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

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SCOTT J. KAPLAN (#143478)

ANDREW F. BRIMMER (#179146)

STOEL RIVES LLP

900 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2600

Portland, OR 97204

Telephone: (503) 224-3380

Facsimile: (503) 220-2480

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants

THE PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY,

SCOTIA PACIFIC COMPANY LLC;

MAXXAM INC., MAXXAM GROUP INC.,

MAXXAM GROUP HOLDINGS INC.,

CHARLES E. HURWITZ, GARY CLARK

JOHN CAMPBELL and ROBERT MANNE

ALAN H. BARBANEL (#108196)

KATY A. NELSON (#173759)

ALEX H. AHARONIAN (#231850)

BARBANEL & TREUER, P.C.

1925 Century Park East, Suite 350

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 282-8088

Facsimile: (310) 282-8779

Attorneys for Defendant, Counterclaimant,

Cross-Claimant and Third-Party Plaintiff

GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY

SHERMAN C. LEE (#145765)

JANINE SCHIESS (#203791)

COLLIAU ELENIUS MURPHY CARLUCCIO

KEENER & MORROW

405 Howard Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 932-7000

Facsimile: (415) 932-7001

Attorneys for Defendant and

Counter-Complainant

TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE

COMPANY

REBECCA R. WEINREICH (#155684)

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

221 North Figueroa Street, 12th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Telephone: (213) 250-1800

Facsimile: (213) 481-0621

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

Case No. C-06 0212 EDL

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL JOINT

CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

AND PROPOSED ORDER

Judge: Honorable Elizabeth Laporte

THE PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY, a

Delaware corporation; SCOTIA PACIFIC

COMPANY LLC, a Delaware corporation;

MAXXAM INC., a Delaware corporation;

MAXXAM GROUP INC., a Delaware

corporation; MAXXAM GROUP HOLDINGS

INC., a Delaware corporation; CHARLES E.

HURWITZ, an individual; GARY CLARK, an

individual; JOHN CAMPBELL, an individual;

and ROBERT MANNE, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY,

a Connecticut corporation;

TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE

COMPANY, an Illinois corporation,

Defendants.

TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE

COMPANY, an Illinois corporation,

Counter-Complainant,

v.

THE PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY, a

Delaware corporation; SCOTIA PACIFIC

COMPANY LLC, a Delaware corporation;

MAXXAM INC., a Delaware corporation;

MAXXAM GROUP INC., a Delaware

corporation; MAXXAM GROUP HOLDINGS

INC., a Delaware corporation; CHARLES E.

HURWITZ, an individual; GARY CLARK, an

individual; JOHN CAMPBELL, an individual;

ROBERT MANNE, an individual; and DOES 1

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Counter-Defendants.

GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY,

a Connecticut corporation,

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Third-Party Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, a

Pennsylvania corporation,

Third-Party Defendant.

Pursuant to the Court’s Order of April 12, 2007, the parties to this action jointly submit

this Second Supplemental Case Management Statement and Proposed Order.

The parties have consented to trial before Magistrate Judge Laporte. Discovery among

plaintiffs and defendants has been completed, and plaintiffs’ and defendants’ summary judgment

motions briefed and filed. (The parties have agreed that third-party defendant National Union

Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA need not file its motion for summary judgment against

defendants General Star Indemnity Company and Transportation Insurance Company, if at all,

until after the disputes among plaintiffs and defendants have been adjudicated.) At oral argument

on December 19, 2006, the Court requested additional summary judgment submissions be filed.

However, before those submissions were filed, on January 18, 2007, plaintiffs and counterdefendants The Pacific Lumber Company (“PALCO”) and Scotia Pacific Company, LLC

(“Scotia”) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the

Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, case numbers 07-20028-C-11 and 70-20032-

C-11 (jointly administered under case number 07-20027-C-11). The bankruptcy is a complex one

involving six related companies and hundreds of creditors and remains pending.

In this action, plaintiffs seek insurance coverage for certain lawsuits filed against them in

Humboldt County Superior Court, referenced during these proceedings as the Cave, Cook and

Johnson actions. Those actions have been stayed pursuant to the bankruptcy automatic stay,

11 U.S.C. § 362(a). The Cave, Cook and Johnson plaintiffs have filed proofs of claims in the

bankruptcy cases in Corpus Christi., Texas

In the interest of having a confirmed Plan of Reorganization in place, the U.S. Bankruptcy

Court has set an expedited scheduling for hearing on the debtors’ Motion to Estimate the Cave,

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Cook and Johnson plaintiffs’ claims. The court has set a bifurcated adjudicative hearing on these

claims for March 2008 pursuant to the attached order dated January 4, 2008. The outcome of

these proceedings will be directly applicable only to the debtor parties, PALCO and Scotia, but

may have preclusive effect on the underlying claims against the nondebtor plaintiffs herein.

Therefore, assuming the bankruptcy court issues its ruling within 30 days of the hearing, the

parties to this coverage action will have a great deal of information by March or April 2008 about

the outcome of the underlying cases (subject to any appeal).

Consequently, in the interests of justice, judicial economy and the conservation of the

parties’ resources, the parties hereby request that this action be stayed for a period of an

additional 90 days, after which the parties will report back to the Court about the status of the

bankruptcy and whether the stay should be lifted or continued.

DATED: January 10, 2008. STOEL RIVES LLP

By: /s/

SCOTT J. KAPLAN

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants

THE PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY,

SCOTIA PACIFIC COMPANY LLC;

MAXXAM INC., MAXXAM GROUP INC.,

MAXXAM GROUP HOLDINGS INC.,

CHARLES E. HURWITZ, GARY CLARK

JOHN CAMPBELL and ROBERT MANNE

DATED: January 10, 2008. COLLIAU ELENIUS MURPHY CARLUCCIO

KEENER & MORROW

By: /s/

SHERMAN C. LEE

Attorneys for Defendant and

Counter-Complainant TRANSPORTATION

INSURANCE COMPANY

DATED: January 10, 2008. BARBANEL & TREUER, P.C.

By: /s/

KATY NELSON

Attorneys for Defendant, Counterclaimant,

Cross-Claimant and Third-Party Plaintiff

GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY

COMPANY

DATED: January 10, 2008. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

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By: /s/

REBECCA R. WEINREICH (#155684)

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA

DECLARATION REGARDING SIGNATURES

I, Scott J. Kaplan, declare under penalty of perjury that I obtained concurrence to file this

document from each of the other signatories to this document.

/s/

Scott J. Kaplan

ORDER

This action is stayed until further order from the Court. Counsel shall submit a further

joint status report to the Court no later than ______________, 2008.

Dated: ____________, 2008 _________________________________________

THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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