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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order To Revise Amended Scheduling Order – CASE NO. 3:15-CV-02896-HSG

352660.1 380.37997 Selman Breitman LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW

 

JAMES R. TENERO (SBN 201023)

CHRISTOPHER C. RANCK (SBN 283873)

SELMAN BREITMAN LLP

33 New Montgomery, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-4537

Telephone : 415.979.0400

Facsimile : 415.979.2099

Emails : jtenero@selmanlaw.com

: cranck@selmanlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Scottsdale Insurance Company

STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON (SBN 201023)

JONATHAN K. MYERS (SBN 306756)

HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON & MCLAY

203 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 480

Redwood Shores, CA 94065

Telephone : 650.637.9100

Facsimile : 650.637.8071

Emails : sellingson@hayesscott.com

: jmyers@hayesscott.com

Attorneys for Defendant

Hudson Specialty Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

HUDSON SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-02896-HSG

STIPULATION AND ORDER REVISING 

THE COURT'S AMENDED 

SCHEDULING ORDER

Plaintiff Scottsdale Insurance Company ("Scottsdale") and Defendant Hudson Specialty 

Insurance Company ("Hudson"), referred to collectively as the "Parties", by and through their 

respective counsel, hereby stipulate to revise the Court's September 28, 2016 Amended 

Scheduling Order (Dkt. 40) as follows:

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order To Revise Amended Scheduling Order – CASE NO. 3:15-CV-02896-HSG

352660.1 380.37997 Selman Breitman LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW

 

I. RECITALS

1. WHEREAS, the Parties previously agreed to hold an Early Neutral Evaluation 

session (the "ENE") on October 12, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., with the Evaluator appointed by the 

Court.

2. WHEREAS, the Parties requested that the Court enlarge the operative Scheduling 

Order (Dkt. 37) because, among other reasons, the initial fact discovery cutoff set by the 

Scheduling Order was October 5, 2016, prior to the date of the ENE.

3. WHEREAS, on September 28, 2016, the Court issued an Amended Scheduling 

Order (Dkt. 40), setting deadlines for fact discovery, expert discovery, and dispositive motions. 

The Amended Scheduling Order set November 3, 2016 as the fact discovery cutoff.

4. WHEREAS, on September 29, 2016, the Court served a Notice (Dkt. 41) 

withdrawing the appointment of the assigned Evaluator for medical issues and taking the ENE 

set for October 12, 2016 off calendar. The Notice advised that the ADR Unit would appoint 

another Evaluator shortly. 

5. WHEREAS, the Parties agreed to submit a stipulated list of alternative ENE 

Evaluators to the ADR Case Administrator, and did submit such list on October 4, 2016.

6. WHEREAS, the ADR Unit has not, to date, appointed another ENE Evaluator.

7. WHEREAS, the Parties still wish for the ENE to be held prior to the fact 

discovery cutoff, currently set for November 3, 2016.

8. WHEREAS, the parties have exchanged and responded to written discovery and 

document requests to obtain necessary evidence, but wish additional time to meet and confer 

regarding discovery issues and an opportunity to propound additional written discovery, obtain 

additional documents, and/or conduct depositions following the ENE and prior to filing 

dispositive motions. The Parties recognize that the Court's determination of the Parties' 

dispositive motions could terminate this case.

9. WHEREAS, the deposition of third party Alliant Specialty Insurance Services, 

Inc. ("Alliant") has been noticed. Alliant is the broker through which the Parties' mutual named 

insured obtained insurance coverage from the Parties. The Parties are meeting and conferring 

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352660.1 380.37997 Selman Breitman LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW

 

with Alliant and its counsel to schedule a mutually available date on which to conduct the 

deposition. Additional time to conduct fact discovery would alleviate the currently encountered 

difficulties of scheduling a date agreeable to all counsel and Alliant's witness(es).

10. WHEREAS, the Parties have mutually agreed that no experts need be retained in 

this matter, as the dispute between the Parties is a question of law.

11. WHEREAS, no trial date has been set in this matter.

12. WHEREAS, the Parties do not seek any extension of dates currently set by the 

Amended Scheduling Order except for the fact discovery cutoff.

13. WHEREAS, the parties have been working diligently toward moving this case 

forward in an efficient, expeditious manner. The Parties wish to litigate this matter in a costeffective manner and avoid unnecessary attorneys' fees and costs.

14. WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to submit this Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order to Revise the Court's Amended Scheduling Order.

15. Accordingly, the Parties hereby stipulate to revising the Court's September 28, 

2016 Amended Scheduling Order as follows.

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II. STIPULATION

The parties hereby stipulate to the following revisions to the Court's Amended 

Scheduling Order:

Scheduled Event Date

Fact Discovery Cutoff December 2, 2016

(currently November 3, 2016)

Exchange Initial Expert Reports November 17, 2016

(NO CHANGE)

Exchange Rebuttal Expert Reports November 30, 2016

(NO CHANGE)

Expert Discovery Cutoff December 14, 2016

(NO CHANGE)

Deadline to Hear Dispositive Motions January 26, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

(NO CHANGE)

DATED: October 26, 2016 SELMAN BREITMAN LLP

By: /s/Christopher C. Ranck

 CHRISTOPHER C. RANCK JAMES R. TENERO

 Attorneys For Plaintiff

 Scottsdale Insurance Company

DATED: October 26, 2016 HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON & 

MCKAY

By: /s/Stephen P. Ellingson

 STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON

 JONATHAN K MYERS

 Attorneys For Defendant

 Hudson Specialty Insurance Company

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[PROPOSED ORDER]

Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, the deadlines set by the Court's Amended Scheduling 

Order are continued as follows:

Scheduled Event Date

Fact Discovery Cutoff December 2, 2016

Exchange Initial Expert Reports November 17, 2016

(NO CHANGE)

Exchange Rebuttal Expert Reports November 30, 2016

(NO CHANGE)

Expert Discovery Cutoff December 14, 2016

(NO CHANGE)

Deadline to Hear Dispositive Motions January 26, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

(NO CHANGE)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 27, 2016

By

HONORABLE HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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