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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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R. SCOTT ERLEWINE (State Bar No. 095106) 

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP 

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

The Presidio 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: 415-398-0900 

Fax: 415-398-0911 

Email: rse@phillaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Westgate Petroleum Company, Inc., 

d/b/a Helms Petroleum 

Robert W. Keaster (SBN 115847) 

rkeaster@ckllplaw.com 

CHAMBERLIN & KEASTER LLP 

16000 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 700 

Encino, California 91436-2758 

Telephone: (818) 385-1256 

Facsimile: (818) 385-1802 

Attorneys for Defendant INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF HANNOVER, SE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA 

WESTGATE PETROLEUM COMPANY, 

INC., d/b/a Helms Petroleum, 

Plaintiff, 

V. 

INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF HANNOVER, SE, etc., 

Defendant. 

Case No: 3:16-cv-00115-WHA 

STIPULATION GRANTING PLAINTIFF 

LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT AND 

GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE CROSSCLAIM TO ADD ZURICH AMERICAN 

INSURANCE COMPANY AS PARTY; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

Pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, the parties hereto by and through their respective counsel of 

record hereby stipulate and agree that Plaintiff WESTGATE PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., 

d/b/a Helms Petroleum ("WESTGATE") shall be granted leave to file a First Amended 

Complaint adding Zurich American Insurance Company ("ZURICH") as a defendant to its 

JOINT STIP. GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT, etc. 

-Case No. 3:16-cv-00115-WHA 

Order re:

Case 3:16-cv-00115-WHA Document 24 Filed 07/25/16 Page 1 of 3
Complaint and that Defendant INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

2 HANNOVER, SE ("INTERNATIONAL") shall be granted leave to file a Cross-Claim against 

3 ZURICH seeking contribution, indemnity and subrogation for amounts it has or may be 

4 obligated to pay to WESTGATE. 

5 Good cause exist for this stipulation since counsel for the parties have just recently 

6 learned through third party discovery that Zurich provided auto and commercial general liability 

7 insurance to WESTGATE as an additional insured under a policy issued to the trucking 

8 company which was unloading the gasoline at WESTGATE'S facility which caught fire and 

9 which fire is the loss that is the subject this coverage action. On information and belief, 

10 ZURICH is a New York corporation which maintains its principal place of business in 

II Schaumburg, Illinois, so its presence as a defendant will not destroy diversity jurisdiction. 

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Pursuant to the operative scheduling order in this case, the parties can seek leave to amend their 

pleadings and add parties by July 29, 2016. 

Dated: July 22, 2016 

Dated: July 22,2016 

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP 

By /s/ R. Scott Erlewine 

R. Scott Erlewine 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CHAMBERLIN & KEASTER 

By~/s~/ ______________________ __ 

Robeti W. Keaster 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ATTESTATION 

I, R. Scott Erlewine, am the ECF user whose identification and password is being used to 

file the instant document. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all counsel 

whose electronic signatures appear above provided their authority and concurrence to file this 

document. 

Is/ R. Scott Erlewine 

R. Scott Erlewine 

JOINT STIP. GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT, etc. 

-Case No. 3:16-cv-00115-WHA 

Order re:

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff may file an amended complaint adding Zurich American 

Insurance Company as a defendant in this action and that defendant may file a cross-claim 

adding Zurich American Insurance Company as a cross-defendant to this action. 

DATED: ___ _ 

Hon. William H. Alsup 

United States District Judge 

JOINT STIP. GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT, etc. 

-Case No. 3:16-cv-00115-WHA 

July 25, 2016. Order re:

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