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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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3:11-cv-03638-CRB

JOINT STATUS UPDATE 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

Scott S. Thomas, Bar No. 106720 

sst@paynefears.com 

J. Kelby Van Patten, Bar No. 167553 

kvp@paynefears.com 

Jeffrey M. Hayes, Bar No. 246511 

jmh@paynefears.com 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

Attorneys at Law 

Jamboree Center, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100 

Irvine, California 92614 

Telephone: (949) 851-1100 

Facsimile: (949) 851-1212 

NEWMEYER & DILLION LLP 

Joseph A. Ferrentino, CBN 162855 

Joe.Ferrentino@ndlf.com 

895 Dove Street, Fifth Floor 

Newport Beach, CA 92660 

(949) 854-7000; (949) 854-7099 (fax) 

Attorneys for Centex Homes, a Nevada partnership 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut 

corporation; FIDELITY & GUARANTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Iowa 

corporation; THE TRAVELERS 

INDEMNITY COMPANY OF 

CONNECTICUT, a Connecticut corporation; 

ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership; and 

DOES 1 through 10 inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 3:11-cv-03638-CRB 

Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

JOINT STATUS UPDATE AND ORDER 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM 

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JOINT STATUS UPDATE 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

On April 22, 2016, Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, Fidelity & Guaranty 

Insurance Company, The Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut and St. Paul Mercury 

Insurance Company (collectively “Travelers”) and Centex Homes (“Centex”) stipulated to stay 

this case. (Docket No. 258.) Centex and Travelers (the “Parties”) entered the stipulation to stay in 

order to facilitate settlement negotiations for the dozens of cases pending between them in 

California state and federal courts. 

The Court signed the stipulation, and entered the stay, on April 28, 2016. (Docket No. 

259.) The Court’s order requested that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than May 

24, 2016, following the conclusion of an MSC that was to be held before the Honorable John A. 

Kronstadt of the Central District of California to discuss a global resolution of the cases pending 

between the parties. 

During the course of the May 10, 2016, MSC the Parties reached a tentative settlement as 

to most of the cases pending between them; however the Parties did not discuss this particular 

case. Instead, the Parties agreed to hold a mediation on May 31, 2016, before a neutral in Nevada 

in order to continue settlement discussions about the cases that remain pending between them. 

In a prior submission, the Parties requested the Court leave the stay in place until after the 

May 31, 2016, mediation, and they further proposed that the Court enter an order requiring the 

Parties to submit another joint status report no later than June 15, 2016, indicating whether a 

continued stay is warranted or whether the stay should be lifted. In response, the Court entered an 

order on May 24, 2016, requesting the parties submit a joint status update no later than June 16, 

2016. (Docket No. 261.) 

During the course of the May 31, 2016, mediation the Parties continued to discuss the 

many lawsuits pending between them, and the Parties reached settlements in principle about some 

additional lawsuits, but the Parties have not yet reached a settlement of this lawsuit. The Parties 

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PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

are currently continuing the settlement dialogue directly. The Parties request that the Court leave 

the stay in place for an additional 60 days while the Parties continue settlement discussions. The 

parties further propose that the Court enter an order requiring the Parties to submit another joint 

status report no later than September 1, 2016, indicating whether a continued stay is warranted or 

whether the stay should be lifted. 

DATED: June 15, 2016 PAYNE & FEARS LLP

 By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Hayes

 J. KELBY VAN PATTEN 

JEFFREY M. HAYES 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DATED: June 15, 2016 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC 

 By: /s/ Rebecca Hunter

A. ERIC AGUILERA, ESQ. 

RAYMOND E. BROWN, ESQ. 

REBECCA HUNTER, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 

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JOINT STATUS UPDATE 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that this case will remain stayed 

for all purposes.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties submit a joint status update no later than 

September 1, 2016, that will address the status of their settlement efforts. 

Dated: June 16, 2016 

 Hon. Charles R. Breyer 

Judge, United States District Court

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