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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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Ronald S. Bushner (State Bar No. 98352) 

Emily M. Weissenberger (State Bar No. 248898) 

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

525 Market Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 433-0990 

Facsimile: (415) 434-1370 

Attorneys for Cross-Defendant 

RAH ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES KOTROUS, individually and doing 

business as THE MATTRESS FACTORY, 

 Plaintiff(s), 

 v. 

GOSS-JEWETT COMPANY OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, INC. et al., 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: CIV-S-02-1520 FCD (JFM) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE 

THE FEBRUARY 1, 2011 TRIAL DATE 

 The parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel, hereby 

stipulate and request the Court to vacate the February 1, 2011 trial date. On March 11, 2010 the 

parties mediated this matter with Mac Goldsberry. A tentative settlement was reached, but in the 

process of reducing the agreement to a final writing, the parties identified certain discrete issues on 

which they were not able to reach agreement. At a hearing on July 20, 2010 after hearing from the 

parties, and representatives of certain insurers, the Court set a settlement conference before 

Magistrate Judge John M. Moulds to assist the parties in resolving the issues that are blocking the 

settlement. The Court has rescheduled that settlement conference for October 28, 2010 and has also 

vacated the pre-trial conference set for October 22, 2010 at this time which will be reset if 

necessary following the October 28, 2010 settlement conference. 

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 In light of this scheduling change, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the 

parties hereto as follows: 

 Whereas plaintiff James Kotrous individually and doing business as The Mattress Factory 

(Kotrous) commenced this action in July 2002; 

 Whereas defendant and cross-defendant Bayer CropScience Inc. (Bayer) filed three motions 

for summary judgment, or alternatively, summary adjudication against: (1) Kotrous; (2) defendants 

and cross-complainants Michael Lamanet, Stephen Lamanet, Goss-Jewett Company of Northern 

California, Inc. (collectively Goss-Jewett); and (3) the defendants and cross claimants Rosalie A. 

Anselmo and Karen L. Lilienthal, Co-Trustees of the “Edward A. Anselmo and Rosalie A. Anselmo 

1992 Revocable Trust” (Anselmo parties) on January 12, and 14, 2010; 

 Whereas defendants, cross-complainants Michael Lamanet and Stephen Lamanet filed a 

motion for summary judgment, or alternatively, summary adjudication against Kotrous and the 

Anselmo parties on January 15, 2010; 

 Whereas cross-defendants RAH Environmental, Inc. (RAH) filed a motion for summary 

judgment, or alternatively, summary adjudication against the Anselmo parties on January 15, 2010; 

 Whereas Goss Jewett filed a motion to continue the hearing on Bayer’s motion in order to 

conduct additional discovery, which was joined by the Anselmo parties; 

 Whereas RAH filed a motion to strike the third amended cross-complaint of the Anselmo 

parties on January 12, 2010; 

 Whereas the Court granted Goss-Jewett’s motion to continue the hearing on Bayer’s motion 

for summary judgment to allow Goss-Jewett to take certain depositions pursuant to Rule 56(f) of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and subsequently vacated the deadline to complete such 

discovery; 

 Whereas the parties will participate in the settlement conference in good faith and with the 

goal of a global resolution of the case, the parties are nevertheless concerned about managing the 

case and particularly having adequate time to prepare the case for trial and hear the motions that 

have already been filed; and, 

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 Whereas the parties hereto agree that, in light of the above recited facts, the scheduled trial 

date of February 1, 2011 should be vacated. 

THEREFORE, the parties (through their respective counsel of record) pursuant to their 

agreement hereby request that the Court vacate the February 1, 2011 trial date by its Order and also 

request that, if the case does not settle and the Court does schedule a further conference, the Court 

order that the parties submit Case Management Statements addressing the hearing schedule for the 

pending motions, trial dates, and any other issues the parties may wish to raise. 

Dated: August __, 2010 

SCHARF, BRADY & VINDING 

By: 

 JEFFORY J. SCHARF 

 Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Complainants 

Rosalie A. Anselmo, Karen L. Lilienthal, Albert Anselmo, 

Eleanor Anselmo, Dave Davelaar, and Linda Davelaar 

Dated: August __, 2010 EDGCOMB LAW GROUP 

By:__________________________________ 

WILLIAM D. MARSH 

Attorneys for Bayer Cropscience Inc. 

Dated: August __, 2010 SOMACH, SIMMONS AND DUNN 

By:__________________________________ 

MICHAEL VERGARA 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, James Kotrous, individually doing 

business as the Mattress Factory 

Dated: August __, 2010 GREVE, CLIFFORD, WENGEL & PARAS, LLP 

By:__________________________________ 

GARY L. VINSON 

Attorneys for Kleinfelder, Inc. 

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Dated: August __, 2010 NOLEN LAW FIRM 

By:__________________________________ 

RUDY NOLEN 

Attorneys for Ramage Environmental and Joseph Ramage 

Dated: August __, 2010 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

By:__________________________________ 

RONALD S. BUSHNER 

EMILY M. WEISSENBERGER 

Attorneys for RAH ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 

Dated: August __, 2010 BRYDON HUGO & PARKER LLP 

By:__________________________________ 

RONALD THE 

Attorneys for MICHAEL LAMANET, STEVEN LAMANET 

AND GOSS JEWETT COMPANY OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA 

ORDER

 The Stipulation of all Counsel having been submitted and reviewed, and good cause 

appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the February 1, 2011 trial date is vacated. If the case 

does not settle at the scheduled settlement conference, the parties are ordered to appear at the 

currently scheduled Status Conference set for December 3, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 

#2. 

Dated: August 20, 2010 

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