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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING EXPERT DISCLOSURE DEADLINE

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COX, WOOTTON, 

LERNER, GRIFFIN & 

HANSEN LLP 

900 FRONT STREET, SUITE 350 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 

94111 

TEL: 415-438-4600 

FAX: 415-438-4601 

COX, WOOTTON, LERNER, 

GRIFFIN & HANSEN LLP 

Richard C. Wootton (Cal. Bar No. 88390) 

Mark E. Tepper (Cal. Bar No. 275902) 

900 Front Street, Suite 350 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone No.: 415-438-4600 

Facsimile No.: 415-438-4601 

Email: rwootton@cwlfirm.com

Email: mtepper@cwlfirm.com

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-defendant, 

VORTEX MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM GEORGE HARTUNG; ROBERT 

LOUIS HARTUNG, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

VORTEX MARINE CONSTRUCTION, 

INC., GARY PAUL VELLA; DOES 1-10 

 Defendants. _____________________________________

And related cross actions. 

Case No.: 2:15-cv-01034-WBS-AC

STIPULATION EXTENDING 

EXPERT DISCLOSURE DEADLINE 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

WHEREAS, the current deadline to complete expert disclosures pursuant to 

F.R.C.P. 26 is set for April 15, 2016, with rebuttal expert disclosures due one month later; 

WHEREAS, the current deadline to complete all discovery, including expert 

discovery, is set for July 1, 2016; 

 WHEREAS, despite the diligence of the parties, substantial fact discovery necessary 

for the parties’ experts to prepare and disclose meaningful reports has yet to be completed, 

including at least ten (10) depositions, one of which being defendant Gary Vella’s, who has 

been hospitalized and unavailable due to serious health issues, as well as the plaintiffs’ 

IME’s which have yet to be completed due to the their ongoing health issues (one of them is 

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TEL: 415-438-4600 

FAX: 415-438-4601 

in rehab until at least early May). Accordingly, the necessary discovery cannot be 

completed by April 15, 2016. It is anticipated that the necessary fact discovery will be 

completed by June 1, 2016. Accordingly, the parties agree good cause exists to extend the 

deadline to disclose experts to June 30, 2016, and rebuttal experts to July 30, 2016. 

WHEREAS, the new expert disclosure deadlines would afford the parties over three 

(3) months to complete expert discovery. However, in light of the number of expert 

witnesses anticipated to be called in this case, the parties agree that a discovery cutoff date 

of September 1, 2016 would be more appropriate. This would place the discovery cutoff 

deadline over two months in advance of trial, currently set for November 15, 2016. The 

parties do not wish to alter the trial date; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that the deadline to 

disclose experts shall be extended to June 30, 2016, the deadline to disclose rebuttal experts 

shall be extended to July 30, 2016, and the discovery cutoff deadline shall be extended to 

September 1, 2016, pending the Court’s approval. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 31, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF MARK S. NELSON 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs, 

 William Hartung and Robert Hartung 

 By: /s/ Mark S. Nelson 

 

Dated: March 31, 2016 COX, WOOTTON, LERNER 

 GRIFFIN & HANSEN LLP 

 Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-defendant, 

 Vortex Marine Construction, Inc. 

 

 

By: /s/ Mark E. Tepper 

Dated: March 31, 2016 DEMLER, ARMSTRONG 

& ROWLAND, LLP 

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-defendant, 

Gary Vella 

 By: /s/ Paul M. Bessette 

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900 FRONT STREET, SUITE 350 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 

94111 

TEL: 415-438-4600 

FAX: 415-438-4601 

CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATURES 

 I attest that the content of this document is acceptable to attorneys Mark S. Nelson 

and Paul M. Bessette, and that each of them has authorized me to sign this document on 

their behalf. 

 [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, it is hereby ORDERED that the current deadline 

for expert disclosures shall be vacated and reset for June 30, 2016, with rebuttal expert 

disclosures reset for July 30, 2016. It is further ORDERED that the current discovery 

cutoff deadline shall be vacated and reset for September 1, 2016. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 4, 2016 

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