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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY PRETRIAL DATES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE No. C-03-5494 JF

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Gordon &

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Embarcadero Center West

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, C

A 94111

JACK B. McCOWAN, JR. (SBN: 62056)

LINDA L. NUSSER (SBN: 132154)

CHARLES E. WILSON (SBN: 225625)

GORDON & REES LLP

Embarcadero Center West

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 986-5900

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054

MICHAEL L. O’DONNELL, Pro Hac Vice

CRAIG R. MAY, Pro Hac Vice

WHEELER TRIGG KENNEDY LLP

1801 California Street, Suite 3600

Denver, CO 80202-2617

Telephone: (303) 292-2525

Facsimile: (303) 294-1879

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EDWARD V. BYRNS, individually, and as 

Executor of the ESTATE OF LUCILLE G. 

BYRNS,

Plaintiff,

v.

ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, 

INC., and GUIDANT CORP.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. C-03-5494 JF/PVT

STIPULATION AND JOINT MOTION 

TO MODIFY PRETRIAL DATES AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Date Action Filed: December 5, 2003

Final Pretrial Conf: August 25, 2006

Trial Date: September 8, 2006

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 29 and applicable Local Rules, the parties in 

the above-captioned matter hereby stipulate to and jointly move for modification of certain 

pretrial dates, as set forth below. 

1. Although the parties are working diligently to complete discovery, certain 

modifications to existing deadlines are necessary to accommodate additional depositions, the 

large amount of ongoing document production, and other unanticipated complicating factors 

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presented by this complex case. The requested extensions should not affect the existing pretrial 

conference or trial dates, and the parties are not requesting any change in these dates.

2. The table below provided the new dates to which the parties have stipulated 

along with the existing deadline. The parties request the Court’s approval of new proposed 

dates:

Existing Deadline Proposed Extension

Fact discovery completed December 16, 2005 January 15, 2006

extension only for fact 

depositions, contention 

interrogatories to identify 

claims or defenses still 

asserted, requests for 

admissions to authenticate 

documents, and subpoena of 

documents from nonparties; 

the depositions of three 

former Guidant employees, 

Mssrs. Rush, Marquardt, and 

Watkins, will be taken after 

January 15, 2006, per 

agreement of the parties

Plaintiff’s expert disclosures January 12, 2006 February 15, 2006

Defendants’ expert 

disclosures

February 28, 2006 April 3, 2006

Rebuttal expert disclosures May 1, 2006 May 12, 2006

Expert depositions completed May 17, 2006 May 24, 2006

Dispositive and Daubert

motions

May 30, 2006 June 12, 2006

Pretrial conference August 25, 2006 no change

Trial date September 8, 2006 no change

3. During prior case management conferences, the parties have previously 

requested continuances of the pretrial due dates set forth above, which were granted by the 

court.

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES THAT:

• The fact discovery deadline is extended through January 15, 2006 for fact depositions, 

contention interrogatories to identify claims or defenses still asserted, requests for 

admission to authenticate documents, and any subpoena of documents from third parties. 

Furthermore, the depositions of former Guidant employees Rush, Marquardt, and 

Watkins will be taken after the fact discovery deadline per a schedule worked out by the 

parties, and the parties recognize that Plaintiff might assert a need to discover from 

Defendants discrete documents that come to light for the first time at these depositions. 

Defendants reserve all rights to object to such requests, except for objections based upon 

the fact that fact discovery has otherwise closed. Other fact depositions may be taken 

after the fact discovery deadline, if necessary, by agreement of the parties.

• Plaintiff’s expert disclosures are due February 15, 2006. Service must be by hand, 

email or facsimile, unless otherwise agreed to.

• Defendants’ expert disclosures are due April 3, 2006. Service must be by hand, email or 

facsimile, unless otherwise agreed to.

• Rebuttal expert disclosures are due May 12, 2006. Service must be by hand, email or 

facsimile, unless otherwise agreed to.

• Expert depositions should be completed May 17, 2004.

• Dispositive Motions and Daubert motions are due June 12, 2006

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Respectfully submitted,

Dated: December 21, 2005 By:_________/s/_________________________

 KENT L. KLAUDT

 Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: December 22, 2005 By:________/s/___________________________

LINDA L. NUSSER

Attorneys for Defendants

PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, THE PROPOSED MODIFIED DATES 

ARE HEREBY ADOPTED. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December __, 2005

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HON. JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Court Judge

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