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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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Stipulated Request and [Proposed] Order 2:09-CV-02419-LKK-GGH 

KATHLEEN M. RHOADS (SBN: 144466)

GORDON & REES LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 565-2900 

Facsimile: (916) 920-4402 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED RENTALS NORTHWEST, INC. 

(erroneously sued herein as UNITED RENTALS, UNITED RENTALS OF CHICO and 

UNITED RENTALS, INC.) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CASE NO. 2:09-CV-02419-LKK-GGH 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND 

ORDER 

MICHAEL HANSBROUGH and SANDY 

HANSBROUGH, 

Plaintiffs, 

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UNITED RENTALS, UNITED RENTALS OF 

CHICO, UNITED RENTALS, INC., GENIE 

INDUSTRIES and DOES 1 to 45, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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Pursuant to stipulation of the parties and Local Rule 6-144 the parties hereby request that 

the Court continue the expert designation and report disclosure deadline to September 30, 2010 

and the discovery cut-off to October 15, 2010. The request is made on the basis of the following 

stipulation: 

1. Despite engaging in written discovery and depositions to prepare for trial, the 

parties have been unable to identify the particular piece of equipment involved in the accident. 

Identification and inspection of the particular piece of equipment is important to allow the parties 

to complete trial preparations. Through discovery the parties have determined the equipment 

involved in the plaintiffs' claim is one of three scissor lifts. 

2. Plaintiffs' counsel made contact with a former employee of plaintiffs employer 

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who plaintiffs believed was able to identify the specific equipment involved in the claim. On July 

16, 2010, the deposition of this former employee (Robin Henson) was completed. 

Unfortunately, Mr. Henson could not definitively identify the subject equipment. 

3. Given the current state of discovery, in order to prepare meaningful expert 

reports, the parties’ experts will need to inspect all three scissor lifts. One of the lifts is now in 

Virginia, and the location of the other two lifts has not yet been determined. 

4. Following Mr. Henson’s deposition, counsel agreed to consider with their clients 

proceeding to mediation without inspection of the three lifts in an effort to resolve the case 

without incurring the significant expense of having experts travel to three locations to inspect 

three different lifts. 

5. If mediation is unsuccessful, the parties will proceed with the inspection of each 

of the three potential lifts. There is insufficient time for the parties to complete inspection of the 

machines or to participate in mediation before the current expert disclosure deadline of July 30, 

2010. Thus, the parties request this date be changed to September 30, 2010, both to allow time 

for inspection and for a mediation. 

6. The parties previously obtained an order extending the expert disclosure deadline 

as we anticipated that Mr. Henson would identify the subject lift and our experts could proceed 

with their inspection. 

7. Continuing the date of the expert disclosure deadline will not affect the pre-trial 

conference date or the trial date set by the Court in its Pretrial Scheduling Order. The parties will 

still disclose experts prior to the litigation status report. In order to allow expert discovery, 

however, the parties request the discovery cut-off date be changed from September 9, 2010 to 

October 15, 2010. This short extension would allow the parties to attempt to resolve the case 

short of trial. 

8. All parties stipulate that they will attempt to complete mediation without 

identification of the subject lift. If mediation is unsuccessful, the parties’ experts will conduct 

their inspections of the three scissor lifts. The parties will incur significant expense if they are 

forced to have their experts conduct the inspection of three scissor lifts prior to mediation. These 

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expenses might make the resolution of the case more difficult. Accordingly, the parties stipulate 

and request that the Court extend the expert disclosure deadline to September 30, 2010 and the 

discovery cut-off to October 15, 2010. 

DATED: July 22, 2010 PETERS, RUSH HABIB & McKENNA 

 By:___________________/s/ _____________________ 

James P. McKenna 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Michael Hansbrough and Sandy Hansbrough 

DATED: July 22, 2010 CARROLL. BURDICK & McDONOUGH 

 By:__________________/s/ ___________________ 

Larry B. Panek 

Attorney for Defendant 

Genie Industries 

DATED: July 22, 2010 GORDON & REES 

 By:___________________/s/_______________________ 

Kathleen M. Rhoads 

Attorney for Defendant 

United Rentals Northwest, Inc. 

ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing therefore, the Court 

extends the deadline for expert disclosure to and including September 30. 2010. The Court 

extends the discovery cut-off date to and including October 15, 2010. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 26, 2010 

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