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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Wrongful Death

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND STAY PENDING SETTLEMENT 

CASE NO. C 02-00849 VRW

LAW OFFICES OF 

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

WECHT & SCHOENBERGER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 

(415) 981-7210

LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY, WECHT & SCHOENBERGER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108-2615 

(415) 981-7210 

KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI (State Bar #190111) 

MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) 

JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) 

HADDAD & SHERWIN 

505 Seventeenth Street 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 452-5500 

Fax: (510) 452-5510 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD SPENCER, Executor of the Estate of

LINDSAY C. SPENCER, WYLEY SPENCER, 

individually, and as successor in interest to 

Lindsay C. Spencer, by and through his 

Guardian Ad Litem, CARMEN WEST 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ALTEC INDUSTRIES, Inc., PACIFIC GAS & 

ELECTRIC COMPANY (PG&E), a California 

Corporation, and DOES TWO through THIRTY, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 02-00849 VRW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND STAY PENDING 

SETTLEMENT 

1. Following a settlement conference on August 22, 2006, the plaintiffs reached 

settlements with defendants Altec Industries, Inc. (“Altec”) and Pacific Gas & Electric Company 

(“PG&E”). 

2. These settlements are contingent upon plaintiffs settling a lien held by intervenor 

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutual”). Intervening Plaintiff Liberty Mutual 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND STAY PENDING SETTLEMENT 

CASE NO. C 02-00849 VRW 

LAW OFFICES OF 

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY 

WECHT & SCHOENBERGER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

26TH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 

(415) 981-7210

responded to Plaintiff Spencer’s settlement proposal this week. These parties are going to require 

additional assistance from Judge Zimmerman if they are to settle this remaining lien claim. Judge 

Zimmerman has ordered a conference call with the parties for Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 11:30 

am. Additional negotiations may be necessary. 

 3. In view of the foregoing, the parties, by and through their attorneys of record, 

hereby stipulate to a 60 day stay of this matter in order to avoid incurring the cost and expense of 

expert discovery and trial preparation. 

 4. In the event the settlement contingency is not removed within 60 days, the parties 

will promptly notify the Court and submit a proposed revised scheduling order. 

Dated: October 6, 2006 MORGENSTEIN & JUBELIRER LLP 

/s/ Bita A. Karabian 

BITA A. KARABIAN 

Attorneys for Defendant Altec Industries, Inc. 

Dated: October 5, 2006 JONES & DYER

/s/ Kristen K. Preston 

GREGORY F. DYER 

KRISTEN K. PRESTON 

Attorneys for Defendant PG&E 

Dated: October 6, 2006 BROWNWOOD, CHAZEN & CANNON

/s/ Charles A. Longo 

CHARLES A. LONGO 

Attorneys for Intervenor Liberty Mutual Fire 

Insurance Company

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND STAY PENDING SETTLEMENT 

CASE NO. C 02-00849 VRW 

LAW OFFICES OF 

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY 

WECHT & SCHOENBERGER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

26TH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 

(415) 981-7210

Dated: October 6, 2006 WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY, 

WECHT & SCHOENBERGER

/s/ Khaldoun A. Baghdadi 

KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: October 5, 2006 HADDAD & SHERWIN

/s/ Michael J. Haddad 

MICHAEL J. HADDAD 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

BY STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker 

 Chief Judge 

 United States District Court 

October 11, 2006

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