State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Vides

Opinion

1 | MARTIN J. KRAVITZ, ESQ. | Nevada Bar No. 83 2 | MICHAEL R. ESPOSITO, ESQ. | Nevada Bar. No. 13482 3 | KRAVITZ, SCHNITZER & JOHNSON, CHTD. | 8985 So. Eastern Avenue, Suite 200 4 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89123 | Telephone: (702) 362-6666 5 | Facsimile: (702) 362-2203 | Attorneys for Plaintiff, 6 | State Farm Mutual Automobile || Insurance Company 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8) DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE +. 0 INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation; Case No.: 2:20-cv-00236-GMN-NIK iI Plaintiff STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DEPOSIT INTERPLEADER FUNDS % 13 || RENE VIDES, an individual; SONIA ae CARDOZA-CASTILLO, an individual; ae 14 TONYA LISAMARIE AGUILAR, an 1. || individual; DAVID TYLER AGUILAR, an individual; KAILEY MARIE AGUILAR, an 16 individual; WELL CARE PHARMACY LIEN SERVICES, LLC, a Nevada limited Ce 17 liability company; SUNRISE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, LLC, a Delaware 18 limited liability company; SEVEN HILLS 19 SURGERY CENTER LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; LAS VEGAS 20 RADIOLOGY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; VEGAS MEDICAL 21 CENTER PLLC, a Nevada NT7 Business License General Partnership; FREMONT 22 EMERGENCY SERVICES (MANDAVIA), LTD, a Delaware limited company; LYONS PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC, a Nevada 24 limited liability company; EPION INSTITUTE FOR SPINE AND JOINT PAIN 25 LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; and VALLEY ANESTHESIOLOGY 26 || CONSULTANTS (BECKETT) PLLC, a 7 Nevada professional limited liability company; 28 Defendants.

1} STIPULATION AND ORDER TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 2 Plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) and Defendan 3 TONYA LISAMARIE AGUILAR hereby stipulate and agree that, with the approval of this Court 4 | State Farm be authorized to file a First Amended Complaint as follows: | RECITALS | 1. OnFebruary 3, 2020, State Farm filed its Complaint.! q | Zs In this Complaint, State Farm brought claims for Declaratory Relief an | Interpleader.” 9 3. State Farm named every individual or entity known or believed to have a clain against any potential proceeds obtained by Tonya Lisamarie Aguilar, Kailey Marie Aguilar, anc | David Tyler Aguilar (the “Claimants”) as a result of a motor vehicle accident. 4. On June 15, 2020 the Parties filed a Stipulation and Order to File First □□□□□□ Complaint. Therein, the Parties sought authority to (a) file a First Amended Complaint; and (b deposit $30,000.00 with the registry of the Court consistent with 28 U.S.C. § 13353 5; On June 16, 2020 this Court entered an Order granting in part and denying in par the Parties’ Stipulation and Order to File First Amended Complaint.* This Order authorized th filing of the First Amended Complaint, and otherwise denied the motion pursuant to LR IC 2-2(b (“Document Events”) without prejudice to refiling.° 6. In the First Amended Complaint attached to the Stipulation and Order to File Firs Amended Complaint, State Farm asserts an additional jurisdictional ground via 28 U.S.C. § 1335 which provides in part: § 1335. Interpleader (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action of interpleader or it at the nature of interpleader filed by any person, firm, or corporation, association, or societ; a having in his or its custody or possession money or property of the value of $500 or more, o ap tte 'ECF No. | 27 || 2 Jd. at 12-16. 3 ECF No. 31. 28 |) ‘ECF No. 32. 3 Id. Page 2 of 4

| having issued a note, bond, certificate, policy of insurance, or other instrument of value o | amount of $500 or more, or providing for the delivery or payment or the loan of money 0 | property of such amount or value, or being under any obligation written or unwritten to th | amount of $500 or more[.]° Ts To acquire jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1335, “a “stake “ or “res” mus 6 | exist that is “under the control of the person bringing the lawsuit so as to be deliverable to th 7 | registry of the court.”””” 8. The Local Rules of Practice of the United States District Court for the District o a Nevada require that the party seeking to deposit the funds obtain an order from the Court allowin; 10 | the deposit.® 9. The Parties agree that, pursuant to State Farm 28 U.S.C. § 1335, State Farm shoul > Sig 2 be authorized to deposit $30,000.00 with the registry of the Court, and that this is sufficient t

establish jurisdiction over this matter. 10. No other parties have thus far appeared in the above-captioned matter. oy STIPULATION 16 . 5 4 1, Accordingly, subject to this Court’s authorization and approval, the Parties stipulat

and agree as follows:

19 a. State Farm is authorized to deposit the contested $30,000.00 aggregate amount o

20 bodily injury liability policy limits at issue with the registry of the Court; 21 b. That by depositing the contested $30,000.00 aggregate amount of bodily injur 22 liability policy limits at issue with the registry of the Court, State Farm has satisfie 23 oe ae neem □□□□□ □□□□□ the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1335, resulting in this Court’s original jurisdictio 24 || 6 | 628 U.S.C. § 1335. 27 || 7 Nevada v. Pioneer Companies, Inc., 245 F. Supp. 2d 1120, 1125 (D. Nev. 2003); see also Kitzer v. Phalen Park State Bank of St. Paul, 379 F.d 650 (8" Cir. 1967); Smith v. Widman Trucking & Excavating Inc., 627 F.2d 792 (7" 9g || Cir. 1980). 8 LR IL 67-1. Page 3 of 4

1 over the above-captioned matter. 3 KRAVTIZ, SCHNITZER & JOHNSON, MADDOX, ISAACSON, CISNEROS LLP CHTD. 4 2. ii Le 5 || By: (ji A By: i MARTIN J. KRAVITZ, ESQ. TROY L. ISAACSON, ESQ.. 6 || Nevada Bar No. 83 Nevada Bar No. 6690 7 MICHAEL R. ESPOSITO NOBERTO J. CISNEROS, ESQ. || Nevada Bar No. 13482 Nevada Bar No. 8782 8 | 8985 So. Eastern Avenue, Suite 200 _ BARBARA M. MCDONALD, ESQ. | Las Vegas, Nevada 89123 Nevada Bar No. 11651 9 || Attorneys for Plaintiff, 11920 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 100 State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Las Vegas, Nevada 89141 10 Company 1 KELLY K. HUANG, ESQ. 3100 East Charleston Boulevard, Suite 109 8 12 Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 Attorneys for Defendant Tonya Lisamarie 13 Aguilar

IT IS SO ORDERED.

iS DATED: June 18, 2020 16 23 17 18 J AS. ee 19 United States a gistrate Judge 20 □

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