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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 05:8901 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREN OCAMPO,

Plaintiff,

v.

SOUTH BAY SAND BLASTING AND 

TANK CLEANING, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 19-CV-2019-JAH-WVG

ORDER FOLLOWING EARLY 

NEUTRAL EVALUATION

On January 17, 2020, this Court convened an Early Neutral Evaluation Conference 

(“ENE”) in this matter pursuant to its December 2, 2019 Order (Doc. No. 8). The Parties 

and their counsel personally appeared for the ENE as ordered. In the course of their 

discussions, the Parties agreed that an exchange of additional documents was in order prior 

to proceeding with settlement negotiations. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS as follows:

(1) No later than February 3, 2020, defense counsel shall (i) contact counsel for 

Defendants United States of America (“the Government”) and National Steel and 

Shipbuilding Company (“NASSCO”) regarding Defendants’ position on the 

disclosure of the sealed settlement agreement and transcript of the September 18, 

2019 settlement proceedings before Judge Houston in the related action (Civil 

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Case No. 15-CV-180-JAH-WVG) as well as the disclosure of any settlement 

and/or release agreements between the Government and NASSCO in the related 

action and (ii) inform this Court of Defendants’ response by the same deadline; 

(2)No later than February 3, 2020, defense counsel shall provide Plaintiff’s counsel

any certificates of insurance, particularly those implicating workers’

compensation benefits, that controlled the time of the decedent’s accident in this 

action; and 

(3)Counsel for the Parties shall telephonically appear on Friday, February 7, 2020 

at 8:00 A.M. for a status conference regarding further proceedings in this matter 

following the above exchange of documents and information and lodge their 

appearances and the telephone numbers at which they can be reached for 

purposes of the status conference no later than Monday, February 3, 2020.

In so ordering, the Court has reviewed the record for the related action and notes 

that, under Judge Houston’s November 15, 2019 Order (Doc. No. 244), this Court holds 

jurisdiction over the entirety of all settlement proceedings, including settlement itself, in 

this matter. Should the Government and NASSCO counsel authorize the release of the 

related action’s settlement agreement and transcript of settlement proceedings before Judge 

Houston, this Court shall have authority to approve the unsealing of those two documents 

for purposes of facilitating more productive settlement discussions in this matter. In turn, 

this Court holds the authority to resolve any and all disputes that may exist or arise 

regarding the unsealing and release of the settlement agreement and transcript of the 

settlement proceedings before Judge Houston in the related action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 17, 2020

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