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Simmons v. Cudd Pressure Control, et al.

Docket No. 20210166
Oral Argument: Monday, December 20, 2021 10:45 AM

Docket Info

Title
Robert Todd Simmons, Plaintiff
v.
Cudd Pressure Control, Inc., Defendant, Appellant,
and Cross-Appellee
and
Specialized Technical Threading, Inc.;
Tillman & Associates, LLC; and
Robert R. Hoffpauir, Jr., Defendants
and
Murex Petroleum Corporation, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff,
and Appellee
v.
WISCO, Inc., Third-Party Defendant, Appellee,
and Cross-Appellant
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : PERSONAL INJURY
Appeal From
Case No. 2014-CV-00665
Northwest Judicial District, Williams County
Joshua B. Rustad
2022 ND 20969 N.W.2d 442
Oral Argument 12/20/2021

Highlight

Contractual waiver requires a right or privilege a party is legally entitled to enforce.

Sanctionable spoliation of evidence cannot occur prior to the existence of a duty to preserve evidence.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
09/17/2021 APPELLANT BRIEF View
10/18/2021 APPELLEE BRIEF (WISCO) View
11/19/2021 AMENDED APPELLEE BRIEF (MUREX) View
11/22/2021 REPLY BRIEF (Cudd) View
11/24/2021 REPLY BRIEF (Wisco) View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Not Licensed in ND - 00002
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Paul Reginald Sanderson - 05830
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Gordon Henry Hansmeier - 04653
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Not Licensed in ND - 00002
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Not Licensed in ND - 00002
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Monte Lane Rogneby - 05029
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Christopher Adam Wills - 08493

(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 06/11/2021 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 06/11/2021
2 06/14/2021 Rec'd $125.00 filing fee
3 06/14/2021 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
4 06/14/2021 Notice Served on Monte Rogneby, Gordon H. Hansmeier, Jeffrey S. Weikum & Justin L. Williams
5 06/14/2021 Paul R. Sanderson, William J. Behrmann & Jerry W. Evenson, David D. Schweigert & Tyler J. Siewert
6 06/14/2021 Ronald H. McLean, Ian McLean & Joseph A. Wetch, Robert R. Hoffpauier, Jr.
7 06/16/2021 Rec'd notice from David Schweigert that Spec. Tech.. is not participating in appeal
8 06/16/2021 Rec'd notice from Jeffrey S. Weikum that Robert Todd Simmons is no longer participating in appeal
9 06/15/2021 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 06/17/2021
10 06/23/2021 2ND ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT
11 06/24/2021 MOTION FOR REMAND (SUA SPONTE)
12 06/24/2021 ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (SUA SPONTE)
13 06/24/2021 ORDER OF REMAND
14 06/24/2021 Briefing Schedule Stayed
15 06/24/2021 Order/Judgment Sent to Parties
16 07/02/2021 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED JULY 1, 2021(ENTRY NOS. 1-1727)(NOT SENT: 456-461, 468, 481-486, 497
17 07/02/2021 1493, 1512, 1538, 1549-1550, 1555
18 07/06/2021 1ST ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED JULY 2, 2021 (ENTRY NOS. 1728-1742 )
19 07/15/2021 2ND ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED JULY 14, 2021 (ENTRY NOS. 1743-1750 )
20 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED DECEMBER 1, 2017
21 07/22/2021 TRANSCRIPT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
22 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JULY 14, 2017
23 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 6, 2020
24 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 1
25 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 8, 2020 - VOLUME 2
26 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 3
27 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 10, 2020 - VOLUME 4
28 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 5
29 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 6
30 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 7
31 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 8
32 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 9
33 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 10
34 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 11
35 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 12
36 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 - VOLUME 13
37 07/22/2021 REDACTION KEY FOR HEARINGS DATED JANUARY 7, 2020 VOL 1-13
38 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED NOVEMBER 13, 2017
39 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED NOVEMBER 16, 2017
40 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED NOVEMBER 27, 2017
41 07/22/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED DECEMBER 9, 2019
42 07/22/2021 TRANSCRIPT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
43 07/23/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED DECEMBER 4, 2017
44 07/23/2021 TRANSCRIPT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
45 07/26/2021 TRANSCRIPT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
46 08/02/2021 MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION - William M. Hart
47 08/02/2021 MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION - Julia J. Nierengarten
48 07/27/2021 3RD ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED JULY 26, 2021 (ENTRY NOS. 1751-1753 )
49 08/05/2021 4TH ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED AUGUST 4, 2021 (ENTRY NOS. 1754-1755 )
50 08/06/2021 NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL BY WISCO, INC.
51 08/09/2021 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF CROSS-APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
52 08/09/2021 Notice Served on Monte Rogneby, Gordon H. Hansmeier, Jeffrey S. Weikum & Justin L. Williams
53 08/09/2021 Ronald H. McLean & Joseph A. Wetch, Jr. & Ian McClean/Robert Ralph Hoffpauier, Jr.
54 08/09/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED AUGUST 18, 2016
55 08/09/2021 TRANSCRIPT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
56 08/11/2021 5TH ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED AUGUST 10, 2021 (ENTRY NOS. 1756-1759)
57 08/12/2021 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT BY CROSS-APPELLANT (WISCO) (transmitted 8/12/21)
58 08/12/2021 AMENDED ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT BY CROSS-APPELLANT (WISCO) : 08/13/2021
59 08/16/2021 6TH ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED AUGUST 13, 2021 (ENTRY NOS. 1760-1762)
60 08/17/2021 ACTION BY CLERK (pro hac - Hart) - Granted
61 08/17/2021 ACTION BY CLERK (pro hac - Nierengarten) - Granted
62 09/14/2021 Rec'd non-Compliant Appellant's Brief
63 09/14/2021 APPELLANT APPENDIX
64 09/17/2021 Rec'd Compliant ATB and non-substantive corrections to ATA
65 09/17/2021 APPELLANT BRIEF View
66 09/17/2021 Oral Argument Request by Appellant
67 09/17/2021 Rec'd updated Declaration from Paul Esposito for pro hac vice appearance
68 09/17/2021 Rec'd ATB Service Document
69 09/20/2021 Rec'd $252.00 for additional page in the Appendix (receipt #28240)
70 09/21/2021 Rec'd 4 copies of ATB and 3 copies of ATA back from CD
71 09/23/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED MARCH 9, 2017
72 09/23/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED MARCH 19, 2018
73 09/23/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JULY 23, 2020
74 09/23/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JANUARY 20, 2021
75 09/23/2021 TRANSCRIPT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
76 09/30/2021 7TH ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 (ENTRY NOS. 1763-1764)
77 10/13/2021 APPELLEE BRIEF (Murex granted amended brief filed 11/19/21)
78 10/18/2021 Rec'd corrections and service on AEB (Murex)
79 10/18/2021 MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF
80 10/18/2021 ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 11/26/2021
81 10/18/2021 APPELLEE BRIEF (WISCO) View
82 10/18/2021 Oral Argument Request by Wisco
83 10/18/2021 APPELLEE APPENDIX (WISCO)
84 10/20/2021 Rec'd 3 copies of AEB (Murex) from CD
85 10/22/2021 Rec'd corrections to AEB and AEA (Wisco)
86 10/25/2021 Rec'd 3 copies of AEB(Wisoc) and 2 copies of AEA(Wisco) back from CD
87 10/26/2021 Rec'd $4.50 for additional pages in Appendix (receipt #28267)
88 11/15/2021 MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME FOR ORAL ARGUMENT BY CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC.
89 11/16/2021 NO ACTION TAKEN
90 11/16/2021 MOTION to Accept Murex's Brief as to WISCO, Inc.'s Cross-Appeal
91 11/16/2021 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (denied in part, alternative in paragraph 10 granted) - Denied
92 11/18/2021 NON-COMPLIANT AMENDED APPELLEE BRIEF (Murex)(over page limit)
93 11/19/2021 AMENDED APPELLEE BRIEF (MUREX) View
94 11/22/2021 Rec'd 3 copies of Amended AEB (Murex) back from CD
95 11/22/2021 REPLY BRIEF (Cudd) View
96 11/24/2021 Rec'd 3 copies of RYB (Cudd) back from CD
97 11/24/2021 REPLY BRIEF (Wisco) View
98 11/24/2021 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
99 11/24/2021 Intent to Particpate in Oral Argument by Appellee - Murex
100 11/29/2021 REC'D SERVICE FOR ITP-MUREX
101 11/29/2021 Rec'd 3 copies of RYB (Wisco) back from CD
102 12/13/2021 Rec'd updated Declaration from Paul Esposito for pro hac vice appearance
103 12/20/2021 APPEARANCES: Monte L. Rogneby, Paul V. Esposito, Christopher A. Wills, Paul R. Sanderson
104 12/20/2021 & William M. Hart
105 12/20/2021 ARGUED: Paul V. Esposito, Christopher A. Wills, & William M. Hart
106 12/20/2021 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
107 01/21/2022 DISPOSITION
108 01/21/2022 UNANIMOUS OPINION : McEvers, Lisa K. Fair View
109 01/21/2022 Costs on Appeal taxed in favor of the Appellants
110 01/21/2022 Judgment View
111 02/14/2022 MANDATE