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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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Richard G. Grotch, Esq. - SBN 127713

Alisha A. Beltramo, Esq. - SBN 267423

CODDINGTON, HICKS & DANFORTH

A Professional Corporation, Lawyers

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 300

Redwood City, California 94065-2133

Telephone: (650) 592-5400

Facsimile: (650) 592-5027

E-mail: rgrotch@chdlawyers.com

ATTORNEYS FOR Defendant

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

PATRICE MORSE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION,

and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

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No. C 09-2036 JW

JOINT RESPONSE TO OSC RE

SETTLEMENT

Date: June 21, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom: 8

Honorable James Ware

United States District Judge

Plaintiff PATRICE MORSE and defendant JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

respectfully submit the following joint response to the Court’s Order to Show Case Re: Settlement

(Doc. 20).

RESPONSE TO OSC RE: SETTLEMENT

On May 5, 2010, the parties participated in an early settlement conference over which

Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte presided. The case was settled at the conclusion of that

settlement conference. (See Doc. 19).

However, as an express condition of the settlement, and as stated on the record memorializing

the settlement, it was agreed that defendant would have to and including July 13, 2010 within which

to collect, and then disburse to plaintiff, the settlement funds; once disbursed, it was agreed the

parties would file a stipulated dismissal with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

41(a).

Joint Response to OSC Re: Settlement

C 09-2036 JW 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge James Ware

6/17/2010

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CODDINGTON, HICKS

& DANFORTH

A Professional Corp., Lawyers

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, #300

Redwood City, CA 94065

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At present, defendant’s claims lead continues to be in the process of collecting the settlement

fundsfrom the participating co-insurers and fully expectsto fulfil its agreement to provide plaintiff’s

counsel with the settlement check on or before the agreed date of July 13, 2010. Because of the need

to complete this process, the parties are not in a position to file a stipulated dismissal pursuant to

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) on June 11, 2010 as requested in the Court’s order to show

cause re: settlement. (Doc. 20).

For these reasons, the parties respectfully request that:

(1) the deadline for the filing of a stipulated dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 41(a) be continued to and including July 13, 2010, and

(2) solely if the stipulation for dismissal is not timely filed, the date for the partiesto appear

to show cause why the case should not be dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b), be continued

to July 19, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 8, 4th Floor, United States District Court, 280 South

First Street, San Jose, California.

Dated: June 11, 2010 LAW OFFICE OF ARKADY ITKIN

/s/ Arkady Itkin

By:

Arkady Itkin

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Patrice Morse

Dated: June 11, 2010 CODDINGTON, HICKS & DANFORTH

/s/ Richard G. Grotch

By:

Richard G. Grotch

Attorneys for Defendant

JetBlue Airways Corporation

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Joint Response to OSC Re: Settlement

C 09-2036 JW 

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