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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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ALEANDER F. STUART, SBN – 96141 

RONALD J. COOK, SBN – 121398 

WILLOUGHBY, STUART & BENING 

50 W. San Fernando Street, Suite 400 

San Jose, California 95113 

Telephone: (408) 289-1972 

Facsimile: (408) 295-6375 

E-Mail: afs@wsblaw.net 

 rjc@wsblaw.net 

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant 

MONTEREY MUSHROOMS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MONTEREY MUSHROOMS, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY 

COIMPANY OF AMERICA; THE 

TRAVELERS LLOYDS INSURANCE 

COMPANY; and DOES 1 through 100 

(INCLUSIVE), 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO: 5:09-C-09-02501 JW 

STIPULATED ORDER AMENDING CASE 

SCHEDULE IN SCHEDULING ORDER 

THE TRAVELERS LLOYDS 

INSRUANCE COMPANY, 

 Counter-Claimant, 

vs. 

MONTEREY MUSHROOM, INC. 

 Counter-Defendant. 

 

IT IS HEREBY STIPUALTED by and between the parties to this action that good cause 

appears to amend the CASE SCHEDULE set forth in the Court’s October 15, 2009 

SCHEDULING ORDER. The grounds for this stipulated order are that the parties have diligently 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge James Ware

6/11/2010

cv-02501-JW 

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been working toward a mediated resolution of this coverage dispute through the services of 

JAMS mediator Judge Richard Silver (Ret.). His mediation efforts have been ongoing 

continuously since December 17, 2009, and included a second session on February 17, 2010. It 

was during that session that the parties agreed that in order to have fruitful settlement discussions, 

the two sides needed to come to some agreement on the range, if not the actual amount of 

damages. Consequently, the parties agreed that their respective CPA’s would meet at Plaintiffs 

facility in Texas to review documents and meet with on site personnel, and thereafter meet and 

confer in an effort to reach agreement on the amount of Plaintiff’s Hurricane Ike damage claims. 

That process was lengthy and finished up on or about May 25, 2010. As a result the parties agree 

that the total amount of damage exceeds $3.65 Million Dollars. Since that time, Judge Silver has 

been in constant telephone contact with the parties attempting to settle the case. This ongoing 

process has resulted in an agreement by the parties to attend a final mediation session in 

Monterey on the first available date on Judge Silver’s calendar, July 7, 2010. 

Because of Judge Silver’s ongoing efforts, combined with the work being done by the 

CPA’s, the parties agreed to refrain from the time and expense of litigation. The parties have 

agreed that if the case does not settle at the July 7, 2010 mediation, depositions begin the 

following day on July 8, 2010. 

In light of these facts, the parties agree, and hereby stipulate that the court may amend the 

CASE SCHEDULE by continuing all existing deadlines by no less than 60 days to new dates that 

are convenient with the Court’s schedule. This includes continuing the following currently 

scheduled deadlines: 

June 14, 2010 Disclosure of Expert Witnesses (63 days before discovery closes) 

July 2, 2010 Preliminary Pretrial Conference Statements 

July 12, 2010 Preliminary Pretrial Conference 

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August 16, 2010 Close of Discovery 

October 18, 2010 Last Date to Hear Dispositive Motions

Dated: June 11, 2010 WILLOUGHBY, STUART & BENING

By: /s/ 

Alexander F. Stuart 

Ronald J. Cook 

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant 

MONTEREY MUSHROOMS

Dated: June 11, 2010 

 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY 

By: /s/ 

SAMUEL H. RUBY 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY 

COMPANY OF AMERICA and THE 

TRAVELERS LLOYDS INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

 I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/s/) within this efiled document. 

STIPULATED ORDER

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that based on the stipulation of the parties, the CASE 

SCHEDULE in the SCHEDULING ORDER in this action is hereby amended to extend the 

deadlines set forth therein to the following dates: 

August 30, 2010 Disclosure of Expert Witnesses (63 days before discovery closes) 

September 3, 2010 Preliminary Pretrial Conference Statements 

September 13, 2010 Preliminary Pretrial Conference 

November 1, 2010 Close of Discovery 

December 20, 2010

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All other rules and orders set forth in the SCHEDULING ORDER that are not impacted by the 

new dates shall remain the same. 

Dated: 

 

 JAMES WARE 

 United States District Judge 

June 11, 2010 

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