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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgment (Insurance)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Republic Services, Inc., et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Indian Harbor Ins. Co., 

Defendant. 

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No. CV-12-1979-PHX-SMM

(Lead Case)

TRANSFER ORDER

Indian Harbor Ins. Co.,

Plaintiff,

vs. 

Republic Services, Inc.; Allied Services,

LLC, d/b/a Republic Services Of

Bridgeton; and Bridgeton Landfill, LLC,

Defendants.

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No. CV-13-2642-PHX-SRB

Indian Harbor Ins. Co., 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Republic Services, Inc. and BFI Waste

Systems of North America, LLC., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-14-252-PHX-NVW

Pending before the Court is the Uncontested Motion of Defendant Indian Harbor

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Insurance Company to Transfer Other Cases Pending in This District to a Single Judge. (Doc.

84.) Also pending are the parties’ stipulations to extend certain case management deadlines.

(Docs. 87, 90.) 

The parties state that the two cases requested for transfer and the case currently before

this Court all involve substantially the same parties, and that transfer to a single Judge will

help the parties in the three cases to coordinate and streamline certain discovery. The parties

further state that they are only seeking a transfer at this time and not a trial consolidation. 

The Court will grant the uncontested motion to transfer. The Court will further grant

the parties’ stipulations to extend certain case management deadlines.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED directing the Clerk of Court to transfer Indian Harbor

Insurance Company v. Republic Services, Inc.; Allied Services, LLC, d/b/a Republic

Services Of Bridgeton; and Bridgeton Landfill, LLC, Case No. CV 13-2642-PHX-SRB, and

Indian Harbor Insurance Company v. Republic Services, Inc. and BFI Waste Systems of

North America, LLC, Case No. CV 14-252-PHX-NVW, to this Court before the Honorable

Stephen M. McNamee. (Doc. 84.) The cases are transferred to this Court for pretrial

proceedings only, leaving for future determination whether the cases will be consolidated for

trial.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all documents concerning any of the named cases

will be filed under the name of the lead case Republic Services, Inc., et al., v. Indian Harbor

Ins. Co., No. CV 12-1979-PHX-SMM.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting the parties’ stipulations to extend certain case

management deadlines. (Docs. 87, 90.)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED setting the following case management deadlines.

Deposition Scheduling. The parties shall complete fact depositions relating to the

Lee County and Middle Point sites as follows:

1. Depositions of witnesses with knowledge pertinent solely to the Lee County site or

the Middle Point site may commence immediately and shall be completed by Friday, June

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13, 2014. 

2. Depositions of witnesses with knowledge pertinent to either of the Lee County or

Middle Point sites or other matters at issue in this action, as well as the Bridgeton and/or the

Missouri City sites or matters at issue in those actions, may commence on May 23, 2014 and

shall be completed by Friday, October 31, 2014. In all events, each such witness shall be

deposed only once, with the deposition deemed as taken in all actions. A fourteen (14) hour

deposition time limit shall apply to each such deposition. 

Written Discovery Schedule. The parties shall complete written discovery as to the

Lee County and Middle Point sites as follows. 

3. Written discovery shall be served no later than Friday, June 13, 2014; provided,

however, that the parties may serve additional written discovery requests (subject to the

limits in Fed.R.Civ.P. 33, 34, and 36) after June 13, 2014 but no later than Friday, October

31, 2014 for good cause, including, but not limited to, discovery of documents or information

that was not previously requested but was identified by any witness deposed between June

13, 2014 and October 31, 2014. Requests for admissions concerning the authenticity and/or

admissibility of documents may be served no later than Friday, December 5, 2014.

Expert and Other Scheduling. Additional deadlines relating to this matter are as

follows: 

4. Motions for consolidation, severance, bifurcation or other structural changes to this

action shall be filed by Friday, September 26, 2014. 

5. Expert witness disclosures and depositions relating to the Lee County and Middle

Point sites, or any of the claims otherwise asserted in this action, shall be conducted on the

following schedule: 

a. Republic’s expert witness disclosures, including expert reports pursuant to

Fed.R.Civ.P. 26, shall be served by Friday, December 5, 2014;

b. Indian Harbor’s expert witness disclosures, including expert reports pursuant

to F.R.Civ.P. 26, shall be served by Friday, January 16, 2015;

c. Any rebuttal expert disclosures and related Fed.R.Civ.P. 26 reports shall be

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served by Friday, February 20, 2015; 

d. Expert depositions shall be completed by Friday, March 27, 2015.

6. Dispositive Motions. Plaintiffs, collectively, and Defendant shall each file no more

than one summary judgment motion per site. All summary judgment motions shall be filed

and served by Friday, April 17, 2015. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties have reserved their rights on the

question of whether to later seek and/or oppose trial consolidation or severance of one or

more sites or actions. Accordingly, scheduling and motions relating to the exclusion of

expert witnesses or expert testimony is deferred for the Court’s later scheduling. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if no dispositive motions are pending before the

Court after the dispositive motions deadline has passed, Plaintiff(s) shall file a Notice of

Readiness for Order Re: Final Pretrial Conference within ten (10) days of the dispositive

motions deadline. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if dispositive motions are pending before the

Court following the dispositive motions deadline, the Court will issue an Order Re: Final

Pretrial Conference following its resolution of the dispositive motions, if necessary. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Order Re: Final Pretrial Conference shall: 1)

set deadlines for the filing of and response to motions in limine; 2) instruct the parties on

their duties in preparing for the Final Pretrial Conference and for trial; and 3) include a form

for the completion of the parties’ Proposed Pretrial Form of Order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall keep the Court informed

regarding the possibility of settlement and should settlement be reached, the parties shall file

a Notice of Settlement with the Clerk of the Court.

DATED this 14th day of March, 2014.

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