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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Allowing Quest to File Cross-Complaint 

Case No. C 09-05362 ADR SBA

Steven R. Blackburn, State Bar No. 154797

Andrew J. Sommer, State Bar No. 192844 

Brooke A. Brown, State Bar No. 242815 

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C. 

One California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-5427 

Telephone: 415.398.3500 

Facsimile: 415.398.0955 

sblackburn@ebglaw.com 

asommer@ebglaw.com 

bbrown@ebglaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant QUEST DIAGNOSTICS 

CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BONNIE REGINA, CASE NO. C 09-05362 ADR SBA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER ALLOWING DEFENDANT 

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL 

LABORATORIES, INC. TO FILE A 

CROSS-COMPLAINT AGAINST 

DEFENDANT HUNTMONT MEDICAL 

BUILDING 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

HUNTMONT MEDICAL BUILDING, A 

CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL 

LABORATORIES, INC. and DOES 1-10, 

Inclusive, 

 Defendants.

Plaintiff Bonnie Regina and Defendants Huntmont Medical Building and Quest 

Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc., by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate 

as follows:

On November 13, 2009, Plaintiff Bonnie Regina filed a Complaint against Defendants 

Huntmont Medical Building (“Huntmont”) and Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc., 

(“Quest”) alleging a variety of claims for denial of accessible public facilities. After answering 

the Complaint, Quest discovered facts indicating that it is entitled to seek indemnification by 

Huntmont, the Quest Diagnostics facility’s landlord, for Plaintiff’s claims. Therefore, it is 

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necessary for Quest to file a cross-complaint against Huntmont to preserve its claims for 

indemnification and other related causes of action. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that Defendant Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, 

Inc. may file a Cross-Complaint against Defendant Huntmont Medical Building. 

DATED: LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

By: 

Paul L. Rein

Celia McGuinness 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

BONNIE REGINA 

DATED: MURCHISON & CUMMING, LLP

By: 

Melissa Wood Eisenberg 

Attorneys for Defendant 

HUNTMONT MEDICAL BUILDING 

DATED: May 13, 2010 EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

By: /s/Andrew J. Sommer

Steven R. Blackburn

Andrew J. Sommer 

Brooke A. Brown 

Attorneys for Defendant QUEST 

DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL 

LABORATORIES, INC. 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation above, Defendant Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, 

Inc. is granted leave to file a cross-complaint against Defendant Huntmont Medical Building. 

Defendant shall file and serve its cross-complaint within 14 days of the date this Order is filed. 

In light of the anticipated cross-complaint, the case management conference scheduled for June 

24, 2010 is CONTINUED to July 22, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. The parties shall meet and confer prior 

to the conference and shall prepare a joint Case Management Conference Statement which shall 

be filed no later than ten (10) days prior to the Case Management Conference that complies with 

the Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California and the Standing Order 

of this Court. Plaintiff shall be responsible for filing the statement as well as for arranging the 

conference call. All parties shall be on the line and shall call (510) 637-3559 at the above 

indicated date and time. Defendant shall serve a copy of this Order on Cross-Defendant along 

with its cross-complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: 5/17/10 ______________________________________ 

 HON. SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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