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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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PHILLIPS, LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES BY

WHICH TO DISCLOSE EXPERT TESTIMONY

CASE NO. C05-01731 JW (HRL)

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

GREGORY N. PIMSTONE (Bar No. 150203)

11355 West Olympic Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Telephone: (310) 312-4000

Facsimile: (310) 312-4224

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

CHRISTOPHER L. WANGER (California Bar No. 164751)

RYAN S. HILBERT (California Bar No. 210549)

1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1006

Telephone: (650) 812-1300

Facsimile: (650) 213-0260

Attorneys for Defendants,

FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANY

AND JOHN ALDEN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

STEPHENSON, ACQUISTO & COLMAN

FREDERICK V. GEISLER (California Bar No. 70929)

BARRY SULLIVAN (California Bar No. 136571)

JULIE CLARY (California Bar No. 225369)

303 North Glenoaks Boulevard, Suite 700

Burbank, CA 91502

Telephone: (818) 559-4477

Facsimile: (818) 559-5484

Attorneys for Plaintiffs,

LUCILLE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT

STANFORD, and STANFORD HOSPITAL AND CLINICS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

LUCILLE SALTER PACKARD

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD,

a Non-Profit California corporation, and

STANFORD HOSPITAL AND CLINICS, a

Non-Profit California corporation,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE

COMPANY, a For-Profit Minnesota

Corporation, JOHN ALDEN LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY, a For-Profit

Wisconsin Corporation, and DOES 1-15,

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. C05-01731 JW (HRL)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINES BY

WHICH TO DISCLOSE EXPERT

WITNESSES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge James Ware

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES BY

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CASE NO. C05-01731 JW (HRL)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiffs Lucille Salter

Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and Stanford Hospital and Clinics (collectively,

“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Fortis Benefits Insurance Company (“Fortis”) and John Alden Life

Insurance Company (“John Alden”) (collectively “Defendants”), that:

WHEREAS, the Scheduling Order in this matter currently provides that the disclosure of

expert witnesses occur by no later than April 3, 2006, and that the disclosure of rebuttal expert

witnesses occur by no later than May 3, 2006;

WHEREAS, the Scheduling Order in this matter further provides that any motion to

exclude an expert or any portion of an expert’s testimony be filed, and that depositions of expert

witnesses be completed, by no later than June 12, 2006;

WHEREAS, Defendants are currently awaiting discovery responses from Plaintiffs and

have been informed that discovery by Plaintiffs is forthcoming;

WHEREAS, the parties wish to continue the deadlines by which they must disclose expert

witnesses until discovery has progressed and/or been completed so that they can better determine

whether and on what topics expert testimony may be needed, and avoid incurring any unnecessary

costs and expenses until such time;

WHEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that the deadlines by

which the parties must disclose expert witnesses be continued by sixty (60) days in accordance

with the following schedule:

1. Any party wishing to present expert witness testimony with respect to a claim or a

defense shall lodge with the Court and serve on all other parties the name, address, qualifications,

résumé and a written report which complies with Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(a)(2)(B) on or before June

2, 2006.

2. If the testimony of the expert is intended solely to contradict or rebut opinion

testimony on the same subject matter identified by another party, the party proffering a rebuttal

expert shall make the disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(a)(2)(B), no later than July 3,

2006.

3. Any party objecting to the qualifications or proposed testimony of an expert must

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file, serve and notice a motion to exclude the expert or any portion of the expert’s testimony in

writing in accordance with Civil Local Rule 7-2, for hearing no later than August 11, 2006.

4. Depositions of expert witnesses must be completed by no later than August 11,

2006.

5. Each of the other dates in the Court’s September 7, 2005 Scheduling Order shall

otherwise remain in effect.

Dated: March 28, 2006 MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

By: /s/ Ryan S. Hilbert

Ryan S. Hilbert

Attorneys for Defendants

FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANY and

JOHN ALDEN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Dated: March 28, 2006 STEPHENSON, ACQUISTO & COLMAN

By: /s/ Julie Clary

Julie Clary

Attorneys for Plaintiffs,

LUCILLE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN’S

HOSPITAL AT STANFORD, and STANFORD

HOSPITAL AND CLINICS

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Ryan

S. Hilbert hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained.

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that that

the deadlines by which the parties must disclose expert witnesses is continued by sixty (60) days

in accordance with the following schedule:

1. Any party wishing to present expert witness testimony with respect to a claim or a

defense shall lodge with the Court and serve on all other parties the name, address, qualifications,

résumé and a written report which complies with Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(a)(2)(B) on or before

June 2, 2006.

2. If the testimony of the expert is intended solely to contradict or rebut opinion

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testimony on the same subject matter identified by another party, the party proffering a rebuttal

expert shall make the disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(a)(2)(B), no later than July 3,

2006.

3. Any party objecting to the qualifications or proposed testimony of an expert must

file, serve and notice a motion to exclude the expert or any portion of the expert’s testimony in

writing in accordance with Civil Local Rule 7-2, for hearing no later than August 11, 2006.

4. Depositions of expert witnesses must be completed by no later than August 11,

2006.

5. Each of the other dates in the Court’s September 7, 2005 Scheduling Order shall

otherwise remain in effect.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ___________, 2006

Honorable James Ware

U.S. District Court Judge

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