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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

CASE NO. C-07-3854-BZ

LA1 - 115183.03

Richard Sax (State Bar No. 80632)

Richard@rsaxlaw.com

LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD SAX

448 Sebastopol Avenue

Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Telephone: (707) 525-1824

Facsimile: (707) 525-8119

Attorney for Plaintiffs Ryan L. Hobbs and

Michelle Hobbs

Jay R. Henneberry (State Bar No. 135065)

jhenneberry@chadbourne.com

Robin D. Ball (State Bar No. 159698)

rball@chadbourne.com

CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP

350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3300

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (213) 892-1000

Facsimile: (213) 622-9865

Attorneys for Purdue Defendants

Douglas C. Emhoff (State Bar No. 151049)

demhoff@venable.com

Jeffrey M. Tanzer (State Bar No. 129437)

jtanzer@venable.com

VENABLE LLP

2049 Century Park East, Suite 2100

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 229-9900

Facsimile: (310) 229-9901

Attorneys for Defendant Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RYAN L. HOBBS and MICHELLE

HOBBS,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PURDUE PHARMA COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

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Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the

following stipulation pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 3-5:

1. The parties agree to participate in Court-process mediation (ADR Local Rule

6).

2. The parties believe that mediation will be more productive if conducted after

substantial discovery has occurred. Accordingly, the parties agree to hold the mediation by no

later than September 30, 2008.

Dated: February ___, 2008 LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD SAX

By:

Richard Sax

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Ryan L. Hobbs and Michelle Hobbs

Dated: February 15, 2008 CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP

By: /s/ Jay R. Henneberry

Jay R. Henneberry

Robin D. Ball

Attorneys for Defendants

Purdue Pharma L.P. (individually, and as

successor-in-interest to The Purdue Pharma

Company and Purdue Pharma Ltd.);

Purdue Pharma Inc.; The Purdue Frederick

Company Inc. (d/b/a The Purdue Frederick

Company); Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P.;

Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.;

and The P.F. Laboratories, Inc.

Dated: February ___, 2008 VENABLE LLP

By:

Douglas C. Emhoff

Jeffrey M. Tanzer

Attorneys for Defendant

Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation above, the captioned matter is hereby referred to:

[ ] Non-binding Arbitration

[ ] Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)

[ ] Mediation

[ ] Private ADR

Deadline for ADR session:

[ ] 90 days from the date of this order

[ ] other: ______________________________

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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x No later than Sept. 30, 2008 February 25, 2008 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Bernard Zimmerman

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