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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

MICKI S. SINGER (Bar No. 148699)

DENNIS E. RAGLIN (BAR NO. 179261)

One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 8th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendant

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

The parties, by and through their attorneys of record, hereby submit the following 

Stipulation to continue the deadline for fact discovery, expert disclosure and discovery, expert 

disclosure and expert discovery, dispositive motions and trial. 

REASON FOR REQUEST

The parties have diligently been working to prepare this case for trial. The parties 

participated in a mediation which did not resolve the matter, necessitating the launch of 

comprehensive discovery. To that end, defendant has taken the depositions of both adult 

plaintiffs and the identified witness to the subject vehicle fire which spawned this automotive 

products liability case. The parties have also attended multiple vehicle inspections with their 

CARLA CORTES, a minor, by and through her 

Guardian ad Litem, ISABEL CORTES 

GARCIA; ISABEL CORTES GARCIA; and 

JUAN CARLOS GARCIA TORRES,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION, and 

DOES ONE through ONE HUNDRED,

Defendants.

CASE NO. C-05-01012 CRB

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER EXTENDING DATES FOR 

DISCOVERY, EXPERT 

DISCLOSURE, DISPOSITIVE 

MOTIONS AND TRIAL-RELATED 

DEADLINES

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experts to view the remnants of the vehicle and photograph it. These inspections have helped 

focus and refine the nature of the dispute as to the cause of this fire, and provided direction for 

future discovery. 

Defendants have deposed the responding firefighters and paramedics, as well as a 

responding police officer. More remains to be done. Defendant has subpoenaed for deposition an 

additional police officer who investigated the subject fire, as well as at least three different medical 

providers who treated plaintiff ISABEL CORTES. Additional doctors are being sought for 

deposition. The parties have exchanged written discovery on each other, and engaged in an 

extensive meet and confer process regarding DCC initial responses to plaintiffs discovery 

requests. This has also necessitated an additional round of written discovery from both parties. 

Plaintiff anticipates the possibility of further written discovery depending on the outcome of 

upcoming PMK depositions. Finally, the Court recently signed a stipulated order for Mrs. Cortes’ 

IME, which will take place on August 12, 2006. To date, the parties’ counsel have worked 

amicably together through all aspects of scheduling, responding to and dealing with discovery and 

its related issues.

However, even with the above discovery completed to date, more remains to be done and 

nonexpert discovery has taken longer than expected. The Court has recently ordered, pursuant to 

the parties’ stipulation, that the non-expert discovery cut-off date be extended from August 11 to 

September 30 to help accommodate the parties’ ongoing discovery. The needs of witnesses and 

the discovery schedule the parties are working with, however, cannot be accommodated within 

that time frame, and the parties need additional time for completion of discovery, as well as for 

expert disclosure and trial-related dates and trial. Specifically, the PMK deposition of defendant 

is being scheduled for the week of September 14, 2006 to accommodate defendant’s employee’s 

busy trial schedule. This is the earliest date defendant’s employee can be made available for 

deposition. This schedule therefore necessitates the plaintiffs having additional time within which 

to conduct any follow-up, related depositions and discovery. 

And, because of the above, additional time needs to be allocated for expert disclosure 

pursuant to Federal Rules to allow expert reports to be comprehensive and be completed in a 

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timely fashion. Similarly, defendant needs to have expert discovery completed so as to prepare its 

expected summary judgment motion, and must have enough time to get the motion filed and 

heard before cut off dates. In short, the current state of discovery completion will require 

extending the expert, dispositive and trial-related dates.

STIPULATION

Hence, to give the parties adequate time to complete the ongoing fact discovery, as well 

as to properly prepare expert disclosures, the parties are in agreement – and seek the Court’s 

approval – to extend the following dates as set forth herein:

1. Fact Discovery: September 30, 2006 to November 6, 2006;

2. Expert Disclosure: September 1 to December 1, 2006;

3. Rebuttal Disclosure: October 29, 2006 to January 5, 2007;

4. Expert Discovery: December 1, 2006 to February 16, 2007;

5. L/D File Dispositive Motions: December 11, 2006 to March 9, 2007

6. L/D Hear Dispositive Motions: January 12, 2007 to April 13, 2007

7. Trial Date: February 12, 2007 to May 21, 2007

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: August 2, 2006 WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY, WECHT & 

SCHOENBERGER

By: Douglas S. Saeltzer

DOUGLAS S. SAELTZER

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY, WECHT & 

SCHOENBERGER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs CARLA CORTES, a 

minor, by and through her Guardian at Litem, 

ISABEL CORTES GARCIA; ISABEL 

CORTES GARCIA; and JUAN CARLOS 

GARCIA TORRES

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DATED: August 2, 2006 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD

By: Dennis E. Raglin

DENNIS E. RAGLIN

SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD

Attorneys for Defendant

DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION

ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the following dates 

are extended as set forth below: 

1. Fact Discovery: September 30, 2006 to November 6, 2006;

2. Expert Disclosure: September 1 to December 1, 2006;

3. Rebuttal Disclosure: October 29, 2006 to January 5, 2007;

4. Expert Discovery: December 1, 2006 to February 16, 2007;

5. L/D File Dispositive Motions: December 11, 2006 to March 9, 2007

6. L/D Hear Dispositive Motions: January 12, 2007 to April 13, 2007

7. Trial Date: February 12, 2007 to May 21, 2007

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Pre-Trial Conference currently set for February 6, 

2007 at 2:30 p.m. is continued to ________________________.

May 15, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _____________________________________

THE HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

August 14, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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