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Nature of Suit Code: 368
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury - Prod.liab.
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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1 MICHELE C. BARNES (SBN 187239) 

michele. barnes@klgates.com 

2 PETER E. SOSKIN (SBN 280347) 

peter.soskin@klgates.com 

3 K&L GATES LLP 

Four Embarcadero Center 

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San Francisco, CA 94111 

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Facsimile: +1 415 882 8220 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CRANE CO. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

PATRICIA J. COVEY-HINZO, individually 

and as successor in interest to GILBERT E. 

HINZO, Deceased, ALEX HINZO, an 

individual, and FELICIA WATSON, an 

individual, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS et al. 

Defendants 

Case No. C 15-00241 WHA (Lead Case) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE EXPERT REPORT 

DEADLINES 

21 WHEREAS, the Court's March 27,2015 Scheduling Order provides for a briefing schedule 

22 on expert reports as follows: 

23 !. The last date for designation of expert testimony and disclosure of full expert reports 

24 under FRCP 26(a)(2) as to any issue on which a party has the burden of proof ("opening reports") 

25 shall be DECEMBER 18, 2015. 

26 2. Within FOURTEEN CALENDAR DAYS of said deadline, all other parties must disclose 

27 any expert reports on the same issue ("opposition reports") 

28 3. Within SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS thereafter, the party with the burden of proof must 

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1 disclose any reply reports rebutting specific material in opposition reports ("rebuttal reports"). 

2 4. The cutoff for all expert discovery shall be FOURTEEN CALENDAR DAYS after 

3 the deadline for reply reports. 

4 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court's March 27,2015 scheduling order, non-expert discovery 

5 closes on December 18, 2015; 

6 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs first identified the only known witness with information about 

7 Decedent's work history on November 12, 2015; 

8 WHEREAS, the deposition of this witness has been noticed for December 8, 2015; 

9 WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the late timing of the disclosures of the only 

10 potential product identification witness will make it impracticable for the parties to adhere to the 

11 Court's expert report deadlines. 

12 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that the deadline for designation of expert 

13 testimony and disclosure of full expert reports under FRCP 26(a)(2) as to any issue on which a party 

14 has the burden ofproof("opening reports") shall be continued to January 7, 2015. All other 

15 deadlines in the Court's scheduling order shall remain in place. 

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Dated: November 25,2015 

Dated: November 25,2015 

Dated: November 25, 2015 

By: Is/ Peter E. Soskin 

Peter E. Soskin 

Attorneys for Defendant Crane Co. 

HUGO PARKER LLP 

By: /s/ Lisa Rickenbacher 

Lisa Rickenbacher 

Attorneys for Defendant General Dynamics 

Corporation 

Armstrong & Associates, LLP 

By: /s/ William Armstrong 

William Armstrong 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. and 

Crown Holdings, Inc. 

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The Davis Law Firm 

By: /s/ Whitney Davis 

Whitney Davis 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Viad Corporation 

Tucker Ellis LLP 

By: /s/ James Cunningham 

James Cunningham 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Warren Pumps, LLC 

Pond North LLP 

By: /s/ Frank Pond 

Frank: Pond 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation 

f!k!a! Viacom, Inc., successor by merger to 

CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania 

corporation, f!k/a Westinghouse Electric 

Corporation; and FMC Corporation on behalf 

of its former Northern Pump business 

Heard Robins Cloud LLP 

By: /s/ Sara Morton 

Sara Morton 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, the deadline for designation of expert testimony and 

disclosure of full expert reports under FRCP 26(a)(2) as to any issue on which a party has the burden 

of proof ("opening reports") shall be continued to January 7, 2015. All other deadlines in this Court's 

scheduling order shall remain in place. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

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Honorable William Alsup 

Judge, United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

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