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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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In the Matter of the 

Complaint of

STEVE BOHLMANN, and FRAN

BOHLMANN, as Owners of that

certain SEA RAY Boat,

Registration Number CF 5582

PZ, 

NO. CIV. S-04-0205 WBS DAD

Plaintiffs,

O R D E R

For Exoneration From or 

Limitation of Liability,

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After reviewing the parties' Joint Status Report, the 

court hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

scheduled for August 1, 2005, and makes the following findings

and orders:

I. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The parties have apprised the court that a final

written settlement agreement was executed by all necessary

persons and parties to this case in March 2005. Conditions

precedent to fulfilling the terms of the settlement agreement

were completed and settlement funds were deposited into an

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escrow account. The parties represent that the settlement

agreement is a "global settlement" in the sense that it covers

both the instant lawsuit in this court as well as a related

lawsuit in state court and ultimately establishes the basis for

obtaining probate court approval of the settlement agreement.

However, the parties state that there are certain

conditions subsequent to the full performance of the settlement

agreement. Those conditions require either (1) an executed

agreement between the claimants in this action setting forth

their stipulation to an allocation of the settlement proceeds

between them, or (2) a final judgment which specifies that

allocation. Since the finalization of the settlement agreement,

claimants Patricia C. Huestess and Bradley Charles Mathison have

been unable to agree on the allocation of the settlement

proceeds. 

The parties have thus requested the court's assistance

in addressing and resolving the allocation issue between the

claimants so that an agreement or judgment for such allocation

can be obtained and the parties may pursue final probate court

approval of the settlement.

The court is reluctant to interject itself into a

settlement agreement by entering a judgment as to the proper

allocation of the proceeds between any of the claimants. 

However, in the interests of promoting settlement of the case,

the court will set a Settlement Conference regarding the issue

for September 8, 2005 at 10 a.m. before Magistrate Judge Dale.

A. Drozd in Courtroom No. 27. Counsel are instructed to have a

principal with full settlement authority present at the

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Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the

allocation issue on any terms. At least seven calendar days

before the Settlement Conference, counsel for each party shall

submit a confidential Settlement Conference Statement for review

by the settlement judge. Those statements shall not be filed

and will not otherwise be disclosed to the trial judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 27, 2005

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