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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

STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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

STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND 

ORDER

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

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STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance 

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

Company (collectively “Travelers”), on the one hand and Centex Homes (“Centex”), on the other 

hand, through their designated counsel, respectfully request that this Court stay this matter for all 

purposes, including the recent briefing the Court ordered following the status conference held on 

March 18, 2016. (Docket No. 257.)

The parties have been involved in substantial global settlement negotiations for the dozens 

of cases between them in California courts. This includes state and federal cases throughout 

California, including this one. 

On January 19, 2016, the parties attended a mandatory settlement conference before the 

Honorable John A. Kronstadt of the Central District of California. The parties adjourned the 

conference to exchange certain information to assist in further settlement discussions. As part of 

the ongoing settlement discussions, the parties entered into an informal standstill of most of the 

outstanding cases to conserve resources and promote judicial economy. Although this case was 

not initially part of the standstill, the parties wish to extend the standstill to include this case as 

well.

Initially the standstill was for 30 days to facilitate a February 23, 2016 settlement 

conference. However, the parties continued the MSC to April 1, 2016, to permit for additional 

information gathering. Recently, however, the Court continued the MSC to May 10, 2016. If 

discussions are promising, the parties may wish to hold additional days of settlement discussion if 

all issues are not resolved on May 10, 2016.

In light of the May 10, 2016, continued MSC, the parties now wish to stay this matter for 

all purposes and to take the May 20, 2016, status conference off calendar. The parties believe a 

stay will focus the parties’ settlement efforts and preserve judicial economy.

If the Court agrees to the stay, the parties propose that they submit a brief joint status 

report no later than May 24, 2016 indicating whether the settlement discussions remain ongoing, 

such that a continued stay is warranted, or whether the discussions have reached an impasse and, 

in that case, propose a briefing schedule on the briefs the Court ordered during the March 18, 

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STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

2016, status conference. (Docket No. 257.)

DATED: April 22, 2016 PAYNE & FEARS LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Hayes

J. KELBY VAN PATTEN

JEFFREY M. HAYES

Attorneys for Defendant CENTEX HOMES

DATED: April 22, 2016 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

By: /s/ Rebecca Hunter

A. ERIC AGUILERA, ESQ.

RAYMOND E. BROWN, ESQ.

REBECCA HUNTER, ESQ.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs TRAVELERS 

PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, FIDELITY & GUARANTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, THE TRAVELERS 

INDEMNITY COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,

ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE 

COMPANY

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3:11-cv-03638-CRB

STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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 is stayed for all 

purposes and all pending deadlines are taken off calendar.

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

May 24, 2016, following the conclusion of the MSC that is being held before Honorable John A. 

Kronstadt of the Central District of California.

Dated: April 28, 2016

Hon. Charles R. Breyer

Judge, United States District Court

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