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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN 

A Professional Corporation 

MICHAEL E. VERGARA, ESQ. (SBN 137689) 

ERIC W. DAVIS, ESQ. (SBN 238343) 

BRIAN D. POULSEN (SBN 252078) 

813 Sixth Street, Third Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2403 

Telephone: (916) 446-7979 

Facsimile: (916) 446-8199 

Attorneys for Plaintiff S & L Oil, Inc. 

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 

KATHLEEN E. HEGEN, ESQ. (SBN 104522) 

One Sansome St., Suite 1400 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 362-2580 

Facsimile: (415) 434-0882 

Attorneys for Defendant Zurich American 

Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

S & L Oil, Inc., a California Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Zurich American Insurance Company, a New 

York Corporation, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 07-CV-01883-MCE-KJM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

AMENDING COMPLAINT TO ADD 

S&L OIL, JV AND THREE WIVES, INC. 

AS PLAINTIFFS AND REAL PARTIES 

IN INTEREST AND AMENDING 

COUNTER CLAIM TO ADD NICK 

GOYAL AS COUNTER-DEFENDANT 

Plaintiff, S&L Oil, Inc., and Defendant Zurich American Insurance Company 

(collectively referred to as “Parties”) hereby stipulate by and between their respective counsel, 

pursuant to Rule 15, subdivision (a)(2), of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and subject to 

the approval of this Court, to amend Plaintiff’s Complaint adding S&L Oil, JV and Three Wives, 

Inc. as Plaintiffs and Real Parties in Interest in the present case. 

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Parties also stipulate by and between their respective counsel, pursuant to Rule 15, 

subdivision (a)(2), of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and subject to the approval of this 

Court, to amend Defendant’s Counterclaim adding Nick Goyal as a Counter-Defendant in this 

action. 

Nothing herein shall constitute an admission of any kind on the part of any Party with 

respect to any claim or cause of action arising out of, or otherwise related to the instant action. 

Moreover, nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any Party’s right to respond to any such 

amended pleading by way of a demurrer, motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion to quash or 

any other responsive pleading. 

The Parties shall file their amended pleadings within forty-eight (48) hours after filing 

this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. 

Dated: August 13, 2008 SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN 

A Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Michael E. Vergara 

Michael E. Vergara 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

S & L Oil, Inc. 

Dated: August 13, 2008 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 

By: /s/ Kathleen E. Hegan (Original signature

retained by Attorney Michael E. Vergara)

 Kathleen E. Hegen 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

Zurich American Insurance Company 

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ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 15, subdivision (a)(2), of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, the request to amend the Complaint to add S&L Oil, JV and Three 

Wives, Inc. as Plaintiffs and Real Parties in Interest, and to amend the Counterclaim to add Nick 

Goyal as a Counter-Defendant is GRANTED. 

DATED: August 18, 2008 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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