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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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Charles D. Onofry - 012837

SCHNEIDER & ONOFRY, P.C.

3101 North Central Avenue

Suite 600

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2658

Telephone: (602) 200-1280

 Fax: (602) 230-8985

E-Mail: conofry@lsazlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants, East/West Motor

Freight, Inc.; Stephen Ray Fuller and Jane Doe

Fuller; and Carolina Casualty Insurance 

Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES LARWOOD and SUSAN

LARWOOD, husband and wife,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

EAST/WEST MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., a

Tennessee corporation; STEPHEN RAY

FULLER and JANE DOE FULLER,

husband and wife; CAROLINA

CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, a

Florida corporation; JOHN and JANE

DOES 1-V; ABC CORPORATIONS I-V;

WHITE PARTNERSHIPS I-V; and BLACK

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES I-V

Defendant(s).

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CASE NO. 2:05-CV-01455-MCE-PAN

STIPULATION RE: SUBSTITUTION

OF COUNSEL

Undersigned counsel hereby stipulate and agree that the law firm of Tharpe

& Howell, by Leslie S. Guillon, with offices located at 400 Capitol Mall, Ste. 900, Sacramento,

California 95814, be substituted in as and for counsel for East/West Motor Freight, Inc.,

Stephen R. Fuller and Jane Doe Fuller, and Carolina Casualty Insurance Company, in

 their capacities as Defendants on the claim asserted by Plaintiffs James 

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Larwood and Susan Larwood in place and instead of the law firm of Schneider & Onofry, PC.

Dated this _____ day of August.

THARPE & HOWELL

By_________________________________

Leslie S. Guillon

400 Capitol Mall, Ste. 900

Sacramento, California 95814

SCHNEIDER & ONOFRY, P.C.

By:________________________________

Charles D. Onofry

3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 600

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2658

CLIENT CONSENT

I, Steve Carroll, Safety Director of East West Motor Freight, Inc., a Tennessee

corporation, hereby acknowledge and consent to the substitution of the law firm of Tharpe

& Howell through Leslie S. Guillon as counsel of record for East West Motor Freight, Inc., in

its capacity as Defendant on the Plaintiffs’ claim, replacing the law firm of Schneider & Onofry,

PC.

EAST WEST MOTOR FREIGHT, INC.

By:______________________________________

Steve Carroll

Its Safety Director

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Larwood and Susan Larwood in place and instead of the law firm of Schneider & Onofry, PC.

Dated this _____ day of August.

THARPE & HOWELL

By_________________________________

Leslie S. Guillon

400 Capitol Mall, Ste. 900

Sacramento, California 95814

SCHNEIDER & ONOFRY, P.C.

By:________________________________

Charles D. Onofry

3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 600

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2658

CLIENT CONSENT

I, Stephen Ray Fuller, hereby acknowledge and consent to the substitution of the

law firm of Tharpe & Howell through Leslie S. Guillon as counsel of record for East West Motor

Freight, Inc., in its capacity as Defendant on the Plaintiffs’ claim, replacing the law firm of

Schneider & Onofry, PC.

By:______________________________________

Stephen Ray Fuller

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Larwood and Susan Larwood in place and instead of the law firm of Schneider & Onofry, PC.

Dated this _____ day of August.

THARPE & HOWELL

By_________________________________

Leslie S. Guillon

400 Capitol Mall, Ste. 900

Sacramento, California 95814

SCHNEIDER & ONOFRY, P.C.

By:________________________________

Charles D. Onofry

3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 600

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2658

CLIENT CONSENT

I, Ken Heindel, Claims Supervisor, of Carolina Casualty Insurance Company, a

Florida corporation, hereby acknowledge and consent to the substitution of the law firm of

Tharpe & Howell through Leslie S. Guillon as counsel of record for Carolina Casualty Insurance

Company, in its capacity as Defendant on the Plaintiffs’ claim, replacing the law firm of

Schneider & Onofry, PC.

CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY

By:______________________________________

Ken Heindel

Its Claims Supervisor 

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Larwood and Susan Larwood in place and instead of the law firm of Schneider & Onofry, PC.

Dated this _____ day of August.

THARPE & HOWELL

By_________________________________

Leslie S. Guillon

400 Capitol Mall, Ste. 900

Sacramento, California 95814

SCHNEIDER & ONOFRY, P.C.

By:________________________________

Charles D. Onofry

3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 600

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2658

CLIENT CONSENT

I, Stephen Ray Fuller, hereby acknowledge and consent to the substitution of the

law firm of Tharpe & Howell through Leslie S. Guillon as counsel of record for Stephen Ray

Fuller, in my capacity as Defendant on the Plaintiffs’ claim, replacing the law firm of Schneider

& Onofry, PC.

By:______________________________________

Stephen Ray Fuller

Its Safety Director

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: November 8, 2005

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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PROOF OF SERVICE

[1013A (3) C.C.P.]

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18

and not a party to the within action; my business address is: 15250 Ventura Boulevard, 9th Floor,

Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221.

On October 28, 2005, I served the foregoing document described as STIPULATION RE:

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL on the interested parties in this action by placing a true

original/copy thereof enclosed in sealed envelope addressed as follows:

SEE ATTACHED MAILING LIST

x (BY MAIL) I am “readily familiar” with the firm’s practice of collection and processing

correspondence for mailing. Under that practice, it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service

on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid at Sherman Oaks, California, in the ordinary

course of business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if

postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after date of deposit for mailing

in affidavit.

q (BY PERSONAL DELIVERY) I caused such envelope to be delivered by hand to a

representative of the addressee.

q (BY FACSIMILE) I served the foregoing document described above on all interested parties

in this action by sending the document via facsimile pursuant to Rule 2005. The parties’ fax

numbers that I used is listed above. 

q (BY OVERNIGHT MAIL) I caused an envelope to be hand-delivered to a representative of

Federal Express at Sherman Oaks, California; whereupon said envelope is to be delivered by hand

to a representative of the addressee on the next business day.

Executed on October 28 , 2005, at Sherman Oaks, California.

I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose

direction the service was made.

 /s/ MARIE DAVIS 

MARIE DAVIS

(Original signature retained by attorney,

LESLIE S. GUILLON)

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LARWOOD, et al vs. EAST/WEST MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., et al.

CASE NO. 2:05-CV-01455-MCE-PAN

MAILING LIST

Rory L. Whipple,Esq.

WHIPPLE LAW FIRM, PLC

10438 East Calypso Avenue

Post Office Box 50998

Mesa, AZ 85208 

(602) 212-0080

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Charles D. Onofry, Esq.

SCHNEIDER & ONOFRY, P.C.

3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 600

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2658

(602) 200-1280; (601) 230-8985- Fax

E-mail: conofry@lsazlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants, EAST/WEST MOTOR

FREIGHT, INC., 

a Tennessee corporation, STEPHEN RAY

FULLER, JANE DOE FULLER, 

husband and wife, and CAROLINA CASUALTY

INSURANCE COMPANY

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