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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CROSS-DEFENDANT DAVID P. RHOADES’ MOTION FOR 

JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW AS TO THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HIGHWAY AND 

TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT’S CROSS-CLAIM - Case No. 3:13-cv-02862-JST

KYL4851-6604-4465.1

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JOHN D. GIFFIN, CASB No. 89608

john.giffin@kyl.com

FRANCESCA M. LANPHER, CASB No. 299318

francesca.lanpher@kyl.com

KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 

A Professional Corporation

450 Pacific Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94133

Telephone: (415) 398-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 981-0136 

Attorneys for Defendant DAVID P. RHOADES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MARY HOLZHAUER, Individually and as the 

Personal Representative of HARRY 

HOLZHAUER, DECEASED, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

DAVID P. RHOADES, an Individual, GOLDEN 

GATE BRIDGE HIGHWAY AND 

TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, a 

governmental entity, and DOES 1-10, Inclusive, 

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:13-cv-02862-JST

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CROSS- DEFENDANT DAVID P. RHOADES’ 

MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER 

OF LAW AS TO THE GOLDEN GATE 

BRIDGE HIGHWAY AND 

TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT’S CROSS- CLAIM 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

For the reasons stated by the Court on the record on April 26, 2016 and incorporated into the 

record on April 27, 2016, Defendant DAVID P. RHOADES’ (“Mr. Rhoades”) Motion for Judgment 

as a Matter of Law pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 50(a) as to the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HIGHWAY 

AND TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT’s (the “District”) Cross-Claim for Indemnity and 

Contribution is GRANTED. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CROSS-DEFENDANT DAVID P. RHOADES’ MOTION FOR 

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The District’s Third Affirmative Defense for contributory negligence against Mr. Rhoades 

asserted in the District’s Answer to Mr. Rhoades’ Cross-Claim (Docket No. 58) is stricken.

DATED: May 3, 2016 _______________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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