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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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Steven E. Ward, Mo. Bar No. 43285

TURNER, REID, DUNCAN, LOOMER 

& PATTON, P.C.

1355 E. Bradford Parkway, Suite A

P.O. Box 4043

Springfield, MO 65808

Telephone: (417) 883-2102

Facsimile: (417) 883-5024

Michael G. Woods, #058683-0

MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD,

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP

P.O. Box 28912

5 River Park Place East

Fresno, CA 93720-1501

Telephone: (559) 433-1300

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300

Attorneys for Defendant

BRIGHT COOP, INC.

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT

RAUL VALENCIA and AURORA

VALENCIA,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BRIGHT COOP, INC., and DOES 1

through 25, inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:06-CV-00013 LJO DLB 

STIPULATION TO AMEND

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER;

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

Proposed New Dates:

Expert Discovery 

Cut-off: July 13, 2007

Pre-trial Motion

Filing Deadline: July 13, 2007

Pre-trial Motion

Hearing Deadline: August 15, 2007

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs, RAUL VALENCIA and AURORA VALENCIA (collectively

"Plaintiffs") and Defendant BRIGHT COOP, INC. ("Defendant") (collectively the "Parties")

submitted a Mandatory Joint Scheduling Conference Statement to the Court and the Court, by

Scheduling Conference Order filed April 24, 2006, established a schedule and trial date for the case;

WHEREAS, the Parties met with delays in the production of voluminous records from

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Foster Farms, employer of Plaintiff Raul Valencia, based on which the Court, by order dated January

17, 2007, amended the deadlines relating to expert disclosures and discovery to allow time for the

Parties’ consultants to review the documents;

WHEREAS, the Parties requested, and the Court entered an order on February 9,

2007, extending the expert disclosure deadlines in the Scheduling Conference Order to allow time

to schedule the depositions of the remaining Foster Farms’ employees and its corporate

representative and to provide those transcripts to their respective expert witnesses; 

WHEREAS, the Parties took the depositions of the remaining Foster Farms’

employees in early April 2007, and exchanged expert disclosures according to the amended

deadlines; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agreed to advance the settlement conference with Magistrate

Judge Dennis Beck before taking the depositions of the various expert witnesses; 

WHEREAS, the Parties recently participated in the settlement conference but were

unable to resolve this matter, although settlement discussions are continuing; 

WHEREAS, if the Parties are unable to resolve this matter, they desire to take

depositions of all the retained expert witnesses and some of the non-retained expert witnesses, and

therefore, the Parties wish to extend the deadlines for cut-off of expert discovery, for filing of pretrial motions, and for hearing of any pre-trial motions; 

WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that extending these deadlines for cut-off of expert

discovery, for filing of pre-trial motions, and for hearing of any pre-trial motions will not change the

dates for the Pre-trial Conference or the Trial;

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to extend the schedule set forth in the Scheduling

Order, as previously amended, as set forth below:

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and

between Plaintiffs and Defendant, by and through their respective counsel of record, and they each

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request the Court to enter an Order amending the current and operative Scheduling Conference Order

to adjust the schedule in the case as follows:

1. That expert discovery cut-off be extended from June 1, 2007, to July 13, 2007;

2. That the pre-trial motion filing be extended from June 1, 2007, to July 13,

2007;

3. That the pre-trial motion hearing deadline be extended from July 27, 2003, to

August 15, 2007;

4. That the dates for the Pre-trial Conference and Trial that are set forth in the

Scheduling Conference Order, as previously amended, shall remain the same.

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Dated: June 1, 2007 TURNER, REID, DUNCAN, LOOMER

& PATTON, P.C.

/s/ Steven E. Ward 

By: 

Steven E. Ward 

Attorneys for Defendant

BRIGHT COOP, INC.

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Dated: June 1, 2007 PEREZ, WILLIAMS & MEDINA

/s/ Robert Gray Williams 

By: 

Robert Gray Williams

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

RAUL VALENCIA and 

AURORA VALENCIA

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ORDER

The Parties having so stipulated and agreed, and good cause appearing, IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The expert discovery cut-off deadline shall be extended from June 1, 2007, to July

13, 2007; and

2. The dates for the Pretrial Conference and Trial that are set forth in the Scheduling

Conference Order, as previously amended, shall remain the same.

The Court is not in a position to extend pretrial motion dates if the parties desire to

maintain the currently set pretrial conference and trial dates.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 4, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44dUNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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