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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE CHANGE OF CERTAIN DATES IN THE SCHEDULING ORDER - C 05-00198 JW

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SANTANA ROW HOTEL PARTNERS, L.P.,

Plaintiff,

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ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE

COMPANY, GALLAGHER-PIPINO, INC.,

and ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. 

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CASE NO.: C 05-00198 JW

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING

THE CHANGE OF CERTAIN DATES IN

THE SCHEDULING ORDER

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Cross-Complainant,

v.

GALLAGHER-PIPINO, INC.

Cross-Defendant. _____________________________________

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Amended Complaint Filed: November 30, 2005

WHEREAS, the Court issued its Scheduling Order on October 26, 2005;

WHEREAS, all of the parties agree that certain dates in the Scheduling Order should be

changed in order to allow the parties to engage in a more productive expert witness exchange and to

otherwise narrow the issues for and prepare for trial;

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE CHANGE OF CERTAIN DATES IN THE SCHEDULING ORDER - C 05-00198 JW

WHEREAS, the parties do not seek any changes to the filing date for the Preliminary Pretrial

and Trial Setting Conference Statement and Proposed Order or the Preliminary Pretrial and Trial

Setting Conference, which dates shall remain as currently scheduled;

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2005, the Court granted plaintiff Santana Row Hotel Partners,

LP (“SRHP”) leave to file a first amended complaint;

WHEREAS, a new party was named in plaintiff’s first amended complaint and that party has

not yet appeared in this action;

WHEREAS, plaintiff SRHP has given defendant Zurich American Insurance Company

(“Zurich”) until January 13, 2006 to respond to the complaint and has given defendant/crossdefendant Gallagher-Pipino, Inc. (“Gallagher”) and defendant Arthur J. Gallagher until January 19,

2006 to respond to the first amended complaint;

WHEREAS, all of the parties have propounded written discovery in this matter and Zurich

American Insurance Company (“Zurich”) has conducted several depositions;

WHEREAS, certain written discovery is currently pending and all of the parties intend to

propound additional written discovery;

WHEREAS, several more depositions have been noticed by the parties, but calendaring

conflicts arising from the schedules of both counsel and the witnesses have prevented the parties

from proceeding and will prevent those depositions from being completed until mid-March 2006;

WHEREAS, the parties still intend to subpoena several third parties, and arrangements must

be made for deposing many of those witnesses outside of California, including on the east coast;

WHEREAS, all parties believe that the information they will solicit through the outstanding

depositions and additional written discovery will be critical to (1) the preparation and exchange of

their respective expert reports pursuant to Rule 26(a)(2)(B), and (2) the preparation and filing of

dispositive motions ;

WHEREAS, all parties agree that, under the current schedule, they will not have time to

adequately prepare for either a productive Rule 26(a)(2)(B) exchange or meaningful dispositive

motions;

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE CHANGE OF CERTAIN DATES IN THE SCHEDULING ORDER - C 05-00198 JW

WHEREAS, counsel for Zurich and plaintiff SRHP met and conferred on or about November

30, 2005 regarding plaintiff’s responses to certain written discovery and plaintiff agreed to amend

and supplement said responses, but counsel for plaintiff SRHP was engaged in a lengthy trial on a

separate matter in November and December of 2005 and was thus precluded from reviewing and

revising its responses to Zurich’s written discovery;

WHEREAS, counsel for plaintiff SRHP has agreed to provide certain amended and/or

supplemental responses to Zurich’s discovery by the end of January 2006;

WHEREAS, counsel for Zurich and defendant/cross-defendant Gallagher met and conferred

on or about November 8, 2005 regarding Gallagher’s responses to certain written discovery, but were

unable to resolve those issues;

WHEREAS, on or about November 17, 2005, Zurich filed a motion to compel further

responses to that written discovery and scheduled a hearing date of December 27, 2005, which was

continued sua sponte by Magistrate Lloyd to January 10, 2006;

WHEREAS, Gallagher has now agreed to provide amended responses to the subject

discovery;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have encountered certain difficulties completing the discovery

necessary to adequately brief the motions/cross-motions for partial summary judgment;

WHEREAS, previous modifications to the scheduling of this case are as follows: On

November 16, 2005, the Court granted plaintiff SRHP leave to file a first amended complaint; on

November 8, 2005, Magistrate Lloyd continued Zurich’s motion to compel Gallagher’s responses to

written discovery from December 27, 2005 to January 10, 2005; on October 26, 2005, the Court

issued the Scheduling Order in this case; on August 4, 2005, the Court entered a stipulated order

changing the hearing dates on cross-motions for summary judgment from October 24, 2005 to

December 19, 2005; on May 9, 2005, the Court continued the hearing date on Zurich’s Motion to

Dismiss from May 16, 2005 to August 22, 2005; and on February 23, 2005, the Court vacated the

“Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference” because the case was reassigned to Judge

Ware.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE CHANGE OF CERTAIN DATES IN THE SCHEDULING ORDER - C 05-00198 JW

WHEREAS, the changes requested herein would not effect the currently-scheduled dates for

(1) the filing of the Preliminary Pretrial and Trial Setting Conference Statement and Proposed Order,

or (2) the Preliminary Pretrial and Trial Setting Conference; and 

WHEREAS, all of the parties agree that, in light of the complexity of the issues in dispute

and the nature and scope of the discovery that still remains outstanding, the changes requested herein

are necessary to the productive and orderly handling of his matter;

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto through their

respective attorneys of record as follows:

1. The date regarding expert witness disclosure referenced in Paragraph 4 of the

Scheduling Order is changed from April 7, 2006 to May 15, 2006;

2. The date regarding the hearing of motions to exclude experts/expert testimony

referenced in Paragraph 7 of the Scheduling Order is changed from June 5, 2006 to

July 15, 2006;

3. The date regarding disclosure of rebuttal expert witnesses referenced in Paragraph 8

of the Scheduling Order is changed from April 17, 2006 to May 30, 2006;

4. The date regarding the close of discovery referenced in Paragraph 10 of the

Scheduling Order is changed from June 9, 2006 to June 30; and

5. The date for dispositive motions directed to liability on the first and second claims for

relief referenced in Paragraph 11 of the Scheduling order is changed from February

27, 2006 to March 27, 2006

DATED: January 5, 2006 RUBY & SCHOFIELD

/s/

By:_________________________

Steven A. Ellenberg

Attorneys for Plaintiff SANTANA ROW

HOTEL PARTNERS, L.P.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE CHANGE OF CERTAIN DATES IN THE SCHEDULING ORDER - C 05-00198 JW

DATED: January 6, 2006 JONES TURNER, LLP

/s/

By:_________________________

Steven D. Turner

Attorneys for Defendant ZURICH AMERICAN

INSURANCE COMPANY

DATED: January 5, 2006 SELVIN WRAITH HALMAN, LLP

/s/

By:_________________________

Gary R. Selvin

Attorneys for Defendant GALLAGHERPIPINO, INC.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: __________________ _____________________________________

The Honorable James Ware

United States District Judge

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Jan. 10, 2006 /s/ James Ware

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