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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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SEAN P. NALTY (SBN 121253) 

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 Defendants 

THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

OF AMERICA and Berkshire Life Insurance 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTREN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN E. ABERLE, 

 Plaintiff, 

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THE GUARIDAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a New York 

Corporation, Berkshire Life Insurance a 

Tennessee Corporation 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: 2:06-cv-01736 MCE-PAN 

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES RE 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT WITNESSES

 

INTRODUCTION

 The parties in the above-captioned matter, plaintiff John Aberle (“Plaintiff”) and 

defendants Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and Berkshire Life Insurance 

Company of America (“Defendants”) (collectively “the Parties”) have engaged in settlement 

discussions in this matter. The Parties participated in an all day mediation session at JAMS 

on May 31, 2007 in which Plaintiff and Defendants made a good faith effort to try to resolve 

this matter. 

 The Parties desire to move the date for disclosure of experts in this matter from June 

4, 2007 to July 9, 2007 and, through this document, stipulate that experts can be disclosed in 

this matter on July 9, 2007. 

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The reason for this stipulation is that, due to the settlement discussions, Plaintiff and 

Defendants did not want to take significant steps towards the disclosure of expert witnesses 

in this matter in order to save time and money in anticipation of trying to settle this matter. 

The disclosure of expert witnesses under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is expensive 

and the Parties desired to try to ensure that extraordinary cost expenditures, such as the 

disclosure of experts, would not create an obstacle in the efforts of the Parties to settle this 

matter. 

Moreover, moving the date for disclosure of experts will not delay the prosecution of 

this matter in any way. The remaining dates on the Court’s scheduling order are not 

impacted by this stipulation. 

 In that settlement discussions were not successful, Plaintiff and Defendants, 

through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate to the following: 

STIPULATION

 Currently the disclosure of expert witnesses in this matter is due June 4, 2007. 

Because of the settlement efforts discussed above, the parties hereby stipulate that the period 

for disclosure of experts in this matter is extended to Monday, July 9, 2007. In addition, 

within twenty (20) days after the designation of expert witnesses, any party may designate a 

supplemental list of expert witnesses who will express an opinion on the subject covered by 

an expert designated by an adverse party. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: June 1, 2007 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

By: 

SEAN P. NALTY 

Attorneys for Defendants 

THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

OF AMERICA and BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA 

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Dated: June ___, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF EASON & TAMBORNINI 

By: 

 MATTHEW R. EASON 

 Attorney for Plaintiff JOHN ABERLE 

ORDER 

 Based on the stipulation of the Parties, and good cause appearing therefore, the Pre-trial 

conference scheduling order in this matter is amended to state that the disclosure of expert 

witnesses in this matter must be done on or before July 9, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: June 6. 2007 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

 

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