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Nature of Suit Code: 315
Nature of Suit: Airplane Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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Erik T. Atkisson (SBN 205847) 

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1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2400 

Oakland, CA 94612-3572 

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Patrick E. Bradley (PBN 2616) 

REED SMITH LLP

Princeton Forrestal Village 

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Princeton, NJ 08543 

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(pro hac vice) 

Attorneys for Cirrus Design Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SUE JAN McGRATH, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION, et al., 

 Defendants. 

No.: C05-01542 CW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

DEADLINES AND 

TRIAL DATE AS MODIFIED 

Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Plaintiffs Sue Jan McGrath, Charles W. McGrath, III, Tanya Sue McGrath and Janny Sue 

McGrath, defendant Cirrus Design Corporation, defendant Aerospace Systems and Technologies, 

Inc. and defendant Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., by and through their undersigned counsel, 

hereby stipulate to continue various deadlines set in the Court’s Order dated September 1, 2005. The 

parties submit that good cause exists for such a continuance based on the following facts: 

1. On April 14, 2005, plaintiffs filed Sue Jan McGrath, et al. v. Cirrus Design 

Corporation, et al., Case Number C05-01542 CW, seeking damages for product defect and wrongful 

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death. This action is based on the crash of an aircraft piloted by Charles William McGrath near 

Norden, California on February 6, 2005. 

2. On November 18, 2005, plaintiffs presented a claim for wrongful death to the Federal 

Aviation Administration based on the same February 6, 2005 accident. 

3. On June 16, 2006, plaintiffs filed suit against the United States of America seeking 

damages for wrongful death, again, based on the February 6, 2005 accident. That case, Sue Jan 

McGrath, et al. v. The United States of America, C06-03800 MHP, was assigned to Judge Marilyn 

Hall Patel. In their complaint, plaintiffs referenced the action currently pending before this Court 

and concurrently filed a Notice of Related Cases, also referencing this action. 

4. Sue Jan McGrath, et al. v. The United States of America, C06-03800 MHP, is not yet 

at issue. The United States was served with the summons and Complaint on June 28, 2006. Its last 

day to answer is August 18, 2006. 

5. The parties have also filed with this Court a Stipulated Administrative Motion to 

Relate Cases requesting this Court enter an Order finding the above referenced cases concerning the 

February 6, 2005 accident related. The parties base their Stipulated Administrative Motion to Relate 

Cases on the grounds that: (1) the cases concern substantially the same parties, events, and 

requested relief, and (2) allowing the actions to proceed before different judges would result in 

duplication of labor and expense as well as the possibility of conflicting results. Northern District 

L.R. 3-12(a). 

6. As of the date of filing of this Stipulation, the National Transportation Safety Board 

has not issued its final incident report resulting from its investigation of the accident that is the 

subject matter of this suit. The parties anticipate that the incident report will prompt the service of 

another round of discovery relating to the NTSB’s findings. 

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7. Although the parties have conducted significant written discovery and exchanged 

documents, they have been hesitant to commence the taking of depositions. The parties anticipate 

that most, if not all, of the depositions which are taken would need to be repeated once the United 

States appears in the action. The parties wish to avoid the expense and the inconvenience to both 

party and non-party witnesses that would result from taking multiple depositions of the same 

witnesses. 

8. Because the United States has not yet answered, the parties to this action have not 

been able to explore alternative dispute resolution. The parties intend to take part in a private 

mediation once the United States appears as a party. 

The specific dates to which the parties stipulate are set forth below: 

Completion of fact discovery: 

(previously 9/1/06) 

2/28/07 

Disclosure of identities and reports of expert 

witnesses: 

 Plaintiffs: 

 (previously 9/15/06) 

3/14/07 

 Defendant: 

 (previously 10/29/06) 

4/27/07 

Completion of expert discovery: 

(previously 12/15/06) 

6/13/07 

All case dispositive motions to be heard at 1:00 

pm on or before: 

(previously 2/2/07) 

8/3/07 

Final pretrial conference at 1:30 pm on: 

(previously 4/27/07) 

10/24/07 

A 12 day jury trial will begin at 8:30 am on: 

(previously 5/7/07) 

11/5/07 

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DATED: July __, 2006. 

STERNS & WALKER 

By 

Eric Martin Steinle 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: July __, 2006. 

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By 

Erik T. Atkisson 

Attorneys for Cirrus Design Corp. 

DATED: July __, 2006. 

SULLIVAN, JOHNSON & MANFREDI LLP 

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Daniel M. Sullivan 

Attorneys for Aerospace Systems and Technologies, 

Inc. 

DATED: July __, 2006. 

HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS VLAHOS & RUDY 

LLP 

By 

Merton A. Howard 

Attorneys for Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. 

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ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES AND TRIAL DATE 

 The case management deadlines and date of trial are changed pursuant to the stipulation of 

counsel, EXCEPT DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS AND FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE WILL BE HEARD AT 10:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 3, 2007. THE PRETRIAL 

CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 26, 2007, AT 1:30 P.M. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

 8/10/06 

DATED: 

 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

Honorable Claudia Wilken 

United States District Judge 

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