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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liabilty
Cause of Action: 28:1446pl Petition for Removal - Product Liability

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PLAINTIFF CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND DEFENDANT FORD MOTOR COMPANY’S 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING EXPERT DISCLOSURE 

Case No. 2:06-cv-02703-LKK-DAD 

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H. Grant Law (SBN: 144505) 

hlaw@shb.com

Sheila M. Salomon (SBN 164619) 

ssalomon@shb.com

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

333 Bush Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, California 94104-2828 

Telephone: 415.544.1900 

Facsimile: 415.391.0281 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE 

ASSOCIATION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY and DOES 1-10, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:06-cv-02703-LKK-DAD 

PLAINTIFF CALIFORNIA STATE 

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND 

DEFENDANT FORD MOTOR 

COMPANY’S JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER STAYING EXPERT DISCLOSURE

WHEREAS, this case is eligible to be transferred to the Multiple District Litigation regarding 

alleged defects in speed control deactivation switches, in the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Michigan, Civil Action No. 2:05-MD-01718; and 

WHEREAS, the case will be transferred in the next few weeks; and 

WHEREAS, expert disclosures are due in this case; and 

WHEREAS, all involved parties hope to avoid incurring unnecessary costs. 

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PLAINTIFF CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND DEFENDANT FORD MOTOR COMPANY’S 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING EXPERT DISCLOSURE 

Case No. 2:06-cv-02703-LKK-DAD 

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THEREFORE, Defendant FORD MOTOR COMPANY and Plaintiff CALIFORNIA STATE 

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION hereby stipulate that expert discovery in this case be stayed until 

after this case is accepted by the Multiple District Litigation case in the District Court for the Eastern 

District of Michigan or it is returned to the District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

Dated: November 27, 2007 CHOLAKIAN & ASSOCIATES 

A Professional Corporation 

By /s/Kevin K. Cholakian 

KEVIN K. CHOLAKIAN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff CALIFORNIA 

STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION 

Dated: November 27, 2007 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

By /s/Sheila M. Salomon 

H. GRANT LAW 

SHEILA M. SALOMON 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The parties hereto having so stipulated, IT IS ORDERED THAT expert disclosure and 

discovery is stayed until after the case is accepted in the Multiple District Litigation in Michigan 

District Court or it is returned to this court. 

Dated: November 30, 2007. 

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PLAINTIFF CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND DEFENDANT FORD MOTOR COMPANY’S 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING EXPERT DISCLOSURE 

Case No. 2:06-cv-02703-LKK-DAD 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned declare: I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. I 

am employed in the county where this service occurs. My business address is 333 Bush Street, Suite 

600, San Francisco, California 94104, my facsimile number is (415) 391-0281. On the date shown 

below I served the following document(s): 

PLAINTIFF CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND 

DEFENDANT FORD MOTOR COMPANY’S JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING EXPERT DISCLOSURE 

on the interested parties named herein and in the manner indicated below: 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE 

ASSOCIATION 

Kevin K. Cholakian 

CHOLAKIAN & ASSOCIATES 

5 Thomas Mellon Circle 

Suite 105 

San Francisco, CA 94134 

Tel: (415) 467-8200 

Fax: (415) 467-8206 

Email: kcholakian@cholakian.net 

 X FIRST CLASS U.S. MAIL: I enclosed the document(s) in a sealed envelope or package 

 addressed to the persons listed below by placing the envelope(s) for collection and 

 mailing following our ordinary business practices. I am readily familiar with this business' 

 practice for collecting and processing correspondence for mailing. On the same day that 

 correspondence is placed for collection and mailing, it is deposited in the ordinary course of 

 business with the United States Postal Service in a sealed envelope with postage fully 

 prepaid. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 

true and correct. 

Executed on November 27, 2007, at San Francisco, California. 

/s/Sy Vang 

 Sy Vang 

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