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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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NICHOLAS J. BOOS (SBN 233399) 

nboos@maynardcooper.com 

NORMAN LAU (SBN 253690) 

nlau@maynardcooper.com 

MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE, LLP 

600 Montgomery Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 646-4700 

Facsimile: (205) 254-1999 

Attorneys for Defendants 

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and 

WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY 

J. EDWARD KERLEY (SBN 175695)

DYLAN L. SCHAFFER (SBN 153612)

CHRISTOPHER CARLING (SBN 254166)

KERLEY SCHAFFER LLP

1939 Harrison Street #500

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 379-5801

Facsimile: (510) 228-0350

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NGU HAHN SON, INC. dba: CHO SENTER MARKET 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NGU HAHN SON, INC. dba: CHO SENTER 

MARKET, a California Corporation 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation, WEST 

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, 

and DOES 1 through 20, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 3:19-cv-00499-RS 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

VACATE TRIAL DATE AND PRETRIAL 

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As indicated in the parties’ recently filed joint case management conference statement (ECF. 

39), Plaintiff Ngu Hahn Son, Inc. dba: Cho Senter Market and Defendants Liberty Mutual Insurance 

Company and West American Insurance Company, through undersigned counsel of record, submit this 

stipulation and proposed order to vacate the dates presently scheduled in this action, and to discuss the 

setting of new dates at the June 18, 2020 case management conference. The reason for this stipulation 

and proposed order is that, as set forth below, the parties are unable to complete significant remaining 

depositions by the current June 12, 2020 discovery cut off due to travel restrictions and work 

restrictions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

WHEREAS, on June 13, 2019, the Court issued its case management scheduling order in this 

case (ECF 25); 

WHEREAS, the Court’s scheduling order set forth the following case schedule: 

Completion of non-expert discovery: February 27, 2020 

Initial Expert Disclosures: March 19, 2020 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: April 9, 2020 

Completion of expert discovery: April 30, 2020 

Deadline to Hear Pretrial Motions: July 16, 2020 

Pretrial Conference: September 16, 2020 

Trial: September 28, 2020 

WHEREAS, due to the trial calendars of counsel, the number and location of witnesses whose 

depositions remained to be taken, including out of state witnesses, and the unavailability of counsel 

due to other trials, the parties submitted a joint stipulation on January 27, 2020 requesting the Court 

extend certain discovery deadlines. (ECF 28.) 

WHEREAS, on January 30, 2020, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated request and set new 

discovery deadlines as follows (ECF 30): 

Completion of non-expert discovery: April 10, 2020 

Initial Expert Disclosures: April 24, 2020 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: May 8, 2020 

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Completion of expert discovery: May 29, 2020 

WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the parties again stipulated to extend the case schedule and 

trial date in light of the emerging coronavirus pandemic and schedules (ECF 36), and on March 11, 

2020, the Court ordered (ECF 37) a new schedule as follows: 

Completion of non-expert discovery: June 12, 2020 

Initial Expert Disclosures: June 26, 2020 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: July 10, 2020 

Completion of expert discovery: July 24, 2020 

Deadline to Hear Pretrial Motions: September 3, 2020 

Pretrial Conference: November 4, 2020 

Trial: November 16, 2020 

WHEREAS, the parties have completed some depositions but additional depositions remain to 

be taken, including out of state depositions; 

WHEREAS, after the Court’s order modifying the scheduling order was entered, six San 

Francisco Bay Area Counties issued a shelter in place order (the “COVID Order”) on March 16, 2020, 

which order was extended to the entire state of California by Governor Gavin Newsom on March 19, 

2020 for an indefinite duration; 

WHEREAS, the pandemic and COVID Order, which requires all Californians to say in their 

homes with limited exceptions, impedes the parties’ ability to conduct discovery including scheduling 

and taking depositions; 

WHEREAS, other states where witnesses in this case are located have instituted similar orders 

in response to the coronavirus pandemic; 

WHEREAS, it is unknown how long the various orders will remain in place in light of 

continuing developments as the coronavirus pandemic continues across the country; 

WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the parties agree that it is unknown when the parties will 

be able to resume depositions; 

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WHEREAS, it is apparent that the parties will not be able to complete all depositions by the 

June 12, 2020 discovery cut off due to the complications and delay burdening the discovery process as 

a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the COVID Order; 

WHEREAS, extending the discovery deadlines in this case to allow sufficient time to complete 

all remaining depositions and to complete expert discovery would impact other dates set by the Court, 

including the deadline to hear dispositive motions, which would in turn affect the date of the pretrial 

conference and trial; 

WHEREAS, good cause exists to modify the scheduling order because the parties are unable to 

complete discovery to adequately prepare for trial in light of the exigencies caused by the coronavirus 

pandemic and the COVID Order; 

WHEREAS, on March 27, 2020, the Court continued a case management conference in this 

case to June 18, 2020 (ECF 40); 

WHEREAS, there may be more clarity regarding the coronavirus pandemic by June 18, 2020. 

THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, agree and 

stipulate and respectfully request the Court’s approval as follows: 

That the current case schedule, including the pre-trial conference and trial, be vacated; 

That the Court re-set all dates during the June 18, 2020 case management conference. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 3, 2020 MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE, LLP 

/s/ Nicholas J. Boos 

NICHOLAS J. BOOS 

NORMAN LAU 

Attorney for Defendants 

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

and WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

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Dated: April 3, 2020 KERLEY SCHAFFER LLP 

/s/ Dylan L. Schaffer 

J. EDWARD KERLEY

DYLAN L. SCHAFFER

CHRISTOPHER CARLING

Attorney for Plaintiff

NGU HAHN SON, INC. dba: CHO SENTER

MARKET

Pursuant to Stipulation, and good cause appearing, all dates presently set is this case are vacated, 

to be re-set at a later date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _____________________ ____________________________________ 

HON. RICHARD SEEBORG 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

April 6, 2020

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) 

COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ) 

I am employed in the County of San Francisco, States of California. I am over the age of 18 and 

am not a party to the action. My business address is Maynard, Cooper & Gale, LLP, 600 Montgomery 

Street, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111. On the date indicated below I served the foregoing 

documents described as: 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE TRIAL DATE AND 

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[X] BY CM/ECF ELECTRONIC SERVICE: The interested party(ies) set forth below are registered 

CM/ECF users with the Court, and have consented to service through the Court’s automatic 

transmission of a notice of filing. 

Dylan L. Schaffer 

Christopher Carling 

J. Edward Kerley, Jr. 

KERLEY SCHAFFER LLP 

1939 Harrison Street, Suite 500 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NGU HAHN SON, INC. dba: CHO SENTER MARKET 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. 

Executed on April 3, 2020 at San Francisco, CA. 

 _________________________________ 

Brian Day 

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