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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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STIPULATION TO WAIVE SERVICE AND DEADLINE TO ANSWER

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CELIA McGUINNESS, Esq. (SBN 159420)

STEVEN L. DERBY, Esq. (SBN 148372)

DERBY, McGUINNESS & GOLDSMITH, LLP

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 987-8778

Facsimile: (510) 359-4419

info@dmglawfirm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GERARDO HERNANDEZ

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERARDO HERNANDEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

WING SING CHONG CO, INC., and 

INTELLIZ, INC.

Defendants.

CASE NO. 5:19-cv-03875 NC 

Civil Rights 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiff GERARDO HERNANDEZ filed a Complaint in this action on July 3, 2019, to 

enforce provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 

12101 et seq., and California civil rights laws and to obtain recovery of damages for 

discriminatory experiences, denial of access, and denial of civil rights against Defendants 

WING SING CHONG CO, INC., and INTELLIZ, INC., relating to disability discrimination at 

Defendants’ public accommodations as of February 13, 2019, and continuing. Plaintiff has 

alleged that Defendants violated Titles II of the ADA and sections 51, 54, 54.1, and 54.3 of the

California Civil Code by creating and/or failing to remove physical barriers to disability access 

at the Edible Arrangement store and related facilities located at 2706 to 2740 Middlefield 

Road, Palo Alto, California (hereinafter sometimes, “the property”). Without agreeing to the 

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truth of any of Plaintiff’s allegations as set forth above or in the operative pleading in this 

matter, which allegations Defendant expressly denies, Plaintiff and Defendant WING SING 

CHONG CO, INC. (together, “the Parties”) agree that it is in the Parties’ best interests, and 

Plaintiff believes it is in the public interest, to fully and finally resolve the this matter on 

mutually agreeable terms without resort to protracted litigation. Therefore, Plaintiff and 

Defendant WING SING CHONG CO, INC., hereby agree and stipulate to the following 

Settlement Agreement, which the Court will retain jurisdiction to enforce for twelve months 

after the date it is signed.

WHEREFORE, the Parties to this Settlement Agreement hereby agree and stipulate to 

the Court's entry of this Order, which provide as follows:

JURISDICTION AND VENUE:

1. The Court has jurisdiction of this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1331 and 1345, and 

42 U.S.C. §12188(b). Venue is appropriate in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1391. 

2. This Order shall be a full, complete, and final disposition and settlement of Plaintiff’s 

claims against Defendant WING SING CHONG CO, INC., (hereafter sometimes, 

“Defendant”).

3. Defendant acknowledges the Court’s jurisdiction over it in this matter. The signing 

parties stipulate that Defendant is deemed to have appeared in this case and submitted 

itself to the jurisdiction of the Court; and that the Court has ongoing jurisdiction over it 

to make and enforce this Settlement Agreement and Order. 

REMEDIATION:

4. Defendant represents that it has remediated all the barriers at the site pursuant to the 

Certified Access Specialist Program (“CASp”) report for the Restaurant dated 

September 9, 2019, updated January 29, 2020, and February 27, 2020, except for one 

barrier at page 11 of the report. The report is attached hereto and incorporated as 

Exhibit A. Defendant will remediate that barrier by April 30, 2020. Within fourteen 

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days of remediating it, Defendant will provide Plaintiff through counsel photograph(s) 

sufficient to show that the barrier has been remediated.

5. Defendant shall maintain the accessible features in compliance with ADAS and the 

CBC.

6. On or before April 30, 2020, Defendant shall establish a written policy and promulgate 

it to its tenants at the property as follows: Tenants will not prop open their front doors 

during business hours, because doing so blocks the accessible path of travel. If tenants 

desire to prop open their doors during business hours, they must rehang the doors to 

open inward.

a. As each tenant lease at the property comes up for renewal, Defendant will 

incorporate this policy as a clause in the lease.

DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY FEES:

7. Defendant shall pay $ 24,897.00 in full compensation of Plaintiff’s damages, attorney 

fees, litigation expenses and costs. Payment shall be made by one check payable to the 

order of “Derby, McGuinness & Goldsmith, LLP, in Trust for Gerardo Hernandez” and 

shall be due in the office of Derby, McGuinness & Goldsmith, 300 Lakeside Dr, 

Oakland CA 94612, by close of business on March 31, 2020. The payment shall be 

allocated as $4,000 for Plaintiff’s damages and $20,897.00 for Plaintiff’s attorney fees, 

litigation expenses and costs.

ENTIRE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ORDER:

8. This Settlement Agreement and Order and Exhibit A constitute the entire agreement 

between the signing Parties regarding resolution of this dispute, and no other statement, 

promise, or agreement, either written or oral, made by any of the Parties or agents of 

any of the Parties that is not contained in this Settlement Agreement and Order, shall 

be enforceable regarding the matters of injunctive relief described herein. 

MUTUAL RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542:

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9. Each of the Parties to this Settlement Agreement and Order understands and agrees that 

there is a risk and possibility that, subsequent to the execution of this Settlement 

Agreement and Order, any or all of them will incur, suffer, or experience some further 

loss or damage with respect to the lawsuit that is unknown or unanticipated at the time 

this Settlement Agreement and Order is signed. Except for all obligations required in 

this Settlement Agreement and Order, the Parties intend that this Settlement Agreement

and Order apply to all such further loss with respect to the lawsuit, except those caused 

by the Parties subsequent to the execution of this Settlement Agreement and Order. 

Therefore, except for all obligations required in this Settlement Agreement and Order, 

this Settlement Agreement and Order shall apply to and cover any and all claims, 

demands, actions, and causes of action by the Parties to this Settlement Agreement

with respect to the lawsuit, whether the same are known, unknown, or hereafter 

discovered or ascertained, and the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil 

Code are hereby expressly waived. Section 1542 provides as follows:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO 

CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT 

KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER 

FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE 

RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER 

MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS 

SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

10. Except for all obligations required in this Settlement Agreement and Order each of the 

Parties to this Settlement Agreement and Order, on behalf of each, their respective 

agents, representatives, predecessors, successors, heirs, partners, and assigns, releases 

and forever discharges each other Party and all officers, directors, shareholders, 

subsidiaries, joint venturers, stockholders, partners, parent companies, employees, 

agents, attorneys, insurance carriers, heirs, predecessors, and representatives of each 

other Party, from all claims, demands, actions, and causes of action of whatever kind or 

nature, presently known or unknown, arising out of the lawsuit. 

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11. If any provision of this Settlement Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction 

to be void, voidable, unlawful or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part, the 

remaining portions of this Settlement Agreement will nevertheless continue with full force 

and effect, and the Parties agree a court of competent jurisdiction will have jurisdiction to 

reform such provision(s) to the extent necessary to cause it to give maximum legal effect to 

the intention of the Parties as expressed herein and the Parties agree to be bound by such 

reformation.

12. The Parties acknowledge that their respective attorneys have reviewed and drafted this 

Settlement Agreement, and the normal rule of construction to the effect that any 

ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in the 

interpretation of this Settlement Agreement.

13. This Settlement Agreement may be executed in counterparts, including electronic 

signatures and electronic copies such as PDFs, which, when counterparts have been 

executed by the Parties, shall constitute this Settlement Agreement.

14. The individuals signing this Settlement Agreement represent that they are authorized to 

bind their respective Party to this Settlement Agreement.

END OF PAGE.

SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE NEXT PAGE AND ORDER IS AT THE END OF 

THE DOCUMENT.

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Dated: ____________, 2020 PLAINTIFF GERARDO HERNANDEZ

____________________________________ 

 

 

Dated: ____________, 2020 DEFENDANT WING SING CHONG CO, INC. 

By: __________________________________ 

Print name:____________________________ 

Title: _________________________________ 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Dated: ____________, 2020 DERBY, McGUINNESS & GOLDSMITH, LLP

____________________________________ 

 CELIA McGUINNESS

Counsel for Plaintiff Gerardo Hernandez 

Dated: ____________, 2019 THE LAW OFFICES OF JERREY E. RYAN 

____________________________________ 

 JEFFREY E. RYAN

 Counsel for Defendant Wing Sing Chong Co., Inc. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and for good cause shown, IT IS SO 

ORDERED.

DATED: __________________

___________________________________

Honorable Judge Nathanael Cousins 

U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge

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