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

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Ronald A. McIntire, Bar No. 127407 

PERKINS COIE LLP

1888 Century Park E., Suite 1700 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-1721 

Telephone: 310.788.9900 

Facsimile: 310.788.3399 

Richard Coyle (admitted pro hac vice) 

Brendan Murphy (admitted pro hac vice) 

PERKINS COIE LLP

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800 

Seattle, WA 98101-3099 

Telephone: 206.359.8000 

Facsimile: 206.359.9000 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Turbomeca S.A. and Turbomeca USA, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TURBOMECA S.A., a French 

Corporation; LA SOCIETE ANONYME 

TURBOMECA FRANCE, a French 

Corporation; TURBOMECA USA, a Texas 

Corporation; TURBOMECA ENGINE 

CORPORATION, a Texas Corporation, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07:CV-1398-WBS-KJN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING 

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR RULE 26(F) 

CONFERENCE, TO SERVE INITIAL 

DISCLOSURES, AND TO CONTINUE 

INITIAL (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

CONFERENCE 

Plaintiff County of Sacramento and Defendants Turbomeca S.A. (f/k/a La Societe 

Anonyme Turbomeca France) and Turbomeca USA, Inc. (f/k/a Turbomeca Engine Corporation) 

hereby stipulate and seek an order of the Court extending certain deadlines in the above-entitled 

matter, and state as follows: 

This case arises from the crash of a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department helicopter 

on July 13, 2005, which resulted in the deaths of two Sheriff's deputies, injuries to a third deputy, 

and the loss of the helicopter. The County of Sacramento commenced this action on July 13, 

2007, and its insurer, Old Republic Insurance Company, commenced a separate action numbered 

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2:08-cv-01376-WBS-DAD on June 18, 2008. The two cases were consolidated until last year. 

The damages sought by the County and Old Republic include property loss, reimbursement of 

insurance payments for the helicopter, reimbursement of workers' compensation payments made 

to, or on behalf of, the occupants of the helicopter, and loss of use. The helicopter occupants and 

their families commenced a separate personal injury action against Turbomeca S.A. and 

Turbomeca USA, but the parties to that action reached a settlement and the case has been 

dismissed.1 

On August 7, 2008, the Court ordered the County’s and Old Republic’s actions 

consolidated under master case number 07-CV-01398-WBS-DAD. The court also adopted the 

scheduling order from the Old Republic action, which set a status conference for December 1, 

2008, at 2:00 p.m. On November 17, 2008, the Court continued this conference to April 6, 2009. 

(Docket No. 43.) On March 19, 2009, the Court continued this conference to September 8, 2009. 

(Docket No. 47.) On July 17, 2009, the court continued this conference to December 14, 2009. 

(Docket No. 50.) On November 10, 2009, the court continued this conference to April 19, 2010. 

(Docket No. 54.) 

The defendants have filed their answers and the parties have been working diligently to 

resolve the case informally and without burden on the Court. Counsel for Old Republic and 

Turbomeca met in person in June 2009 and settled the claims brought by Old Republic. (Notice 

of Settlement, Docket No. 48.) The Old Republic case has been severed and dismissed. (Docket 

No. 52.) 

Counsel for Turbomeca and the County have met in person to discuss resolution of the 

case and have scheduled and held informal meetings with each other’s witnesses for the purpose 

of advancing settlement discussions. These witness meetings occurred on November 13, 2009, 

December 22, 2009, and January 13, 2010. The parties are scheduling follow-up meetings among 

counsel for the Spring or Summer of 2010 to discuss settlement. The parties have also been in the 

process of informally exchanging documents and information and have exchanged and are 

 

1 Eric Henrikson, et al. v. Turbomeca, S.A., et al., Case No. 2:06-cv-01563-WBS-DAD (filed July 13, 2006, 

terminated June 26, 2008). 

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reviewing numerous documents. The parties mutually desire to avoid unnecessary litigation and 

expense, and to facilitate an early and cost-effective resolution of this case. 

The parties respectfully submit, by this Stipulation, their joint request that all currently 

scheduled matters in this action be continued for a period of six months, so that the parties can 

continue the informal exchange of information and documents and work toward an informal 

resolution of the case without incurring unnecessary expenses and without imposing any 

unnecessary burdens on the Court. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby STIPULATE AND AGREE to submit their joint request 

that the Court order as follows: 

1) That the deadline for completion of the Rule 26(f) conference of the parties is 

extended to September 10, 2010; 

2) That the deadline for the exchange of initial disclosures is extended to October 8, 

2010; and 

3) That the initial scheduling conference currently set for April 19, 2010 is continued 

to a date no earlier than October 15, 2010. 

DATED: _March 19______, 2010 PERKINS COIE LLP

By: /s/Brendan Murphy 

Brendan Murphy 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Turbomeca S.A. and Turbomeca USA, Inc. 

DATED: _March 19_____, 2010 LENAHAN, LEE 

SLATER & PEARSE, LLP 

By: /s/Kathleen Staker per email approval 

Charleton S. Pearse 

Kathleen Staker 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

County of Sacramento 

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ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

(1) The Initial Conference of the Parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(f) shall occur no later than September 10, 2010; 

(2) The Initial Disclosures of the parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(1) shall occur no later than October 8, 2010; and 

(3) The Status (Initial Scheduling) Conference currently scheduled for April 19, 2010 

is vacated and rescheduled for October 18, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

DATED: March 19, 2010 

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