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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE HEARING ON PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR ALTERNATIVELY PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

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SMITH, McDOWELL & POWELL, 

A LAW CORPORATION 

Brad A. McDowell, SBN 207142 

Sean M. Stowers, SBN 303715 

100 Howe Avenue, Suite 208 South 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 569-8100 

Attorneys for Defendant, Cross-Claimant, 

and Third-Party Plaintiff VFORCE INC. 

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

IN AND FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, a New York 

Corporation; 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

VFORCE INC., doing business as “VFORCE 

STAFFING SOLUTIONS”, a California 

corporation; CORTECH, LLC, a Georgia 

limited liability company; and DOES one 

through 100, inclusive; 

 Defendants. 

AND RELATED ACTIONS. 

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Case Number: 2:18-CV-02066-TLN-CKD 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE THE HEARING ON 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT OR ALTERNATIVELY 

PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

DATE: MAY 13, 2021 

TIME: 2:00 P.M. 

DEPT: COURTROOM 2

Compl. Filed: July 28, 2018 

Trial Date: TBD 

 The undersigned, on behalf of their respective clients, hereby stipulate and agree as 

follows: 

 1. The motion by Plaintiff ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

ILLINOIS (“Zurich”) for Summary Judgment of Its Complaint or Alternatively Partial Summary 

Judgment as to defenses of Defendant VForce Inc. (“VForce”) is currently scheduled to be heard 

on May 13, 2021. 

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 2. That hearing was previously continued from April 15, 2021 per the Parties prior 

stipulation and order. (ECF Nos. 93 and 94.) 

 3. Relative to preparing its opposition to Zurich’s motion, VForce noticed the 

depositions of Person(s) Most Qualified for Zurich, as well as an employee and Person(s) Most 

Qualified for World Wide Specialty Programs, Inc. (“World Wide”). In total, Zurich has identified 

three representatives to testify about the Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) categories identified by VForce 

in its notice, which along with the two witnesses to be deposed from World Wide, makes five 

depositions that will be taken. Due the number of deponents and the unavailability of certain 

deponents, the depositions will not be completed until mid-April. 

 4. In order to allow time for the depositions to be completed, the Parties agree to 

continue the hearing by two weeks, as well as all related filing deadlines. 

 5. Zurich and VForce hereby request an order from the Court that the hearing date on 

Zurich’s Motion for Summary Judgment be continued to May 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 

2 of this Court. All deadlines related to the instant motion will be based upon the new hearing 

date. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: April 5, 2021 SMITH, McDOWELL & POWELL, 

A LAW CORPORATION 

By: /s/ Brad A. McDowell 

BRAD A. McDOWELL 

SEAN M. STOWERS 

Attorneys for Defendant, Cross-Claimant, 

and Third-Party Plaintiff VFORCE INC. 

Dated: April 5, 2021 HORTON VILLAGE LAW GROUP, APC 

By: /s/ Lincoln V. Horton 

LINCOLN V. HORTON 

Attorneys for Plaintiff ZURICH 

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

ILLINOIS 

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ORDER 

Based on the foregoing stipulation of the Parties, the hearing date on the Motion by Zurich 

for Summary Judgment of Its Complaint or Alternatively Partial Summary Judgment as to defenses 

of VForce is hereby continued to May 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 2. All deadlines related 

to the instant motion will be based upon that new hearing date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 5, 2021 

 Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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