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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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SF #1101402 v1 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT REPORTS

THELEN REID

& PRIEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

ANTHONY J. BARRON (CA State Bar No. 150447) 

MATTHEW A. RICHARDS (CA State Bar No. 233166) 

KHURSHID P. KHOJA (CA State Bar No. 233866)

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94105-3601 

Telephone: (415) 371-1200 

Facsimile: (415) 371-1211 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, 

SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY, WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

R. MAX WILLIAMSON and JOSEPH A. LUGHES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SACRAMENTO DIVISION) 

SOVEREIGN GENERAL INSURANCE 

SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

an Ohio corporation, NATIONAL 

CASUALTY COMPANY, a Wisconsin 

Corporation, SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, 

WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, R. 

MAX WILLIAMSON, an individual, JOSEPH 

A. LUGHES, an individual, and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-0312-MCE-DAD 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT 

REPORTS 

Consolidated with: 05-CV-01389-GEB-KJM 

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SF #1101402 v1 -2-

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT REPORTS

THELEN REID

& PRIEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

This stipulation to allow supplemental expert reports to be filed after this Court’s 

September 25, 2006, deadline for the disclosure of expert witnesses (“Stipulation”), by and 

between Plaintiff SOVEREIGN GENERAL INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. (“Plaintiff”), by and 

through its counsel of record, and Defendants SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY, WESTERN 

HERITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY, R. MAX WILLIAMSON, and JOSEPH A. LUGHES 

(“Defendants”), by and through their counsel of record, is based on the following: 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, this Court has set September 25, 2006, as the deadline for the disclosure of 

expert witnesses and filing of expert reports, pursuant to its Amended Pretrial (Status) Scheduling 

Order of January 24, 2006; and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendants have been ordered to produce certain categories of 

documents pursuant to cross-motions to compel and Magistrate Judge Drozd’s Order of July 14, 

2006; and 

WHEREAS, since July 14, 2006, counsel for Defendants has diligently pursued 

enforcement of Magistrate Judge Drozd’s Order by demanding production of responsive 

documents from Plaintiff; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff has represented that consecutive in-house audits by two of 

Plaintiff’s insurance carriers, running from September 5, 2006, through October 13, 2006, render it 

impossible to make Plaintiffs’ responsive documents available for inspection and copying until 

October 16, 2006; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants have conferred and have agreed that a 

rolling production of Plaintiffs’ documents will begin on October 16, 2006, and continue from day 

to day until complete; and 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ expert witnesses will not have access to many documents upon 

which their analyses will be based until October 16, 2006, at the earliest, well after the 

September 25, 2006, deadline for the disclosure of expert witnesses and filing of expert reports; 

and 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT REPORTS

THELEN REID

& PRIEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

WHEREAS, if counsel for Defendants must move to compel further production from 

Plaintiff, such a motion cannot be made until October 16, 2006, at the earliest, with such additional 

documents produced not available to Defendants’ experts until well after the September 25, 2006, 

deadline for the disclosure of expert witnesses and filing of expert reports; and 

WHEREAS, since July 14, 2006, counsel for Plaintiff has diligently pursued enforcement of 

Magistrate Judge Drozd’s Order by demanding production of responsive documents from 

Defendants; and 

WHEREAS, the last documents responsive to Plaintiff’s requests were produced by 

Defendants on September 1, 2006; and 

WHEREAS, if counsel for Plaintiff must move to compel further production from 

Defendants, such a motion cannot be heard and such additional documents produced cannot be 

made available to Plaintiff’s experts until well after the September 25, 2006, deadline for the 

disclosure of expert witnesses and filing of expert reports; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants have conferred and agree that a mutual 

extension of the expert disclosure deadline, not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the opposing 

party’s/parties’ final production of responsive documents, to allow for the submission of 

supplemental reports will result in more efficient and economical completion of discovery and trial 

preparation; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants have also conferred regarding other trial 

and pretrial deadlines, and have agreed that no other deadlines shall be affected by virtue of this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order; 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the parties, by and through 

their respective counsel, do hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

JOINT STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between Plaintiff and Defendants as follows: 

1. Experts shall be designated, and expert reports filed, not later than September 25, 

2006, pursuant to this Court’s Amended Pretrial (Status) Scheduling Order of January 24, 2006. 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT REPORTS

THELEN REID

& PRIEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

2. Each expert designated on or before September 25, 2006, shall be permitted to file a 

separate, supplemental expert report within forty-five (45) days of the opposing party’s/parties’ 

final production of responsive documents in this matter. 

3. Within twenty (20) days after service of any supplemental expert report, the party so 

served shall be permitted to file a supplemental list of expert witnesses who will express opinions 

on any subjects addressed in said supplemental expert report that were not previously addressed by 

the expert’s original disclosure and report. 

4. No other trial or pretrial deadlines set by this Court’s Amended Pretrial (Status) 

Scheduling Order of January 24, 2006, shall be affected by this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. 

Dated: September ___, 2006 

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

By 

Anthony J. Barron 

Matthew A. Richards 

Khurshid P. Khoja 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, 

SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY, 

WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, R. MAX WILLIAMSON, and 

JOSEPH A. LUGHES 

Dated: September ___, 2006 

AGUILAR LAW OFFICES, PLC 

By 

Dominic G. Flamiano 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SOVEREIGN GENERAL INSURANCE 

SERVICES, INC. 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT REPORTS

THELEN REID

& PRIEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

ORDER

Based on the above Stipulation, and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

as follows: 

1. Experts shall be designated, and expert reports filed, not later than September 25, 

2006. 

2. Each expert designated on or before September 25, 2006, shall be permitted to file a 

separate, supplemental expert report within forty-five (45) days after the opposing party’s/parties’ 

final production of responsive documents in this matter. 

3. Within twenty (20) days after service of any supplemental expert report, the party so 

served shall be permitted to file a supplemental list of expert witnesses who will express opinions 

on any subjects addressed in said supplemental expert report that were not previously addressed by 

the expert’s original disclosure and report. 

4. No other trial or pretrial deadlines in this matter shall be affected by this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: September 19, 2006 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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