Custodian of Records Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center 13 5400 S. Rainbow Boulevard Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 14 19. Person Most Knowledgeable 15 Custodian of Records 16 Shadow Emergency Physicians, PLLC PO Box 13917 17 Philadelphia, PA 19101-3917 18 20. Person Most Knowledgeable Custodian of Records 19 Desert Radiologists 20 PO Box 3057 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-3057 2 21. Jason Garber, MD 22 Ahmed Mohamed, MD Person Most Knowledgeable 23 Custodian of Records Centennial Hills Hospital 24 6900 N. Durango Drive 25 Las Vegas, Nevada 89149 26 22. Person Most Knowledgeable Custodian of Records 27 Monitoring Associates PO Box 459 28 Princeton, Louisiana 71067
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1 23. Person Most Knowledgeable Custodian of Records 2 Neuromonitoring Associates 3 PO Box 459 Princeton, Louisiana 71067 4 24. Person Most Knowledgeable 5 Custodian of Records Orthassist, LLC 6 28085 N. Ashley Circle, Suite 101 7 Libertyville, Iilinois 60048-9758 8 25. Jeremy Dapprich, AMR Megan Leclair, AMR 9 Person Most Knowledgeabie Custodian of Records 10 American Medical Response File 56141 1 Los Angeles, California 90074-0001 26. Steven Sogge, MD 13 Eric Biesbroeck, MD Person Most Knowledgeable 14 Custodian of Records Pueblo Medical Imaging 18 5495 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 203 16 Las Vegas, Nevaa 89118 17 27. Person Most Knowledgeable Custodian of Records 18 Wellthealth Quality Care 10100 W. Charleston Boulevard, Suite 210 19 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 20 28. Casey Bartolo, PT 21 Brandon Jackson, PT Michael Farren, PTA 22 Danielle Riske, PTA Bart Taylor, DPT 23 Tammi Full, PTA Person Most Knowledgeable 24 Custodian of Records 25 Jackson Physical Therapy 4765 S. Durango Drive, Suite 106 26 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147 27 29. Nick Liu, MD Megan Bichsel, PA-C 28 | Person Most Knowledgeable
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1 Custodian of Records Advanced Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 2 8420 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 100 3 Las Vegas, Nevada 89113 4 30. Person Most Knowledgeable Custodian of Records 5 Select Physical Therapy 400 Technology Drive, Suite 240 6 Canonsburg, PA 15317 7 31. Person Most Knowledgeable 8 Custodian of Records Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services 9 6161 W. Charleston Boulevard 10 Las Vegas, Nevada 89146 32. David Oliveri, MD 1 851 S. Rampart Boulevard, Suite 115 12 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 13 33. Stan Smith, Ph.D. Smith Economics Group, Ltd. 14 1165 N. Clark Street, Suite 600 15 Chicago, Iilinois 60610 34. Greta Gonzalez-Rios, MD 16 Person Most Knowledgeable Custodian of Records 7 Nevada Health Centers 18 Martin Luther King Health Center 1799 Mount Mariah Drive 19 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 20 35. Richard Penfil, MD Person Most Knowledgeable 21 Custodian of Records 22 Southwest Medical Associates 2300 West Charleston Boulevard 23 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 24 36. Jared Morasco, DPT Person Most Knowledgeable 25 Custodian of Records 26 Premier Physical Therapy & Sports Performance 5546 South Fort Apache Road, Suite 100B 27 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 28 The above-listed witnesses (11-36) are expected to testify as to the cause, nature,
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|| and extent of Plaintiff's injuries, the reasonableness and necessity of medical treatment, 2 || the reasonableness of the cost of Plaintiff's treatment, the likelihood for future treatment, 3 if any, and cost of said treatment, and any permanent disability Plaintiff is likely to suffer as a result of her injuries. These witnesses will also testify regarding the nature and 6 extent of Plaintiffs permanent injuries and the restrictions these permanent injuries place 7||0" Plaintiff's daily lives. 8 Plaintiff hereby designates her treating physicians in this case as expert witnesses 9 || insofar as they will provide opinion testimony regarding the cause, nature and extent of Plaintiffs injuries, the reasonableness and necessity of their medical treatment, the reasonableness and customary nature of the cost of Plaintiffs treatment, the likelinood 12 Plaintiff will require future treatment, the cost of any future treatment, and the permanent 13 disability Plaintiff has suffered and will suffer in the future as a result of the injuries 14 15 sustained in the subject-incident. 16 Plaintiff reserves the right to name additional witnesses should they become 17 || known. Plaintiff further reserves the right to utilize any witnesses named by Defendants. 18 (b) Defendant's Witnesses 19 1. Rebecca Lemperle, Plaintiff 20 c/o Paul D. Powell, Esq. THE POWELL LAW FIRM 21 6785 W. Russell Road, Suite 210 Las vegas, NV 89118 22 (702) 728-5500 23 Plaintiff is expected to testify regarding her knowledge of the facts and 24 || circumstances surrounding the accident on April 30, 2016, the alleged injuries, the 25 medical treatment and records. 26 27 78
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1 2. Person Most Knowledgeable Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. 2 Erroneously sued as Avis Rent A Car Systems, LLC 3 c/o Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 4 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 Las vegas, NV 89118 5 (702) 893-3383 6 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 7 || surrounding the accident and any records. 8 3. Person Most Knowledgeable 9 Custodian of Records Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. 10 Erroneously sued as Avis Rent A Car Systems, LLC 11 c/o Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 12 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 Las vegas, NV 89118 13 (702) 893-3383 14 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 15 || Surrounding the accident and any records. 16 4. Person Most Knowledgeable PV Holding Corp. 17 c/o Josh Cole Aickien, Esq. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 18 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89118 19 (702) 893-3383 20 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 21 surrounding the accident and any records. 22 5. Person Most Knowledgeable | Custodian of Records PV Holding Corp. 24 clo Josh Cole Aicklen, Esq. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 25 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 Las vegas, NV 89118 26 (702) 893-3383 27 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 28 || surrounding the accident and any records.
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1 6. Vincent Tjota c/o Josh Cole Aickien, Esq. 2 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 3 Las vegas, NV 89118 4 (702) 893-3383
5 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
6 surrounding the accident and any records. 7 7. Janice Siau c/o Josh Cole Aickien, Esq. 8 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 9 Las vegas, NV 89118 (702) 893-3383 10 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 11 surrounding the accident and any records. 12 8. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 13 Officer Aimagauer, #13467 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. (LVMPD) 14 400 South Martin Luther King Bivd. Las vegas. NV 89106 15 (702) 828-3111 16 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 17 surrounding the accident, the traffic accident report and records. 18 9. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 19 Deidre O'Reilly, M.D. Michael W. Schunk, M.D. 20 Howard Tischler, M.D. Oscar Rago, M.D. 21 Kathleen Cornia, M.D. Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center 22 5400 S. Rainbow Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89118 23 (866) 823-4250 24 || The witnesses will testify regarding their knowledge of the facts and circumstances 25 || surrounding the subject accident on 4/30/16, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment for 26 || the subject accident, and medical records and treatment after the accident on 8/24/17. 27
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1 10. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Megan LeClair, Paramedic 2 Jeremy Dapprich, EMT American Medical Response (AMR) 3 7201 W. Post Rd, Las vegas, NV 89113 4 (702) 384-3400 5 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 6 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 7 11. | Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 8 Kristin Lukens, D.C. Marilyn Adair, D.C. 9 Michael Digregorio, M.D. Todd Gardner, D.C. 10 Ryan N. Kissling, D.C. pagn Med 11 8680 W. Warms Springs Road, Suite 155 Las vegas, NV 89148 12 (702) 538-39100 13 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 14 || Surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 15 12. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Keith M. Lewis, M.D. 16 align Med MRI Center 2208 S. Nellis Bivd., Suite 1A 17 Las vegas: NV 89104 18 (702) 431-7696
19 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
20 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 21 13. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Hans Jorg Rosler, M.D. 22 Andrew M. Hall, M.D. Interventional Pain & Spine Institute 23 851 South Rampart Bivd,, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89145 24 (702) 357-8004 25 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 26 || surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 27 728
Case 2:18-cv-00202-JCM-DJA Document 78 Filed 10/16/19 Page 23 of 32 2 14. | Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Hans Jorg Rosler, M.D. 3 surgical Arts Center 9499 W. Charleston Bivd,, Suite 250 4 Las vegas. NV 89117 5 (702) 933-3600 6 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 7 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 15. | Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Anesthesiology Consultants 9 P.O. Box 50209 Henderson, NV 89016 10 (702) 878-0070 11 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 12 || surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 13 16. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 4 Jason E. Garber, M.D. 1 Las Vegas Neurosurgical Institute Center for Brain and Spine Surgery 1 Western Regional Center for Brain and Spine Surgery 5 2471 Professional Court 16 Las Vegas, NV 89128 (702) 835-0088 17 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 18 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 19 17. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 20 Louis Mortillaro, Ph.D. Kristi A. Walter, Psy.D. 21 Louis Mortillaro, Ph.D., Ltd. 501 South Rancho Drive, Suite F-37 22 Las vegas. NV 89106 (702) 388-9403 23 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 24 25 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 18. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 26 Shadow Emergency Physicians, PLLC P.O. Box 13917 27 Philadelphia, PA 19101-3917 28 (702) 355-2470
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1 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 2 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 3 19. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 4 Desert Radiologists P.O. Box 3057 5 Indianapolis, IN 46206-3057 (702) 759-8600 6 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 20. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 9 Jason Garber, M.D. Ahmed Mohammed, M.D. 10 Centennial Hills Hospital 6900 N. Durango Drive 11 Las Vegas, NV 89149 12 (702) 835-9700
13 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
14 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 15 21. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Monitoring Associates, LLC 16 7455 West Charleston, #302 Las Vegas, NV 89128 17 (855) 864-4322 18 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 19 || surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 20 22. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Neuromonitoring Associates 21 9811 W. Charleston Bivd., Suite 2-641 Las vegas, NV 89117 22 (801) 808-9538 23 || The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 24 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 25 23. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 26 Orthassist, LLC 28085 N. Astley Circle, Suite 101 27 Libertyville, IL 60078 (800) 515 9510 78
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1 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 2 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 3 24. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 4 Megan LeClair, Paramedic Jeremy Dapprich, EMT 5 American Medical Response (AMR) 7201 W. Post Road 6 Las vegas; NV 89113 (702) 384-3400 7 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 25. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 10 Steven Sogge, M.D. Eric Biesbroeck, M.D. 11 Pueblo Medical Imaging 5495 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 203 12 Las vegas. NV 89118 13 (702) 228-0031
14 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
15 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 16 26. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Wellheaith Quality Care 17 10100 W. Charleston Bivd., Suite 210 Las vegas, NV 89135 18 (702) 304-5780 19 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 20 || surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 21 27. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Casey Bartolo, P.T. 22 Michael Farren, P.T. Bart Taylor, P.T. 23 Tammi Full, P.T. Jackson Physical Therapy 24 4765 S. Durango Drive, Suite 106 Las vegas, NV 89147 25 (702) 898-7633 26 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 27 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 7
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1 28. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Nick Liu, M.D. 2 Megan Bischel, PC-C Advanced Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 3 8420 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89113 4 (702) 740-5327 5 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 6 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 7 29. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 8 Javier J. Ibarra, PT Select Physical Therapy 9 2650 N. Tenaya Way, #180 Las Vegas, NV 89128 10 (702) 240-2952 11 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 12 || Surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 13 30. | Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Adelwisa V. Lizada, M.D. 14 Roger Durfey, MHC Il Chery! Philpotts, PN Il 15 Sandra Robertson, ON I Kelly Gomez, PN II 16 Rosanna Octaviano, APRN John Wrpay, PN Il 17 Myra Schultz, Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services 18 6161 W. Charleston Bivd. Las Vegas, NV 89146 19 (702) 486-6045 20) The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 21) surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. □□ 31. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 23 Nevada Medicaid 1100 East William Street, Suite 102 24 Carson City, NV 89701 (877) 638-3472 2s The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 26 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 27 7
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1 32. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Bikas Sharma, M.D. 2 Trails Family Medical 6787 W. Tropicana Avenue 3 Las Vegas, NV 89103 4 (702) 754-1744
5 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
6 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 7 33. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Care Now Urgent Care 8 4075 South Durango Drive, Suite 108 Las Vegas, NV 89147 9 (702) 701-9509 10 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances Surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 12 34. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Amanda Meyer 13 Donald Lemperle Viva Las Vegan, LLC dba 14 vege Nation 616 East Carson Avenue, Suite 120 15 Las vegas. NV 89101 16 (702) 366-8515
17 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
18 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's employment and records. 19 35. | Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Kathy Mone 20 One 40 Beauty Lounge 1434 E. Lake Mead Pkwy., Suite 140 21 Henderson, NV 89015 (702) 373-3876 22 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 23 surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's employment and records. 24 36. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 25 Hugh Bassewitz, M.D. Desert Orthopaedic Center (DOC) 26 2800 E. Desert Inn Road, #100 Las vegas. NV 89121 27 (702) 731-4088 28 The defense expert witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and
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1 || circumstances surrounding the accident, the FRCP Rule 35 medical examination, the 2 || medical records review, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment, and expert reports. 3 37. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 4 Sarah Martinez Eric A. Daly, Esq. 5 GEICO STAFF COUNSEL 8345 W. Sunset Road, Suite 250 6 Las vegas. NV 89113 (70) 233-9303 J 520) 546-2520 8 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances g || Surrounding the accident, GEICO’s claims files, the records for the UM/UIM claim, and 10 || any records for the subsequent motor vehicle accident on 08/24/2017. 1 38. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 12 Michael D. Digregorio, M.D. Action Medical Center 13 6655 West Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89146 14 (702) 644-6008 15 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 16 || Surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 17 39. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Southern Hills Hospital 18 9300 W. Sunset Road Las Vegas, NV 89148 19 (702) 916-9000 20 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 21 || surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 22 40. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 23 Keith M. Lewis, M.D. Lake Mead Radiologists 24 2559 Wigwam Parkway Henderson, NV 89074 25 (702) 982-3659 26 | The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 97 || Surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment.
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1 41. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Walmart Stores, Inc. 2 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72716 3 (800) 925-6278 4 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 5 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 6 42. Kevin B. Kirkendall, MBA, CPA, CFE 7 Kirkendall Consulting Group, L.L.C. 1522 West Warm Springs 8 Henderson, Nevada 89014 9 (702) 313-1617
10 The defense expert witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and 11 || circumstances surrounding the accident, the records review, Plaintiff's claims for lost 12 || earnings, the Plaintiff's expert reports and his expert reports. 13 43. Peter L. Weidenfeld, M.D. 2953 Kedleston Street 14 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 15 (702) 339-0581 16 The defense expert witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and 17 || circumstances surrounding the accident, the Independent Imaging Review and medical 18 records, his expert reports and the Plaintiff's expert reports. 19 44. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable 20 Ertha A. Nanton, MD R. Webster, M.D. 21 Martin Luther King Heaith Center Nevada Health Centers 22 1799 Mt. Mariah Drive Las vegas, NV 89106 23 (800) 787-2568 24 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 25 || surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 26 27
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1 45. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Greta Gonzales-Rios, M.D. 2 Richard Penfil, M.D. Medicaid HPN 3 Southwest Medical Associates 2300 West Charleston 4 Las Vegas, NV 89102 5 (702) 877-8600
6 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
j surrounding the accident, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 8 46. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Jared Morasco, DPT 9 Premier Physical Therapy & Sports Performance 5546 S. Forth Apache, Suite 100B 10 (702) 798-4778 11 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 42 || surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 13 47. Custodian of Records/Person Most Knowledgeable Sandra L. Abdullah, LCSW 14 Alison Ledworowski, LCSW Nevada Health Centers 15 Cambridge Family Health Center 3900 Cambridge Street, Suite 102 16 Las Vegas, NV 89119 7 (800) 787-2568
18 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances
19 surrounding the accident, Plaintiffs medical records and treatment. 20 The witness will testify regarding knowledge of the facts and circumstances 21 || surrounding the subject event, Plaintiff's medical records and treatment. 22 Defendant reserves the right to call at trial any of the witnesses identified in 23 || Plaintiff's list of witnesses and reserve the right to call any person not named herein for 24 rebuttal/impeachment purposes. Defendant reserves the right to call any Custodian of 25 ° Records as may be necessary to testify as to the authenticity of the medical and billing 26 7 records associated with Plaintiff's care and treatment.
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1}}IX. PROPOSED TRIAL DATES 2 June 2, 2020; June 9, 2020; June 16, 2020. 3 |] X. PROPOSED TRIAL DURATION 4 It is estimated that the trial will take a total of 4-5 days. 6 Approved as to form and content: Respectfully submitted, 7 DATED: October 10, 2019. DATED: October 10, 2019. THE POWELL LAW FIRM LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH 9 LLP 10 11 By: /s/ Mike Kristof By: /s/ Josh Cole Aicklen PAUL D. POWELL JOSH COLE AICKLEN 12 Nevada Bar No. 007488 Nevada Bar No, 007254 MICHAEL A. KRISTOF STEPHEN L. TITZER 13 Nevada Bar No. 007780 Nevada Bar No. 008289 8918 Spanish Ridge Avenue, #100 6385 South Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600 14 Las Vegas, NV 89148 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 Attormmeys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendant 15 REBECCA LEMPERLE VINCENT TJOTA
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1||XI. ACTION BY THE COURT 2 (a) This case is set down for dourt trial on the stacked calendar on 3||_June 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Calendar call shall be held on _June 10, 2020 at 1:30 p.m 4 (b) An original and two copies of each trial brief shall be submitted to the clerk 5 || eon-or-befere at Calendar Call 6 (c) Jury trials: 7 (1) An original and two (2) copies of all instructions requested by either 8 || party shall be submitted to the clerk fer-filiagen-orbefore at Calendar Call 9 (2) An original and two (2) copies of all suggested questions of the parties to 10 | asked of the jury panel by the court on voir dire shall be submitted to the clerk fer-fiing-on 11 |lorbefore at Calendar Call . 12 (d) Court Trials: 13 Not applicable. 14 The foregoing pretrial order has been approved by the parties to this action as 15 || evidenced by the signatures of their counsel hereon, and the order is hereby entered and 16 || will govern the trial of this case. This order shall not be amended except by order of the 17 || court pursuant to agreement of the parties or to prevent manifest injustice. 18 “IT IS SO ORDERED:” 19 20 DATED: October 16, 2019 . 21 22 Ata © Malan 23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 24 25 26 27 28
EXHIBIT B Letter from Defendant Vincent Tjota to Defense Counsel Requesting Trial Continuance, dated January 8, 2020, Bates Stamped DEF000437
EXHIBIT B
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Case No.: 2:18-cv-00202-JCM-DJA
Lemperle v. Tjota
My name is Vincent Tjota, | am a resident of Singapore and a named defendant in the subject litigation. | request for the trial to be continued in December 2020, as | need to take 2 weeks leave off from work to attend the trial in the United States, including the time required to travel to the United States from Singapore.
Respectfully,
\ Vincent Tjota
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