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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION RE: RETAINED EXPERT 

WITNESS DEPOSITIONS; ORDER 

THEREON

CASE NO. 2:14-CV-00609-TLN-DAD

GailAnn Y. Stargardter (Bar No. 250749)

Andrew J. King (Bar No. 253962)

ARCHER NORRIS

A Professional Law Corporation

2033 North Main Street, Suite 800

Walnut Creek, CA 94596-3759

Telephone: 925.930.6600

Facsimile: 925.930.6620

gstargardter@archernorris.com

aking@archernorris.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant

ATAIN SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY f/k/a USF INSURANCE 

COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ATAIN SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY f/k/a USF INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Michigan corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIERRA PACIFIC MANAGEMENT 

COMPANY, a California corporation; 

CALIFORNIA CAPITAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a California corporation

Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-cv-00609-TLN-DAD

STIPULATION REGARDING 

DEPOSITIONS OF RETAINED EXPERT 

WITNESSES; ORDER THEREON 

Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley

Magistrate Judge: Hon Dale A. Drozd

CALIFORNIA CAPITAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a California corporation

Counterclaimant,

v.

ATAIN SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY f/k/a USF INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Michigan corporation

Counterdefendant.

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CALIFORNIA CAPITAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a California corporation

Third Party Plaintiff,

v.

JERRY LEE and BETTY LEE,

Third Party Defendants.

Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant ATAIN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY f/k/a 

USF INSURANCE COMPANY (“Atain”), Defendant/Counterclaimant CALIFORNIA 

CAPITAL INSURANCE COMPANY (“California Capital”), and Third Party Defendants 

JERRY LEE and BETTY LEE (the “Lees”), through their respective counsel of record, hereby 

enter into the following stipulation concerning the depositions of the parties’ disclosed retained 

expert and rebuttal expert witnesses, and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Orders on the parties’ stipulations (Docket Nos. 

40, 43), California Capital filed its expert witness disclosures on August 14, 2015 (Docket 41),

Atain filed its rebuttal expert witness disclosure on September 3, 2015 (Docket 44), and Atain 

filed its rebuttal expert witness report on September 14, 2015 (Docket 45).

WHEREAS, the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order (Docket 27) did not set a specific 

date for the close of expert witness discovery, but instructed counsel to complete all discovery 

of expert witnesses in a timely manner in order to comply with the Court’s deadline for filing 

dispositive motions. 

WHEREAS, the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order (Docket 27) provides that all 

dispositive motions shall be heard no later than November 19, 2015.

WHEREAS, due to witness unavailability in the coming months, California Capital and 

Atain seek to coordinate the depositions of their respective expert witnesses for dates after the 

date the parties must file their dispositive motions.

WHEREAS, California Capital and Atain have agreed that the retained expert witness 

depositions should be taken at a later date, within 30 days of the Court’s ruling on the parties’ 

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dispositive motions. 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the taking of the retained expert witness depositions at 

a later date will not impact the existing deadlines for the filing and hearing of the parties’ 

dispositive motions on purely legal issues.

STIPULATION

Atain, California Capital, and the Lees hereby agree to the following:

1. If the parties seek to take the depositions of the disclosed retained expert or 

rebuttal expert witnesses in this action, such depositions shall be completed within 30 days after 

the Court issues its ruling(s) on the parties’ dispositive motions.

2. All other pretrial and trial dates identified in the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order 

remain unchanged. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, by and between Atain, California Capital, and the Lees, by 

and through their respective counsel. 

Dated: September 14, 2015 ARCHER NORRIS

/s/ Andrew J. King 

GailAnn Y. Stargardter

Andrew J. King

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

ATAIN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 

f/k/a USF INSURANCE COMPANY

Dated: September 14, 2015 GRANT, GENOVESE & BARATTA, LLP

/s/ Lance D. Orloff (as authorized on 9/14/15) 

James M. Baratta

Lance D. Orloff

Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant

CALIFORNIA CAPITAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY

Dated: September 15, 2015 SPINELLI, DONALD & NOTT

/s/ Sean M. Patrick (as authorized on 9/15/15)

Ross R. Nott

Sean M. Patrick

Attorneys for Third Party Defendants JERRY LEE

and BETTY LEE

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 16, 2015

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