Free Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 01-CV-2018-RPM-MJW

AP ARTMENT INVESTMENT AN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a/k/a AIMCO, a Maryland corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, P A, a Pennsylvania
corporation, et aI.,

Defendants.

AN RELATED CASES

UNOPPOSED JOINT MOTION FOR 14-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSES TO MOTIONS REGARDING CHOICE OF LAW AND EXPERT WITNESS CHALLENGES
First Capital Agency d/b/a First Capital Group ("First Capital"), Roger Metzger
Associates, Inc., ("Metzger"), National Union Fire Insurance Company of

Pittsburgh, P A

("National Union"), Security Insurance Company of

Hartford ("Security"), Ray Baldwin and

Swain & Baldwin Insurance, Inc. ("the Baldwin Defendants"), Lockton Companies, Inc. and

Lockton Companies of Colorado, Inc. ("Lockton"), and Plaintiff Apartment Investment

Management Company ("AIMCO") (collectively referred to as the "Parties"), by and through
their respective counsel, respectfully move the Court pursuant to Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure

1 6( e) to modify this Court's October 25, 2005 Final Pretrial Order ("Pretrial Order") to allow 14

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additional days for the Parties to fie their respective responses to the pending motions regarding
choice of law and challenges to expert witnesses, as identified below, up to and including March
30, 2006 (the "Motion"). In support of

their Motion, the Parties state:

CERTIFICA TION
Pursuant to D.Colo.L.Rule 7.1, the Parties have conferred with counsel for all other

parties in this litigation with respect to this Motion. Counsel for First Capital conferred with
counsel for Defendant Vito B. Gruppuso, and was advised that Mr. Gruppuso does not oppose

the Motion. All remaining parties have joined the Motion.
1. On October 25, 2005, this Court entered a Final Pretrial Order for this case, which
stated in part that briefs regarding choice of

law and challenges to the qualifications and/or

admissibility of other parties' experts must be fied 90 days prior to trial, or March 1, 2006.
(Pretrial Order, pp. 89-90.)

2. On or before March 1, 2006, the parties fied the following briefs regarding

choice of law and challenges to the qualifications and/or admissibility of other parties' experts:
Defendant First Capital Group's Motion for Application of New York Law and Brief

in Support;

AIMCO's Opening Brief on Choice of

Law; National Union's Choice of

Law Brief; Defendant

Security Insurance Company of

Hartford's Brief

Regarding Choice of

Law; Defendant Roger

Metzger Associates' Trial BriefRe: Choice of

Law; Third-Party Baldwin Defendants'
Law; Trial Brief of

Memorandum of

Law Regarding Choice of

Third-Party Defendants Lockton
Law;

Companies, Inc. and Lockton Companies of

Colorado, Inc., on Issues Related to Choice of

National Union Fire Insurance Company of

Pittsburgh, PA's Motion to Strike Swain & Baldwin

Insurance, Inc. and Ray Baldwin's Expert Report; Baldwin Defendants' Motion to Exclude

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Expert Witnesses Jon Karraker, Armando Castellini, Bryan Tilden, Joseph Launie, James Wells,
John Kezer, 1. Kent Miller, Robert Quinn, and John Costigan and Memorandum in Support
(collectively referred to as "the Filed Motions").
3. Pursuant to the Final Pretrial Order, the deadline for fiing briefs in response to

the Filed Motions is March 16, 2006. (Pretrial Order, pp. 89-90.) The Pretrial Order states no
reply briefs will be permitted. (Pretrial Order, p. 90.)
4. The Parties seek this extension in order to: (i) allow the Parties to pursue

settlement negotiations that may result in the prompt resolution of this matter, (ii) to permit the
Parties adequate time to analyze the multiple issues raised in the compendium of

Filed Motions,

and (iii) to permit the Parties adequate time to consult with their respective expert witnesses
regarding the applicable issues.
5. Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure l6(e) provides broad discretion to the Court to

determe whether a final pretrial order should be modified or amended. See In the Matter of EI

Paso Refinery, LP, 171 F.3d 249,255 (5th Cir. 1999). Rule l6(e) permits modification where it
will not unduly prejudice opposing parties, and in order to prevent manifest injustice. See Byrd
v. Guess, 137 F.3d 1126, 1131 (9th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 963 (1998) (setting out
four-part test for determination of

whether to modify pretrial order); Roberts v. Roadway Exp.,

Inc., 149 F.3d 1098, 1108 (10th Cir. 1998).
6. Courts apply a four-part test in determining whether a pretrial order can be

modified: "(1) the degree of

prejudice or surprise to the (opposing parties) if

the order is

modified; (2) the ability of

the (opposing parties) to cure any prejudice; (3) the impact of

the

modification on the orderly and effcient conduct of the case; and (4) any degree of willfulness or

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bad faith on the part of the party seeking the modification." Byrd v. Guess, 137 F. 3 d at 1 131.

See also Koch v. Koch Industr., Inc., 203 F.3d 1202, 1222-3 (10th Cir. 2000) (applying four-part
test); Roberts v. Roadway Exp., Inc., 149 F.3d at 1108.
7. Here, all parties consent to the relief requested in this motion, and all parties

except Mr. Gruppuso join in the motion. Thus, granting the motion will not prejudice any party.

Further, the extension will aid the orderly and effcient conduct of the case, and there is no
willfulness or bad faith on the part of the parties seeking modification.
8. The requested extension does not change the May 30, 2006 trial date.
9. This stipulated motion is not interposed for mere purposes of delay.

10. Granting the motion may facilitate the prompt resolution of

this case, will not

unduly delay the resolution of this case on its merits, and will further the interests of justice and
judicial economy.
11. Pursuant to D.C.Colo.LCivR 6. ID, each undersigned counsel certifies that a copy

of this stipulated motion is being served on his or her client.
12. Pursuant to D.C.Colo.LCivR 7. IF, a proposed order is submitted with this

motion.

WHREFORE the above named Parties in this matter request the Court to enter the
Order attached hereto granting a 14-day extension of

time to fie responses to the Filed Motions,

up to and including March 30,2006.

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Respectfully submitted this 8th day of

March 2006.

APPROVED:

s/Thomas L. Roberts Thomas L. Roberts Bradley A. Levin Michael 1. Rosenberg
ROBERTS LEVIN & PATTERSON, P.C.

s/John D. Martin John D. Martin
OSTER

MATIN & FABER, LLC

717 - 17th Street, Suite 1475

Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: (303) 382-1200 Fax: (303) 382-1202

1660 Wynkoop Street, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: (303) 575-9390 Fax: (303) 575-9385

Jeffrey A. Chase Barry A. Schwarz
JACOBS CHASE FRICK KLEINOPF & KELLEY,

Karma Giulianelli Les Houtz
BARTLIT BECK HERM P ALENCHA & SCOTT 1899 Wynkoop Street, 8th Floor

LLC 1050 - 17th Street, Suite 1500

Denver, Colorado 80265
Tel: (303) 685-4800 Fax: (303) 685-4869

Denver, Colorado 80202 Tel: (303) 592-3100 Fax: (303) 592-3140
Jeffrey A. Hall
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON

ATTORNYS FOR DEFENDANT
NATIONAL UNION
BARTLIT BECK HERM P ALENCHA & SCOTT

54 West Hubbard, Suite 300 Chicago, Ilinois 60610 TEL: (312) 494-4400
Fax: (312) 494-4440

ATTORNYS FOR PLAITIFF AIMCO

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s/Melissa C. Collins

s/Robert 1. Zavaglia
Paul E. Collins

John R. Trigg

Julie M. Walker
Melissa C. Collins
WHEELER TRIGG KENNDY LLP

Robert 1. Zavaglia TREECE, ALFREY, MUSAT & BOSWORTH, P.C.
999 - 18th Street, Suite 1600

1801 California Street, Suite 3600 Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: (303) 292-2525 Fax: (303) 294-1879

Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: (303) 292-2700 Fax: (303) 295-0414

ATTORNYS FOR DEFENDANT ROGER
ATTORNYS FOR DEFENDANT FIRST
CAPIT AL

METZGER ASSOCIATES

s/Charles R. Tuffey Charles R. Tuffey Rozana Widlicka
GROTEFELD & DENENBERG, LLC 30800 Telegraph Road, Suite 3858

s/William H. Jeffress, Jr William H. Jeffress, Jr Joe Robert Caldwell
Nicholas Brady BAKR BOTTS, LLP

Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025
Tel: (248) 727-7100 Fax: (248) 593-5808

The Warner Building 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 639-7700 Fax: (202) 585-1087

ATTORNYS FOR DEFENDANT SECURTY INSURCE COMPANY OF
HARTFORD

ATTORNYS FOR RAY BALDWIN AN SWAI & BALDWIN INSURCE, INC

s/J ed D. Reeg

Leonard B. Rose Jed D. Reeg
LATHROP

& GAGE, LLC 2345 Grand Blvd.
Tel: (816)460-5544

Kansas City, MO 64108
Fax: (816) 292-2001

ATTORNYS FOR LOCKTON
COMP ANIES, INC. AN LOCKTON COMP ANIES OF COLORADO, INC.

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CERTIFICA TE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on March 8, 2006, I electronically fied the foregoing Unopposed Time to File Responses to Motions Regarding Choice of Law and Expert Witness Challenges with the Clerk of Court using the CM/CF system which will send notification of such fiing to the following e-mail addresses:
Joint Motion for 14 Day Extension of

. Nicholas Aidan Brady

nick. brady(£bakerbotts. com
. Jeffrey A. Chase

j chase(£j ctkk. com vlsanders(£j ctkk. com
. Melissa C. Collns

collins(£wtklaw.com
. Paul E. Collns

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. Karma Micaela Giulianell

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. Stephen J. Horace

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. Lester C. Houtz

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. Steven Matthew Kelso

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. John D. Martin

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. Michael C. Massengale

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. James M. Miletich

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. John R. Trigg

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. Charles R. Tumey

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. Julie M. Walker

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and I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing has been served to the following non-CM/CF
participants via U. S. Mail:

Todd B. Denenberg
Grotefeld & Denenberg, LLC
30800 Telegraph Road, #3858

Bingham Farms, MI 48025

Wiliam H. Jeffress, Jr
Baker & Botts-DC 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., #1300 Washington, DC 20004- 1 109

Elizabeth Leigh Thompson Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott-Ilinois 54 West Hubbard Street, #300 Chicago, IL 60610
John T. Wolak Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffnger & Vecchione One Riverfront Plaza Newark, NJ 07102

American International Group Attn: Steven Dixon, Esq. Deputy General Counsel 70 Pine Street New York, NY 10270

Roger Metzger Associates, Inc. Attn: Richard Metzger 59 John Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10038-3709

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Apartment Investment and Management Company
Attn: Miles C. Cortez, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Stanford Place 3

First Capital Group Attn: Al Moss 3 Expressway Plaza Roslyn Heights, NY 11577

4582 S. Ulster Street Parkway, Suite 1100 Denver CO 80237
Security Insurance Company of

Hartford

c/o Larry Weidemer
Aris Group

1 st Floor

Vito Gruppuso c/o John T. Wolak, Esq. Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan Griffnger Vecchione, P.C. One Riverfront Plaza Newark, NJ 07102
Ray Baldwin 1 07 West Lufkin Avenue, Suite 318 P.O. Box 308 Lufkin, Texas 75902
Swain & Baldwin Insurance, Inc. 1 07 West Lufkin Avenue, Suite 318 P.O. Box 308 Lufkin, Texas 75902

100 Northfield Drive Windsor, CT 06095

National Program Services, Inc. 240 Cedar Knolls Road P.O. Box 0388 Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927-0388
Lockton Companies, Inc. Lockton Companies of Colorado Attn: Trey Humphrey 444 West 47th Street, Suite 900 Kansas City, MO 64112

James M. Miletich McConnell Siderius Fleischner Houghtaling & Craigmile, LLC 4700 South Syracuse Street, Suite 200 Englewood, CO 80237 s/Melissa C. Collins by Sherry Testa
Melissa C. Collins

Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP 1801 California Street, Suite 3600 Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: 303-292-2525

Facsimile: 303-294-1879
E-Mail: collins(£wtklaw.com

Attorney for Defendant FirstCapital Group

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