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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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3:11-cv-03638-CRB

JOINT STATUS UPDATE

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

Scott S. Thomas, Bar No. 106720

sst@paynefears.com

J. Kelby Van Patten, Bar No. 167553

kvp@paynefears.com

Jeffrey M. Hayes, Bar No. 246511

jmh@paynefears.com

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

Attorneys at Law

Jamboree Center, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100

Irvine, California 92614

Telephone: (949) 851-1100

Facsimile: (949) 851-1212

NEWMEYER & DILLION LLP

Joseph A. Ferrentino, CBN 162855

Joe.Ferrentino@ndlf.com

895 Dove Street, Fifth Floor

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(949) 854-7000; (949) 854-7099 (fax)

Attorneys for Centex Homes, a Nevada partnership

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut 

corporation; FIDELITY & GUARANTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Iowa 

corporation; THE TRAVELERS 

INDEMNITY COMPANY OF 

CONNECTICUT, a Connecticut corporation; 

ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership; and 

DOES 1 through 10 inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:11-cv-03638-CRB

Honorable Charles R. Breyer

JOINT STATUS UPDATE AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

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JOINT STATUS UPDATE

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

On April 22, 2016, Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, Fidelity & Guaranty 

Insurance Company, The Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut and St. Paul Mercury 

Insurance Company (collectively “Travelers”) and Centex Homes (“Centex”) stipulated to stay 

this case. (Docket No. 258.) Centex and Travelers (the “Parties”) entered the stipulation to stay in 

order to facilitate settlement negotiations for the dozens of cases pending between them in 

California state and federal courts. 

The Court signed the stipulation, and entered the stay, on April 28, 2016. (Docket No. 

259.) The Court’s order requested that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than May 

24, 2016, following the conclusion of an MSC that was to be held before the Honorable John A. 

Kronstadt of the Central District of California to discuss a global resolution of the cases pending 

between the parties. 

During the course of the May 10, 2016, MSC the Parties reached a tentative settlement as 

to most of the cases pending between them; however the Parties did not discuss this particular 

case. Instead, the Parties agreed to hold a mediation on May 31, 2016, before a neutral in Nevada 

in order to continue settlement discussions about the cases that remain pending between them. 

The Parties request the Court leave the stay in place and they further propose that the Court 

enter an order requiring the Parties to submit another joint status report no later than June 15, 

2016, indicating whether a continued stay is warranted or whether the stay should be lifted. 

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JOINT STATUS UPDATE

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

DATED: May 20, 2016 PAYNE & FEARS LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey Hayes

J. KELBY VAN PATTEN

JEFFREY M. HAYES

Attorneys for Defendant

DATED: May 20, 2016 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

By: /s/ Rebecca Hunter

A. ERIC AGUILERA, ESQ.

RAYMOND E. BROWN, ESQ.

REBECCA HUNTER, ESQ.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that this case will remain stayed 

for all purposes.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties submit a joint status update no later than 

June 16, 2016, following the conclusion of the mediation that will be held on May 31, 2016, 

before a neutral in Nevada.

Dated: May 24, 2016

Hon. Charles R. Breyer

Judge, United States District Court

4823-0713-0929.2

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