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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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Timothy M. Thornton, Jr., #106413

Carol J. Knoblow, #151458

NELSEN, THOMPSON, PEGUE &

THORNTON, A Professional Corporation

2425 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 4000W

Santa Monica, California 90404

Phone: 310-315-1001 

Fax: 310-315-1333

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GE PROPERTY & CASUALTY

INSURANCE COMPANY, a

Pennsylvania corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS

INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. CIV .S-04-0131 MCE DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER

CONTINUING HEARINGS ON

MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND TRIAL

COME NOW Plaintiff GE Property & Casualty Company (“GE”) and Defendant Universal

Underwriters Insurance Company (“Universal”), by and through their respective counsel of record,

who stipulate as follows, subject to the approval of this Court:

1. Whereas, GE and Universal are presently engaged in settlement discussions in an

effort to resolve this matter;

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2. Whereas, GE and Universal concurrently submit to this Court for approval a

Stipulation for Protective Order regarding GE’s production to Universal of documents exchanged

between GE and its coverage counsel, which GE maintains are protected attorney-client and attorney

work-product documents;

3. Whereas, GE and Universal agree that a thirty-day continuance of the hearings on

the

Motions for Summary Judgment and Trial date would allow for settlement negotiations, and would

ensure Universal has adequate time to review the documents produced by GE prior to Universal’s

submission of its Opposition to GE’s Motion for Summary Judgment;

4. GE and Universal respectfully seek a continuance of the hearing date for GE and

Universal’s respective Motions for Summary Judgment, presently scheduled for June 6, 2005, at

9:00 a.m., to a date after June 10, 2005, which is convenient for this Court;

5. GE and Universal also respectfully seek a continuance of the Trial date, currently set

for August 31, 2005, at 9:00 a.m., to a date after September 30, 2005, which is convenient for this

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Court. Counsel request that the deadline for submission of the Joint Pre-Trial Statement be

continued for a period of thirty days.

DATED: May____, 2005 By: __________________________________________

Timothy M. Thornton, Jr.

Carol J. Knoblow

NELSEN THOMPSON PEGUE & THORNTON

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

GE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE

COMPANY

DATED: May____, 2005 By: __________________________________________

Max H. Stern

William S. Berman

HANCOCK ROTHERT & BUNSHOFT LLP

Attorneys for Defendant, 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE

COMPANY

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ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearings on GE Property & Casualty Company’s and

Universal Underwriters Insurance Company’s respective Motions for Summary Judgment or Partial

Summary Judgment be continued to July 25, 2005 at 9:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3. Service and filing

of Universal Underwriters Insurance Company’s Opposition and both parties’ Reply papers are

continued accordingly. Court trial is continued from August 31, 2005, to October 19, 2005 at 9:00

a.m., in Courtroom 3. The pretrial conference is continued from July 11, 2005 to August 29, 2005

at 2:30 p.m. The Joint Pre-Trial Statement, will be filed on or before August 15, 2005.

DATED: May 20, 2005

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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