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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS

Adam J. Levitt (admitted pro hac vice)

John E. Tangren (admitted pro hac vice)

GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A. 

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1200 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Telephone: 312-214-0000 

Facsimile: 312-214-0001 

alevitt@gelaw.com 

jtangren@gelaw.com 

Marvin L. Frank (admitted pro hac vice)

Benjamin D. Bianco (admitted pro hac vice)

Bridget V. Hamill (admitted pro hac vice)

FRANK & BIANCO LLP 

275 Madison Avenue, Suite 801 

New York, New York 10016 

Telephone: 212-682-1853 

Facsimile: 212-682-1892 

mfrank@frankandbianco.com 

bbianco@frankandbianco.com

bhamill@frankandbianco.com 

Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Counsel 

Keith G. Bremer, State Bar No. 155920 

Alison K. Hurley, State Bar No. 234042 

BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O’MEARA LLP 

20320 S.W. Birch Street, Second Floor 

Newport Beach, California 92660 

Telephone: (949) 221-1000 

Facsimile: (949) 221-1001 

kbremer@bremerwhyte.com 

ahurley@bremerwhyte.com 

Grant Davis (admitted pro hac vice)

Thomas C. Jones (admitted pro hac vice)

Timothy C. Gaarder (admitted pro hac vice)

DAVIS, BETHUNE & JONES, LLC 

1100 Main Street, Suite 2930 

Kansas City, Missouri 64105 

Telephone: 816-421-1600 

Facsimile: 816-472-5972 

gdavis@dbjlaw.net

tjones@dbjlaw.net

tgaarder@dbjlaw.net 

Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee 

Amir Nassihi, State Bar No. 235936 

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON, LLP 

One Montgomery, Suite 2700 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 544-1900 

anassihi@shb.com

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS 

Terri S. Reiskin (admitted pro hac vice)

Eric C. Tew (admitted pro hac vice)

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC 

1300 I Street, N.W., Suite 300 West 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 906-8609 

treiskin@dykema.com 

etew@dykema.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Ford Motor Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE FORD TAILGATE LITIGATION 

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

Judge: Hon. Hon. Richard Seeborg 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION, 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND 

DAUBERT MOTIONS 

 The parties in the above-captioned litigation jointly submit this Stipulation pursuant to Civil 

Local Rule 7-12, as to which they seek approval of the Court for a brief extension of the deadlines 

for the response and reply briefing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification, Ford Motor 

Company’s Motions for Summary Judgment and Daubert Motions to Exclude the Testimony of 

Plaintiffs’ Experts, and related expert depositions and motion practice. Per the Court’s Order 

Granting Parties’ Joint Motion for Administrative Relief and Modifying Schedule Regarding 

Motion for Class Certification, issued March 16, 2015 (Docket #221), Ford’s opposition to 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification was due on April 30, 2015. The deadline for Plaintiffs to 

complete the depositions of Ford’s experts offered in opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class 

Certification is May 28, 2015, and Plaintiffs’ reply brief in support of their Motion for Class 

Certification is due on July 16, 2015. The hearing on the class certification motion is set for 

August 13, 2015.

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS 

 Ford’s opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification and supporting materials, 

including four expert reports, were filed on April 30, 2015 (Docket #223). In addition to this 

opposition, Ford also filed a Motion for Summary Judgment as to the Claims of the California, 

New Jersey, and Florida Plaintiffs (Docket #224) and Daubert Motions to Exclude the Testimony 

of four of Plaintiffs’ experts offered in support of class certification (Docket #225-229). The 

current case schedule did not provide for briefing on Daubert motions or Ford’s summary 

judgment motion. Given the overlap between the class certification issues and the issues raised in 

Ford’s summary judgment motion and Daubert motions, the parties respectfully submit that, in the 

interests of judicial economy, argument on each of these motions should be presented at a single 

hearing once they are fully briefed. For these reasons, the parties have stipulated to the following 

changes to the existing schedule: 

1. Plaintiffs will complete the deposition of Ford’s experts offered in opposition of the Motion 

for Class Certification and in support of Ford’s Motion for Summary Judgment by June 26, 

2015.

2. The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their Reply to Ford’s Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Class Certification, their Oppositions to Ford’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Daubert

Motions, and any Daubert Motions to Exclude the Testimony of Ford’s experts shall be 

August 18, 2015.

3. The deadline for Ford to file its Replies to Plaintiffs’ Oppositions to the Motion for 

Summary Judgment and Daubert Motions, and its Oppositions to any Daubert Motions 

filed by Plaintiffs, shall be October 8, 2015.

4. The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their Replies to Ford’s Oppositions to any Daubert

Motions filed by Plaintiffs shall be October 30, 2015.

5. The hearing on Plaintiffs’ Class Certification Motion, Ford’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment, and Daubert Motions shall be rescheduled to November 12, 2015 at ______ 

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS 

Dated: May 26, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/ Adam J. Levitt 

 Adam J. Levitt (admitted pro hac vice)

John E. Tangren (admitted pro hac vice)

GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A. 

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2350 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Telephone: (312) 214-0000 

alevitt@gelaw.com

jtangren@gelaw.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

 /s/ Terri S. Reiskin 

 Terri S. Reiskin (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Eric C. Tew (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC

1300 I Street, N.W., Suite 300 West 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 906-8629 

treiskin@dykema.com 

etew@dykema.com 

Counsel for Defendant Ford Motor Co. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, this ______ day of May, 2015. 

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 Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Judge 

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