Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. SMC Transport, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Werner Enterprises, Inc.
Defendant: SMC Transport, LLC, HG Companies & Assurance LLC and United Specialty Insurance Company
Case Number: 8:2020cv00164
Filed: April 29, 2020
Court: US District Court for the District of Nebraska
Presiding Judge: Susan M Bazis
Referring Judge: Laurie Smith Camp
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
June 19, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 28 TEXT ORDER granting #27 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading. Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint by July 3, 2020. Corporate disclosure statements shall be filed by July 3, 2020. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis. (LRH)
June 18, 2020 Filing 27 UNOPPOSED MOTION for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading by Attorney Thomas A. Grennan on behalf of Defendants SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company.(Grennan, Thomas)
May 20, 2020 Filing 26 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1 by Attorney Joseph E. Jones on behalf of Plaintiff Werner Enterprises, Inc..(Jones, Joseph)
May 15, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 25 TEXT ORDER granting #24 Motion for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading. Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint by June 19, 2020. Defendants shall file Corporate Disclosure Statements by June 19, 2020. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis. (LRH)
May 15, 2020 Filing 24 UNOPPOSED MOTION for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading by Attorney Thomas A. Grennan on behalf of Defendants SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company.(Grennan, Thomas)
May 14, 2020 Filing 23 LETTER by Attorney Patrick R. Buchanan that the defendants will be retaining a local attorney as counsel. Once local attorney has entered an appearance, a motion to substitute will be filed on behalf of Defendants SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company.(ADB)
May 11, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 22 CONSENT ORDER GRANTING SUBSTUTION OF ATTORNEY - Notice is hereby given that, subject to approval by the court, Werner Enterprises, Inc. substitutes Joseph E. Jones as counsel of record in place of Kimberly D. McCormack of DUNBARMONROE, PLLC. The substitution of attorney is hereby approved and so ORDERED. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis. (TCL)
May 11, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 21 CONSENT ORDER GRANTING SUBSTUTION OF ATTORNEY - Notice is hereby given that, subject to approval by the court, Werner Enterprises, Inc. substitutes Joseph E. Jones as counsel of record in place of David C. Dunbar of DUNBARMONROE, PLLC. The substitution of attorney is hereby approved and so ORDERED. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis. (TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 20 ATTORNEY LETTER by Clerk that Attorney Patrick R. Buchanan has not registered for admittance to practice nor registered for the system. If the requested action is not taken within fifteen (15) days of the date of this letter, this matter will be referred to the assigned magistrate judge for the entry of a show cause order. (TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 19 ATTORNEY LETTER by Clerk that Attorney Kimberly D. McCormack has not registered for admittance to practice nor registered for the system. If the requested action is not taken within fifteen (15) days of the date of this letter, this matter will be referred to the assigned magistrate judge for the entry of a show cause order. (TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 18 ATTORNEY LETTER by Clerk that Attorney David C. Dunbar has not registered for admittance to practice nor registered for the system. If the requested action is not taken within fifteen (15) days of the date of this letter, this matter will be referred to the assigned magistrate judge for the entry of a show cause order. (TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 17 TEXT NOTICE REGARDING CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Deputy Clerk as to Defendant United Specialty Insurance Company. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1, non-governmental corporate parties are required to file Corporate Disclosure Statements (Statements). The parties shall use the form Corporate Disclosure Statement, available on the Web site of the court at http://www.ned.uscourts.gov/forms/. If you have not filed your Statement, you must do so within 15 days of the date of this notice. If you have already filed your Statement in this case, you are reminded to file a Supplemental Statement within a reasonable time of any change in the information that the statement requires.(TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 16 TEXT NOTICE REGARDING CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Deputy Clerk as to Defendant HG Companies & Assurance LLC. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1, non-governmental corporate parties are required to file Corporate Disclosure Statements (Statements). The parties shall use the form Corporate Disclosure Statement, available on the Web site of the court at http://www.ned.uscourts.gov/forms/. If you have not filed your Statement, you must do so within 15 days of the date of this notice. If you have already filed your Statement in this case, you are reminded to file a Supplemental Statement within a reasonable time of any change in the information that the statement requires.(TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 15 TEXT NOTICE REGARDING CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Deputy Clerk as to Defendant SMC Transport, LLC. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1, non-governmental corporate parties are required to file Corporate Disclosure Statements (Statements). The parties shall use the form Corporate Disclosure Statement, available on the Web site of the court at http://www.ned.uscourts.gov/forms/. If you have not filed your Statement, you must do so within 15 days of the date of this notice. If you have already filed your Statement in this case, you are reminded to file a Supplemental Statement within a reasonable time of any change in the information that the statement requires.(TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 14 TEXT NOTICE REGARDING CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Deputy Clerk as to Plaintiff Werner Enterprises, Inc.. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1, non-governmental corporate parties are required to file Corporate Disclosure Statements (Statements). The parties shall use the form Corporate Disclosure Statement, available on the Web site of the court at http://www.ned.uscourts.gov/forms/. If you have not filed your Statement, you must do so within 15 days of the date of this notice. If you have already filed your Statement in this case, you are reminded to file a Supplemental Statement within a reasonable time of any change in the information that the statement requires.(TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 13 TEXT NOTICE OF JUDGES ASSIGNED: Senior Judge Laurie Smith Camp and Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis assigned. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 636(c)(2), the parties are notified that, if all parties consent, a magistrate judge may conduct a civil action or proceeding, including a jury or nonjury trial, subject to the courts rules and policies governing the assignment of judges in civil cases. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 73; NEGenR 1.4. (TCL)
April 29, 2020 Filing 12 Case transferred in from District of Mississippi Southern; Case Number 1:20-cv-00070. Original electronic file received.
April 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER granting #7 Motion to Change Venue: cause is transferred to the Federal District Court of Nebraska. Signed by District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. on 4/29/2020 (wld) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 29, 2020 District Transfer Out to the District of Nebraska (wld) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Order #11 transferring case emailed to IT Department to electronically transfer case to the District Court of Nebraska. (wld) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 28, 2020 Filing 10 STIPULATION of Dismissal by Plaintiff, Werner Enterprises, Inc. and by HG Companies & Assurance LLC, SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company (Buchanan, Patrick) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 28, 2020 Opinion or Order TEXT ONLY ORDER granting Plaintiff's unopposed #9 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response re Defendants' #7 MOTION to Change Venue and Transfer Case. Plaintiff's response is due by 5/8/2020. NO FURTHER WRITTEN ORDER SHALL ISSUE. Signed by District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr on 4/28/2020 (MG) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 27, 2020 Filing 9 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to #7 MOTION to Change Venue and Transfer Case by Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Dunbar, David) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 14, 2020 Filing 8 MEMORANDUM in Support re #7 MOTION to Change Venue and Transfer Case filed by HG Companies & Assurance LLC, SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company (Buchanan, Patrick) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 14, 2020 Filing 7 MOTION to Change Venue and Transfer Case by HG Companies & Assurance LLC, SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company (Buchanan, Patrick) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 14, 2020 DOCKET ANNOTATION as to #7: Advising attorney that the extra verbiage should not have been included in the docket text, or the event code "Miscellaneous Relief" should have been used in order for docket entry to read like the title of this document. Attorney is not required to re-file. (RLW) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 6, 2020 Filing 6 NOTICE of Appearance by Kimberly D. McCormack on behalf of Werner Enterprises, Inc. (McCormack, Kimberly) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 6, 2020 Filing 5 NOTICE of Appearance by Patrick R. Buchanan on behalf of HG Companies & Assurance LLC, SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company (Buchanan, Patrick) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
April 3, 2020 Filing 4 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Werner Enterprises, Inc.. SMC Transport, LLC served on 3/30/2020, answer due 4/20/2020. (Dunbar, David) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
March 31, 2020 Filing 3 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Werner Enterprises, Inc.. United Specialty Insurance Company served on 3/25/2020, answer due 4/15/2020. (Dunbar, David) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
February 24, 2020 Filing 2 Summons Issued as to HG Companies & Assurance LLC, SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company. (PKS) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]
February 24, 2020 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against HG Companies & Assurance LLC, SMC Transport, LLC, United Specialty Insurance Company (Filing fee $400.00, receipt number 14643012108) filed by Werner Enterprises, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Broker Carrier Agreement, #2 Exhibit B - Trailer Interchange Agreement, #3 Exhibit C - Certificate of Liability Insurance, #4 Exhibit D - Letter to John MacNeill, #5 Exhibit E - Emails, #6 Exhibit F - Letter to George Jackson and John MacNeill, #7 Exhibit G - Certificate of Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance, #8 Civil Cover Sheet)(PKS) [Transferred from Mississippi Southern on 4/29/2020.]

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