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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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Gretchen M. Nelson (Cal. Bar No. 112566)

KREINDLER & KREINDLER LLP

707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 5070

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Tel.: (213) 622-6469

Fax:(213)622-6019

-andRobert J. Spragg, pro hac vice

Hilary B. Taylor (Cal. Bar No. 203796)

KREINDLER & KREINDLER LLP

100 Park Avenue, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Tel.: (212) 687-8181

Fax: (212) 972-9432

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Charles L. Coleman, III (Cal. Bar No.65496)

Chung-Han Lee (Cal. Bar No. 231950)

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

50 California Street, 28th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-4624

Tel: (415) 743-6900

Fax:(415)743-6910

Attorneys for Defendant Societe Air France

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MAJED ABDEEN KARAB ALA,

individually and on behalf of her minor child,

AHMAD THABET KARABALA; AMAL

KARAB ALA, individually and on behalf of

her minor children, YOUSEF KARABALA

and MOHAMMAD KARABALA; and

NOOR KARAB ALA,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GROUPE AIR FRANCE-KLM and

SOCIETE AIR FRANCE,

Defendants.

Civ. No. C 06-04665 JSW (JL)

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER

CHANGING TIME AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER

[DECLARATION OF CHUNG-HAN LEE

FILED CONCURRENTLY HEREWITH]

Stipulation Request for Order Changing Time No. C 06-04665 JSW (JL)

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1 The parties make this stipulated request for an order changing time pursuant to Local

2 Rule 6-2. It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between plaintiffs MAJED ABDEEN

3 KARABALA, individually and on behalf of her minor child, AHMAD THABET KARABALA;

4 AMAL KARABALA, individually and on behalf of her minor children, YOUSEF KARABALA

5 and MOHAMMAD KARABALA; and NOOR KARABALA ("Plaintiffs"), and defendant

6 SOCIETE AIR FRANCE ("Defendant"), by and through their respective undersigned attorneys,

7 as follows:

8 On December 20, 2006, the Court issued its Order Scheduling Trial and Pretrial Matters

9 for this case providing various deadlines for the completion of ADR, non-expert and expert

10 discovery, and dispositive motions. In the Scheduling Order, the Court provided the following

11 deadlines:

12 Last Day to Conduct ADR February 20,2007

13 Further Case Management Conference March 9,2007, 1:30 p.m.

14 Close of Non-Expert Discovery March 30,2007

15 Last Day for Expert Discovery June 29, 2007

16 Last Day to Hear Dispositive Motions August 3,2007, 9:00 a.m.

17 Pretrial Conference October 22,2007, at 2:00 p.m.

18 Jury Trial Date November 26,2007 at 8:30 a.m.

19 Since the Court issued its initial Scheduling Order, the parties have been actively engaged

20 in extensive negotiations regarding a stipulation not to contest liability that would obviate the

21 need to conduct liability discovery and the need to conduct a trial on liability issues. The parties

22 have reached an agreement on the stipulation, and the parties executed and filed the "Stipulation

23 Regarding Certain Claims and Defenses; [Proposed] Order" on Friday, February 09, 2007. In

24 the meantime, the parties have begun fact discovery on damages issues.

25 Moreover, the parties have agreed on private mediation before the Honorable Judge

26 Dickran Tevrizian of the Central District of California. Judge Tevrizian, who previously

27 presided in the mediation in the related case Ayat v. Societe Air France, N.D. Cal., 06-1574 JSW

28 (JL), has agreed to serve as a mediator in this matter. Due to the scheduling constraints of Air

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1 France's lead counsel, Charles L. Coleman, III, who is engaged in a month-long arbitration in

2 Sacramento, California this month, as well as the scheduling constraints of Judge Tevrizian who

3 could only accommodate a mediation after 4:00 p.m. on most dates this month because he is

4 engaged in an extended criminal trial, the parties were unable to set the date for the mediation

5 before Judge Tevrizian before the February 20, 2007 deadline to conduct ADR. The parties have

6 again consulted Judge Tevrizian's schedule and currently working on setting the mediation for

7 late March or early April.

8 In light of the foregoing events, the parties now seek to extend certain dates set forth in

9 the Court's Scheduling Order. Thus, the parties stipulate and respectfully request that the Court

10 amend the Scheduling Order to provide the following deadlines:

11 Last Day to Conduct ADR April 13, 2007

12 Further Case Management Conference April 27, 2007, 1:30 p.m.

13 Close of Non-Expert Discovery May 4,2007

14 The parties agree that all other in the Scheduling Order shall remain the same.

15 The parties agree that there is good cause for this extension in that the parties have been

16 diligent in conducting fact discovery. In addition, the parties have reached an agreement and

17 have filed a stipulation that obviates the need to conduct liability discovery and the need to

18 conduct a trial on liability issues leaving only damages at issue. The parties believe that these

19 developments have streamlined the case and should provide the parties a meaningful opportunity

20 to reach a settlement at the mediation. Absent a settlement at the mediation, the fact that

21 discovery is now restricted only to damages issues should limit the scope of any remaining fact

22 and expert discovery. The postponement of the ADR and the close of non-expert discovery

23 deadlines in the current Scheduling Order is not being sought for the purpose of delay but is

24 intended to allow the parties to conduct the mediation and hopefully reach an amicable

25 settlement of this case. The proposed postponement does not delay the pretrial conference or the

26 trial date previously set by the Court.

27 Pursuant to L.R. 6-2, this Stipulated Request is accompanied by the Declaration of

28 Chung-Han Lee filed concurrently hereto.

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Dated: February ft/, 2007

Dated: February . 2007

Respectfully Submitted,

KREINDLER&JCREINDLER LLP

Gretchen M. Nelson ((

Robert J. Spragg, pro',

Hilary B. Taylor (Cal. Bar No. 203796)

KREINDLER & KREMDLER LLP

100 Park Avenue, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Tel: (212) 687-8181

Fax:(212)972-9432

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

Charles L. Colfeman, III (State Bar No. 65496)

Chung-Han Lee (State Bar No. 231950)

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

50 California Street, 28th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-4624

Tel: (415)743-6900

Fax:(415)743-6910

Attorneys for Defendant

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _, 2007

THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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