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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FILED BY PLAINTIFF SAFECO INSURANCE 

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Ann E. McIntire (CA State Bar No. 186925) 

PIERCE & WEISS, LLP 

451 W. Lincoln Ave. 

Anaheim, CA 92805 

Telephone: (714) 778-5038 

Facsimile: (714) 778-1467 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY 

William K. Koska (CA State Bar No. 52540) 

WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP 

520 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 800 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 362-3680 

Facsimile: (213) 362-3679 

William.koska@wallerlaw.com 

Michael K. Stagg (Tenn. Bar No. 017159) 

(appearance pro hac vice) 

WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP 

511 Union Street, Suite 2700 

Nashville, Tennessee 37219 

Telephone: (615) 244-6380 

Facsimile: (615) 244-6804 

Michael.stagg@wallerlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

BIDDEFORD BLANKETS, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

SUNBEAM CORPORATION; 

BIDDEFORD TEXTILE CORPORATION 

(DOE 1); BIDDEFORD BLANKETS, LLC 

(DOE 2); and DOES 3-25, 

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Case No. C05-1974 BZ 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME, AND DECLARATION 

IN SUPPORT THEREOF 

The Honorable Bernard Zimmerman 

Hearing Date: 

Time: 

Courtroom G, 15th Floor 

Trial Date: 

 

 

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TO THE COURT AND PARTIES IN INTEREST: 

 Pursuant to Local Rules 6.2 and 7.12, Plaintiff Safeco Insurance Company of America 

(“Safeco”) and Defendant Biddeford Blankets, LLC (“Biddeford”) jointly request an extension 

of the deadlines established in connection with Biddeford’s Motion For Summary Judgment (the 

“Motion”). This stipulated request for an extension of time is based on the averments set out in 

the declaration of Michael K. Stagg filed in support hereof. Accordingly, Safeco and Biddeford 

stipulate and request that the Court approve the following as new dates in connection with the 

Motion: 

 1. The deadline for discovery on the issue of successor liability, currently set for 

December 4, 2006, shall be extended through and including January 8, 2007, and Biddeford’s 

responses to the interrogatory and document requests propounded by Safeco shall be due the 

same day. 

 2. Plaintiff’s opposition to Biddeford’s Motion for Summary Judgment is due by 

January 26, 2007. Biddeford’s reply is due by February 9, 2007. 

 3. The hearing currently set on January 10, 2007 is hereby reset to February _____, 2007, 

at _____________ _.m., in Courtroom G, 15th Floor, Federal Building, San Francisco, 

California 94102. 

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Dated: November 27, 2006 

Stipulated and Agreed: 

 _______/s/______________________________ 

 Michael K. Stagg 

 Attorneys for Defendant Biddeford Blankets, LLC 

 ___/s/ by permission________________________ 

 Ann E. McIntire 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Safeco Insurance Company 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

 Dated: ________________ __________________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL K. STAGG, ESQ.

 I, Michael K. Stagg, declare as follows: 

 1. I am a partner in Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, attorneys of record for the 

Defendant, Biddeford Blankets, LLC (“Biddeford”). I am admitted pro hac vice to practice in 

this case. I possess personal knowledge of the matters set out herein, and if called upon to do so, 

I could and would testify competently thereto, except as to those matters stated upon information 

and belief, and as to those matters, I believe them to be true and correct as well. 

 2. This declaration is being submitted in compliance with Local Rule 6-2. 

 3. Plaintiff Safeco Insurance Company (“Safeco”) and Defendant Biddeford have filed a 

Stipulated Request For Extension of Deadlines (the “Stipulation”) in connection with 

Biddeford’s Motion for Summary Judgment (the “Motion”). The basis for the Stipulation is 

that the parties are currently engaged in discovery, with Safeco having served Interrogatories and 

Document Requests on Biddeford related to the issue of alleged successor liability. Biddeford is 

making significant efforts to respond to the discovery, but is having difficulty collecting the 

information and documents requested. Among other things, most of the personnel who had 

knowledge of the matters requested regarding the purchase of assets by Biddeford, out of the 

bankruptcy of Biddeford Textile Corporation in 2002, are no longer employed by Biddeford. 

Biddeford has moved its operations and many of its records overseas in the last few years, and 

only maintains a small corporate office in the United States. Thus, Biddeford is in the position of 

having to try to retrieve records from, among other places, Taiwan. In addition, Biddeford is 

having to try and locate individuals who have knowledge of an event that took place in 

Bankruptcy Court in Maine more than four years ago. Therefore, Biddeford is unable to respond 

to the discovery requests within the current deadlines, and needs more time in order to be able to 

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respond meaningfully. With the current schedule, an extension of discovery will also require an 

extension of the periods for filing opposition and reply briefs, and therefore the hearing date. 

 4. In addition, in the interim, Plaintiff has informed Biddeford that Plaintiff has located 

an insurance policy of Biddeford Textile Corporation, another defendant which is the entity that 

allegedly manufactured the blanket causing the alleged injury. The extension of time will 

provide more opportunity for Plaintiff to continue its investigation and potentially to take action 

regarding this insurance policy. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: November 27, 2006 

 By: ______/s/______________________ 

 Michael K. Stagg 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

State of Tennessee ) 

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County of Davidson ) 

 I am a resident of the State of Tennessee, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party 

to the within action. My business address is 511 Union Street, Suite 2700, Nashville, Tennessee 

37219. On November 27, 2006, I served the foregoing document described as: STIPULATED 

REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FILED BY PLAINTIFF SAFECO INSURANCE 

COMPANY AND DEFENDANT BIDDEFORD BLANKETS, LLC; DECLARATION OF 

MICHAEL K. STAGG on the interested parties by filing it on the Court’s Electronic Filing 

System through which it was sent to all parties. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Tennessee that the above 

is true and correct. 

 Executed on November 27, 2006, at Nashville, Tennessee. 

 /s/ 

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Beth A. McCullough 

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