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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

138494V2 CASE NO. 07CV00297-LJO-SMS 

H. Grant Law (SBN: 144505) 

hlaw@shb.com

Amir Nassihi (SBN: 235936) 

anassihi@shb.com

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

333 Bush Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Tel: (415) 544-1900 

Fax: (415) 391-0281 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY 

Jaime D. Jackson (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

jdjackson@atleehall.com

Atlee, Hall & Brookhart, LLP 

8 North Queen Street 

Lancaster, PA 17601 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

ANTHONY AND SOMJAI YOUNG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANTHONY YOUNG and SOMJAI YOUNG, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY; JOSEPH ADAM 

RIOS; and DOES 1 to 100 inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 

Case No. 07CV00297-LJO-SMS 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY 

DEADLINE 

Plaintiffs Anthony Young and Somjai Young and Defendant Ford Motor Company have met 

and conferred with respect to upcoming deadlines and respectfully request that this Court continue 

the current May 19, 2008, expert discovery deadline by 30 days, to June 18, 2008. 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

138494V2 CASE NO. 07CV00297-LJO-SMS 

Parties have been diligently working on completing expert depositions and discovery. All 

critical depositions have been taken. Some damages and follow-up liability expert depositions 

remain. 

Based on the expert discovery conducted to date, parties were able to return to mediation 

before Judge Martin on March 25, 2008. Additional progress was made toward resolving this case; 

however, it became clear that two government liens totaling over $1,000,000 present a significant 

obstacle toward settlement. 

Parties have agreed to work together with the help of an independent consultant to resolve 

these liens so that parties can engage in further attempts to resolve this case. 

To avoid substantial and potentially unnecessary expert deposition costs, parties seek to 

continue outstanding expert depositions until progress can be made toward resolving the liens and 

reengaging in settlement discussions. Therefore, parties respectfully request that the current expert 

discovery deadline be continued from May 19, 2008 to June 18, 2008. All other date to remain the 

same. The revised schedule would be as follows: 

a. Pretrial dispositive motion filing deadline: April 18, 2008 

b. Pretrial motion hearing deadline: May 19, 2008 

c. Expert Discovery Cut-off: June 18, 2008 

d. Pretrial Conference: June 19, 2008 

e. Trial: September 15, 2008 

DATED: April 8, 2008 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON, L.L.P. 

 By: __/s/Amir Nassihi_____ 

 H. GRANT LAW 

 AMIR NASSIHI 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 Ford Motor Company 

DATED: April 8, 2008 ATLEE, HALL & BROOKHART, LLP 

 

 By: /s/ Jaime Jackson JAIME JACKSON 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 Anthony and Somjai Young 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

138494V2 CASE NO. 07CV00297-LJO-SMS 

ORDER

The Court, having reviewed the stipulated request to continue expert discovery, and good 

cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the stipulated request is GRANTED. The expert 

discovery deadline in the above matter is continued from May 19, 2008 to June 18, 2008. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 9, 2008 __/s/ Lawrence O’Neill___________________ 

 HON. LAWRENCE O’NEILL 

 U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE 

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