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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332pl Diversity-Product Liability

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2:19-CV-02104-KJM-AC 

RANDALL W. EDWARDS (S.B. #179053) redwards@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 

Tel: (415) 984-8700 

Fax: (415) 984-8701 

AMY LAURENDEAU (S.B. # 198321) 

alaurendeau@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor 

Newport Beach, CA 92660 

Tel: (949) 823-6900 

Fax: (949) 823-6994 

Counsel for Defendant 

Ford Motor Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CAROL SMALLEY, LLOYD 

ATTERSON, ROGER SADDLER, and 

CAROLINE MCGEE, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware 

corporation; and Does 1 through 10, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:19-cv-02104-KJM-AC 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

STAYING FORD’S RESPONSE 

DATE PENDING TRANSFER 

REQUEST 

Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

Courtroom: 3 

Action filed: October 18, 2019 

 

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 Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 143 and 144, Plaintiffs Carol Smalley, Lloyd 

Atterson, Roger Saddler, and Caroline McGee (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Ford 

Motor Company (“Ford”) (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby agree and stipulate as 

follows, subject to the approval of the Court: 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed this action (“Smalley”) against Ford on October 

18, 2019; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs served Ford with the Complaint on October 25, 2019; 

 WHEREAS, Ford’s deadline to respond to the Complaint is November 15, 

2019; 

 WHEREAS, this case involves substantially similar claims as a case pending 

in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Lessin v. 

Ford Motor Company (“Lessin”), Case No. 3:19-cv-01082-AJB-AHG, initiated on 

June 10, 2019, served on Ford on June 28, 2019, and which Ford moved to dismiss 

on October 11, 2019 (ECF No. 17); 

 WHEREAS, Smalley and Lessin are putative class actions in which the 

plaintiffs (1) allege that Ford omitted information about an alleged suspension 

defect in model year 2005-2019 Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks, (2) seek certification 

of nearly identical classes, and (3) seek similar remedies under similar fraud-based 

and warranty theories; 

 WHEREAS concurrently with this Joint Stipulation, Ford is filing a Notice of 

Related Case and request to transfer Smalley to the Southern District of California; 

 WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the interests of judicial economy and 

efficiency are best served by temporarily staying Smalley until the resolution of 

Ford’s transfer request. 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the Parties, by and through 

their respective undersigned counsel, and subject to the approval of the Court, as 

follows: 

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1. Ford’s deadline to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint is stayed pending further 

order of the Court; 

2. After the Court enters an order granting or denying Ford’s transfer request, 

the time for Ford to respond to the Complaint by answer or Rule 12 motion is 

continued to 30 days following the entry of that order. 

Dated: November 11, 2019 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

s/ Randall W. Edwards x

Randall W. Edwards 

Counsel for Defendant 

Ford Motor Company 

Dated: November 11, 2019 DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA 

WOOD CAMPORA, LLP 

s/ Hank Greenblatt (as authorized on 

11/8/19) 

Hank Greenblatt 

Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Putative 

Class 

ORDER 

Pursuant to Joint Stipulation of the Parties, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 14, 2019 

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