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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

Albert B. Norris (SBN 34756) 

Stephen G. Blitch (SBN 70193) 

REED SMITH LLP

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2400 

Oakland, CA 94612-3572 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 2084 

Oakland, CA 94604-2084 

Telephone: 510.763.2000 

Facsimile: 510.273.8832 

Attorneys for Defendants 

A.O. Smith Corp., Airco, Inc., The ESAB 

Group, Eutectic Corporation, Hobart Brothers 

Company, The Lincoln Electric Company, 

Praxair, Inc., Sandvik, Inc., TDY Industries, 

Inc., Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics 

Company, Inc., Union Carbide Corp., Viacom 

Inc., and Westinghouse Electric Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VINCENTE TAIJERON, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

A.O. SMITH CORPORATION; AIRCO, 

INC.; ARCOS INDUSTRIES, L.L.C.; 

CATERPILLAR, INC.; DELORO 

SATELLITE COMPANY, INC.; THE 

ESAB GROUP, INC.; EUTECTIC 

CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC 

COMPANY; HOBART BROTHERS 

COMPANY; ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, 

INC.; THE LINCOLN ELECTRIC 

COMPANY; METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY (“METLIFE”); 

MILLER ELECTRIC 

MANUFACTURING CO., INC.; 

PRAXAIR, INC.; SANDVIK, INC.; 

SELECT ARC, INC.; TDY INDUSTRIES, 

INC.; UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS 

AND PLASTICS COMPANY, INC.; 

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; 

VIACOM, INC.; and 

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC 

CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:05-CV-00631-FCD-GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING 

PROCEEDINGS 

 

Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto through their respective 

attorneys of record that all proceedings in this matter be stayed pending a transfer of this action to In 

re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio). 

The parties agree this stipulation will stay the Defendants’ obligation to respond to the 

complaint, and the parties’ right to propound discovery in this venue, unless and until the case is 

transferred to, and remanded from, the MDL proceeding. The parties respectfully request that this 

Court refrain from issuing any scheduling orders in this matter, including but not limited to case 

management orders and orders pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution, unless and until the 

case is transferred to, and remanded from, the MDL proceeding. 

SO STIPULATED AND AGREED 

DATED: __________________ REED SMITH LLP

By 

Albert B. Norris 

Stephen G. Blitch 

Attorneys for Defendants 

A.O. Smith Corp., Airco, Inc., The ESAB 

Group, Eutectic Corporation, Hobart Brothers 

Company, The Lincoln Electric Company, Praxair, 

Inc., Sandvik, Inc., TDY Industries, Inc., Union 

Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company, Inc., 

Union Carbide Corp., Viacom Inc., and 

Westinghouse Electric Corporation 

DATED: __________________ LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP

By 

Richard M. Heimann 

Robert J. Nelson 

Eric B. Fastiff 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Vincente Taijeron 

 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: April 26, 2005 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 The Honorable Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 US District Judge 

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