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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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Case No. 2:14-CV-01359-TLN-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

Michael H. Kim, Esq. (SBN: 200792)

MICHAEL H. KIM, P.C.

475 El Camino Real, Suite 309

Millbrae, CA 94030

Telephone: (650) 697-8899

Facsimile: (650) 697-8896

Email: Michaelkimapc@gmail.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff David E. McMillan

CALVIN E. DAVIS (SBN: 101640) 

LESLIE A. SHEEHAN (SBN: 106332)

SPENCER P. HUGRET (SBN: 240424)

GORDON & REES LLP 

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 576-5000

Facsimile: (213) 680-4470

Attorneys for Defendant Flow International Corporation

Kenneth S. Kornacki (Pa.I.D. No. 83739)

Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe LLC

535 Smithfield Street, Suite 800

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Telephone: (412) 918-1100

Facsimile: (412) 918-1199

Attorneys for Defendants Valley Rubber & 

Gasket Company, Inc. and Lewis-Goetz and 

Company, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Case No. 2:14-CV-01359-TLN-KJN 2

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

DAVID E. MCMILLAN,

Plaintiff,

vs.

VALLEY RUBBER & GASKET 

COMPANY, INC.; LEWIS-GOETZ 

AND COMPANY, INC.; FLOW 

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; 

DOES 1 THROUGH 100,

Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff, DAVID E. MCMILLAN, 

JR. (“Plaintiff”), and Defendants, FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and 

LEWIS-GOETZ AND COMPANY, INC. f/k/a Valley Rubber & Gasket Company, Inc. 

(“Defendants”), (Plaintiff and Defendants are collectively referred to herein as “the 

Parties”) that Plaintiff should be granted leave to file his First Amended Complaint, a 

copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”:

WHEREAS Plaintiff sued Valley Rubber & Gasket Company, Inc. and LewisGoetz and Company, Inc. for (1) disability discrimination in violation of California 

Government Code Section 12940; (2) failure to provide reasonable accommodations in 

violation of California Government Code Section 12940; (3) failure to engage in 

interactive process in violation of California Government Code Section 12940; (4) 

wrongful termination in violation of public policy.

WHEREAS Plaintiff sued Flow International, Inc. for: (1) Strict Product Liability 

– Design Defect, (2) Strict Product Liability – Failure to Warn, (3) Negligence – Product 

Liability. Plaintiff’s claims against Flow International are based on alleged acts and 

omissions in connection with the Flow International waterjet cutting machine;

WHEREAS the case was removed from the California Superior Court for the 

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County of Sacramento to this United States District Court based on diversity of 

citizenship and amount in controversy pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446;

WHEREAS Plaintiff seeks to file his First Amended Complaint only for the 

purposes of making it clear that Plaintiff is pursuing the disability discrimination claim 

(First Cause of Action) as the term “disability” is defined under the Fair Employment and 

Housing Act (codified at California Gov. Code §§ 12926 and 12926.1); that is to say, 

Plaintiff is pursuing disability discrimination for actual and perceived disability (regarded 

or treated by the employer as having or having had a mental or physical condition that 

makes his life activity difficult). The only proposed changes appear in paragraphs 16 and 

17. Plaintiff is not adding any new claim or cause of action and is not adding new facts, 

but is simply making it clear that his existing disability discrimination is consistent with 

the provisions of the FEHA.

WHEREAS the only changes Plaintiff seeks to make are as follows (underlined):

16. Government Code § 12940(a) requires Defendants to refrain from 

discriminating against any employee on the basis of disability as that term is 

defined in Government Code §§ 12926 and 12926.1 which state that the term 

“disability” includes, but is not limited to, any actual or perceived 

impairment that is disabling, potentially disabling, or perceived to be 

disabling.

17. On or about March 25, 2013, Defendants engaged in unlawful 

employment practices in violation of Government Code § 12940(a) by 

terminating Plaintiff’s employment effective March 21, 2013. On 

information and belief, Plaintiff alleges that his disabilities, whether actual or 

perceived, specifically, the work-related injuries to his fingers, mental illness, 

and psychotic symptoms that he had or was regarded or treated by 

Defendants as having, were motivating factors in Defendants' decision to 

terminate Plaintiff’s employment in violation of Government Code § 

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12940(a).

WHEREAS, the Court previously entered an Order striking punitive damages 

claims against Defendant Flow International Corporation based on their Stipulation 

(Docket No. 15), and the Parties agree that the Order shall continue to apply to the First 

Amended Complaint;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiff and Defendants, by and 

through their respective counsel, that:

1. Plaintiff should be granted leave to amend to file his First Amended 

Complaint, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”;

2. The Court’s Order striking punitive damages claims against Flow 

International Corporation shall apply to the First Amended Complaint;

3. Defendant’s responsive pleading shall be due thirty (30) days after the First 

Amended Complaint is filed.

Dated: November 3, 2015 MICHAEL H. KIM, P.C.

By: /s/ Michael H. Kim

Michael H. Kim, Esq.

Melanie Massey, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DAVID E. MCMILLAN

Dated: October 27, 2015 GORDON & REES LLP

By: /s/ Leslie Sheehan (as 

authorized on October 27, 2015)

Leslie Sheehan

Attorneys for Defendant

FLOW INTERNATIONAL 

CORPORATION

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Dated: November 3, 2015 METZ LEWIS BRODMAN MUST O’KEEFE 

LLC

By: /s/ Kenneth S. Kornacki (as 

authorized on October 28, 2015)

Kenneth S. Kornacki

Attorneys for Defendant

LEWIS-GOETZ AND 

COMPANY, INC. f/ka/ 

VALLEY RUBBER &

GASKET COMPANY, 

INC. 

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Plaintiff is hereby granted leave to amend to file his First Amended 

Complaint, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”;

2. The Court’s Order (Docket No. 15) striking punitive damages claims against 

Flow International Corporation, which was entered on June 16, 2014, shall apply to the 

First Amended Complaint;

3. Defendant’s responsive pleading shall be due thirty (30) days after the First 

Amended Complaint is filed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 3, 2015

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