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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE MOTION TO EXCLUDE ALL EVIDENCE 

TODD M. NOONAN (SBN 172962)

DLA PIPER LLP (US) 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4428 

Tel: 916.930.3200 

Fax: 916.930.3201 

MATTHEW J. EVANS (admitted pro hac vice) 

JOHN W. ELDER (admitted pro hac vice) 

PAINE | BICKERS, LLP 

900 S. Gay Street, Suite 2200 

Knoxville, TN 37902 

Tel: 865.525.0880 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 

GE HEALTHCARE INC., and 

GE HEALTHCARE AS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CARSON HAMMERSLEY, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENERAL ELECTRIC, et al., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:13-cv-0826-TLN-AC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO 

EXCLUDE ALL EVIDENCE SUPPLIED BY 

DR. SHAWN COWPER DUE TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ FAILURE TO PROPERLY 

DISCLOSE HIM AS THEIR RETAINED 

LITIGATION EXPERT WITNESS 

Date: March 11, 2015 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Dept: Courtroom 26 

Judge: Magistrate Allison Claire 

Defendants GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE HEALTHCARE INC. (incorrectly 

sued as GE Healthcare, Inc.), and GE HEALTHCARE AS (incorrectly sued as GE Healthcare, 

AS) (collectively “Defendants”) and Plaintiffs Carson and Amy Hammersley (“Plaintiffs”) 

hereby give notice that they have resolved the dispute presented in Defendants’ Motion to 

Exclude All Evidence Supplied by Dr. Shawn Cowper Due to Plaintiffs’ Failure to Properly 

Disclose Him as Their Retained Litigation Expert Witness. The Parties, through their counsel of 

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record, agree and stipulate as follows: 

1. Plaintiffs withdraw Dr. Shawn Cowper (“Dr. Cowper”) as a witness in this matter. 

2. Dr. Cowper shall not appear at trial, and Plaintiff shall be prohibited from using 

Dr. Cowper’s pathology reports for Carson Hammersley or any other source of Dr. 

Cowper’s case-specific opinions, on a motion, at a hearing, or at trial in this case. 

3. Plaintiffs’ witnesses, including but not limited to fact witnesses, percipient 

witnesses, and retained expert witnesses -- shall be prohibited from relying on Dr. 

Cowper’s pathology reports for Carson Hammersley or any other source of Dr. 

Cowper’s case-specific opinions, for purposes of their opinions, conclusions, 

reports, statements, and testimony in this case. 

4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Plaintiffs’ experts, including newly identified 

experts, shall not be prohibited from testifying about their own review of 

pathology slides reviewed by and/or stained by Dr. Cowper. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 4, 2015 

 /s/ Todd M. Noonan 

 Todd M. Noonan 

 DLA PIPER LLP (US) 

 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400 

 Sacramento, CA 95814 

 916.930.3200 

Matthew J. Evans 

John W. Elder 

 PAINE | BICKERS LLP

900 S. Gay Street, Suite 2200 

Knoxville, TN 37902 

865.525.0880 

Attorneys for Defendants 

General Electric Company, GE Healthcare Inc., 

and GE Healthcare AS 

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Dated: March 4, 2015 

/s/ David N. Krugler (authorized by email on 3/4/15) 

David N. Krugler 

CASH, KRUGLER & FREDERICKS, LLC 

5447 Roswell Road, N.E. 

Atlanta, GA 30342 

Attorney for Plaintiffs Carson & Amy Hammersley 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE MOTION TO EXCLUDE ALL EVIDENCE 

ORDER 

 Based upon the stipulation of the Parties as set forth herein, the Court ORDERS as 

follows: 

 1. The hearing on Defendants’ Motion referenced above and scheduled for March 11, 

2015, shall be removed from the Court’s docket. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 5, 2015 

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