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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 46:688 Jones Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING TRIAL AND PRE-TRIAL DATES

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PETER A. LINDH (061907)

JENNIFER T. SANCHEZ (191548)

GIBSON ROBB & LINDH LLP

100 First Street, 27th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 348-6000

Facsimile: (415) 348-6001

Attorneys for Defendant

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DANIEL MAXIE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

HORIZON LINES, LLC and MATSON

NAVIGATION COMPANY

Defendants. _____________________________________

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Case No. C 04-02255 MMC

STIPULATION AND ORDER

CONTINUING TRIAL AND 

PRE-TRIAL DATES

For the reasons set forth below, the parties to the above-entitled action stipulate, agree

and request the court continue the trial date and amend the Pre-trial Preparation Order entered on

October 11, 2005. 

Mr. Maxie has not been declared as having reached maximum cure, from his alleged

injuries, which are the subject of this lawsuit. Mr. Maxie recently returned from a voyage

working as a steward. He continues to complain of physical ailments, and has a scheduled

appointment with his neurologist in early March. Mr. Maxie’s treating physician has not opined

as to a likely date by which maximum cure will be achieved. 

The parties have completed the liability phase of Mr. Maxie’s deposition. Discovery is

closed, except that, by agreement, the parties have extended non-expert discovery for the

purposes of (1) the deferred medical and damages phase deposition of plaintiff, which was by

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agreement deferred until he is permanent and stationary, and (2) plaintiff’s depositions of four

designated co-workers of plaintiff.

The parties also wish to participate in settlement discussions. The parties have agreed to

a private mediator, Jerry Spolter, and scheduled the mediation for April 3, 2006. However,

given plaintiff’s symptomology and the uncertainty regarding the date by which Mr. Maxie will

achieve maximum cure, the parties cannot meaningfully participate in settlement discussions

before the March 7, 2006 cut-off dates, or the scheduled April 3, 2006 date with Mr. Spolter. 

Accordingly, the parties stipulate and respectfully request that the following pretrial dates

be continued as follows:

Expert disclosure & reports August 11, 2006

(Present Date:

Non-medical: March 17, 2006

Medical: March 31, 2006)

Expert Discovery cut-off September 1, 2006

(Present date: April 14, 2006)

Private mediation completion August 1, 2006

Pretrial Conference September 12, 2006, 3:00 p.m.

(Present Date: April 25, 2006,

 at 3:00 p.m.)

Trial Date October 3, 2006

(Present Date: May 15, 2006)

Should Mr. Maxie’s recovery be further delayed, the parties will immediately advise the

Court and propose appropriate revisions to the current pretrial and trial dates.

Respectfully Submitted, 

Dated: March 8, 2006 BANNING MICKLOW BULL & LOPEZ LLP

By: S/ EDWARD BULL 

Edward Bull

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DANIEL MAXIE

Dated: March 8, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF HARVEY I. WITTENBERG

By: S/ HARVEY J. WITTENBERG 

Harvey I. Wittenberg

Attorneys for Defendant 

HORIZON LINES, LLC

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Dated: March 8, 2006 FLYNN DELICH & WISE 

By: S/ JAMES B. NEBEL

James B. Nebel

Attorneys for Defendant

U.S. SHIP MANAGEMENT, INC.

Dated: March 8, 2006 GIBSON ROBB & LINDH LLP

By: S/ PETER A. LINDH

Peter A. Lindh

Attorneys for Defendant 

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY

IT IS SO ORDERED, with the exception that the pretrial conference is continued to

February 6, 2007 and the trial to February 20, 2007, no earlier trial dates being available.

DATED: March 14, 2006 ____________________________________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 MAXINE M. CHESNEY

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