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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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ARTHUR J. OBOLSKY, ESQ. Bar No. 265747

LAW OFFICE OF ARTHUR J. OBOLSKY

1808 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

Tel: 510.990.5965

Fax: 510.981.8202

aobolsky@obolskylaw.com

ANTHONY J. SPERBER, ESQ. Bar No. 197962

LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY J. SPERBER

1808 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

Tel: 510.845.8844

Fax: 510.845.1998

anthony@sperberlaw.com

Attorneys for 

PLAINTIFF Kelly Stover

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO REMAND

TO ALL PARTIES: 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff Kelly Stover and Defendant Volkswagen Group of 

America, Inc. (“VWGoA”) have entered into the following Stipulation:

KELLY STOVER, 

Plaintiff,

v.

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, 

INC. and DOES 1 through 100, 

Defendants.

Case No. 3:16-cv-00605-CRB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO REMAND

[Assigned to the Hon. Charles R. Breyer]

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER - 1 - CASE NO. 3:16-cv-00605-CRB

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WHEREAS, on June 4, 2015, Plaintiff Kelly Stover filed the original Complaint for 

Damages against Defendant VWGoA in the Santa Cruz County Superior Court. Her Complaint 

alleged three claims related to her purchase of a 2014 Volkswagen Passat TDI vehicle from 

Defendant: breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, and a “lemon law” claim based 

on California Civil Code section 1793.2(d)(2). These state law claims arose from the discovery that 

the vehicle purchased by Plaintiff had alleged defective and dangerous brakes, and Defendant 

allegedly could not make the vehicle conform to its warranties despite a reasonable number of 

repair attempts to the vehicle’s defective brake system by VWGoA and its dealer;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff amended her Complaint in January of 2016 to include two additional 

causes of action related to the emissions software installed by VWGoA in her vehicle;

WHEREAS, VWGoA removed this action to the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California where it became part of the consolidated case known as In re: 

Volkswagen Clean Diesel Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 

3:15-md-02672-CRB;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Remand to return this case to the Santa Cruz 

Superior Court;

WHEREAS, all Motions for Remand filed in the consolidated case have been stayed by 

Judge Charles Breyer;

WHEREAS, the parties to the Stover case, and Lead Counsel to the consolidated case, now 

agree that if Plaintiff will dismiss without prejudice the emissions related causes of action from her 

Complaint, the Stover Lemon Law case should be remanded to the Santa Cruz Superior Court for 

further adjudication;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff intends to have any emissions related causes of action adjudicated as 

an unnamed member of a putative class in In re: Volkswagen Clean Diesel Marketing, Sales 

Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 3:15-md-02672-CRB;

THEREFORE, the parties stipulate as follows:

The Stover case should be remanded immediately to the Santa Cruz Superior Court.

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Upon the remand of the case to the Santa Cruz Superior Court, Plaintiff Kelly Stover will promptly 

dismiss, without prejudice, the two emissions causes of action that were added to her Complaint in 

January of 2016.

AGREED: 

DATE: April 6, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF ARTHUR J. OBOLSKY

LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY J. SPERBER

By: __/s/ Arthur J. Obolsky________

Arthur J. Obolsky

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Kelly Stover

DATE: April 6, 2016 SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP

By: _/s/ Michael H. Steinberg_____

Michael H. Steinberg

Attorney for Defendant

VWGoA

AGREED:

DATE: April 6, 2016 LEIFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN

By: __/s/ Elizabeth J. Cabraser________

Elizabeth J. Cabraser

Lead Attorney for Plaintiffs

DATE: April 6, 2016 HERZFELD & RUBIN, P.C.

By: ___/s/ Jeffrey L. Chase__________

Jeffrey L. Chase

Lead Attorney for Defendants

VWGoA

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

SO ORDERED:

Dated: April ___, 2016

By: 

The Hon. Charles R. Breyer

JUDGE, U.S. DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER - 4 - CASE NO. 3:16-cv-00605-CRB

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