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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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1 MICHAEL C. PHILLIPS APC (Bar No. 48473)

LISA L. COPLEN (Bar No. 142726)

2 ANDERSON, McPHARLIN & CONNERS LLP

Thirty-First Floor

444 South Flower Street

Los Angeles, California 90071-2901

4 TELEPHONE: (213) 688-0080. FACSIMILE: (213) 622-7594

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Attorneys for Defendant, WESTCHESTER

SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY

erroneously sued as WESTCHESTER SURPLUS

LINES INSURANCE COMPANY also known as

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STIPULATION IN SUPPORT OF

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD

BE RELATED

(L.R. 3-12(b), 7-11)

16 WESTCHESTER SURLUS LINS

INSURANCE COMPANY also known as

17 ACE WESTCHESTER SPECIALTY

GROUP, DOES 1 through 50, inclusive

Defendants.

Filed concurrently with Administrative Motion

to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related

and Proposed Order

21 TO THIS HONORABLE COURT:

RECITALS

PlaintiffRCMC, INC., also known as RAINOW CONSTRUCTION ("RCMC"

25 filed this action on December 14 2005, in the California Superior Cour for the County of

26 Mendocino, Ukiah Branch, naming WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINS INSURNCE

27 COMP ANY ("WESTCHESTER" (erroneously sued as being also known as Ace Westchester

28 Specialty Group), as defendant. This Complaint alleges various causes of action arising out of

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1 WESTCHESTER's denial of a claim for insurance benefits relating to water damage sustained in a

building at the Mendocino College campus. RCMC was the general contractor who repaired the

water damage and contends that it is entitled to receipt of said benefits under the insurance policy

issued to Mendocino-Lake Communty College District.

On February 8, 2006, WESTCHESTER removed this lawsuit to the States District

6 Cour for the Northern District of California based on diversity jurisdiction. The case now bears

case no. C 06-00839-JSW and has been assigned to Judge Jeffrey S. White in Department 2 of this

Cour.

On December 28 2005, MENDOCINO-LAK COMMITY COLLEGE

10 DISTRICT ("MENDOCINO") filed an action in the Californa Superior Cour for the County of

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18 The case now bears case no. C 06-00840-WHA and has been assigned to Judge Wiliam Alsup in

On February 8, 2006, WESTCHESTER also removed this action, based on

19 Department 9 of this Court.

The referenced actions concern substantially the same paries, property,

21 transactions and events. They both seek policy benefits, equitable relief and other damages based

22 on the common assertion that WESTCHESTER owes insurance coverage under the policy issued

23 to MENDOCINO for the water damage sustained at the school building. As a result, the factual

24 and legal issues concernng coverage wil be the same in both cases.

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If the cases are not related, ths wil result in a duplication of efforts by thc paries

and place an extra and unnecessary burden on the Court by requirng two judges to separately

admnister the separate but substantially similar matters. Further, there is a risk of conflcting

judicial detenninations if the cases remai unelated and proceed before two different District

Court Judges.

STIPULA TION

Based on the above recitals, the pares who have appeared in this action, and in the

9 MENDOCINO action, through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the entr of

10 an Order which deems Case No. C 06.00839-.TSW and Case No. C 06-00840-WHA related and

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Case No. C 06-00839.JSW shall stand as the lead case.

All furher matters shall be fied under the caption for Case No. C 06-00839-JSW,

RYAN STEINR & LEET

DATED: February _ 2006 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEGAL SERVICES OF

CALIFORNIA

By:

Noel J. Shumway

Arhur A. Wick

Attorneys for Plaintiff, MENDOCINO-LAKE

COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

STIPULATION IN SUPPORT OF ADMINTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES

SHOULD BE RELATED

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If the cases are not related, this wil result in a duplication of efforts by the parties

and place an extra and unnecessary burden on the Cour by requiring two judges to separately

administer the separte but substantial1y similar matters. Furter, there is a risk of conflcting

judicial detenninations if the cases remain unrelated and proceed before two different Distrct

5 Cour Judges.

STIPULATION

Based on the above recitals, the paries who have appeared in this action, and in the

9 MENDOCINO action, through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the entr of

10 an Order which dearos Case No. C 06-00839-JSW and Case No. C 06-00840-WHA related and

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11 which requires the following administrative action:

Case No. C 06-00839-JSW shall stand as rhe lead case.

All fuher matters shall be filed under the caption for Case No. C 06-00839-JSW

RY AN STEINER & LEET

Jeffey Ryan

Attorneys for Plaintiff, RCMC, INC. also known as

RABOW. CONSTRUCTION

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February , 2006 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEGAL SERVICES OF

CALIFORNIA

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Noel 1. Shumway

Arhur A. Wick

Attorneys for Plaintiff, MENDOCINO-LAK

COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

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1 DATED: February _ 2006 ANDERSON, McPHARLIN & CONNERS LLP

By:

Michael C. Philips APC

Lisa L. Coplen

Attorneys for Defendant, WESTC STER SURLUS

LINES INSURNCE COMPANY erroneously sued as

WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE

COMPANY also known as ACE WESTCHESTER

SPECIALTY GROUP

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

WDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA

STIPULATION IN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATIV MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES

SHOULD BE RELATED

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PROOF OF SERVICE

2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of

eighteen years and not a part to the withn action; my business address is Thirt-First Floor, 444

South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California 90071-2901.

On February 23 2006, I served the following document(s) described as STIPULATION

IN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES

6 SHOULD BE RELATED on the interested paries in this action by placing true copies thereof

enclosed in sealed envelopes addressed as follows:

Noel J. Shumvvay

Arhur A. Wick

School and College Legal Services of California

5350 Skylane Boulevard

Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Telephone: (707) 524-2690

Facsimile: (707) 578-0517

Attorneys for Plaintiff in

Case No. C 06-0840 WHA

Related Action

BY MAIL: I am "readily familiar" with Anderson, McPharlin & Conners' practice for collecting 13 and processing correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. Under that

practice, it would be deposited with the United States Postal Service that same day in the ordinary 14 course of business. Such envelope(s) were placed for collection and mailing with postage thereon

fully prepaid at Los Angeles, Californa, on that same day following ordinary business practices.

I declare under penalty of perjur under the laws of the United States of America that the 16 foregoing is true and correct and that I am employed in the offce of a member of the bar of this

Cour at whose direction the service was made. Executed on February 23 2006, at Los Angeles 17 California.

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