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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RESCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

LEVIN ENTERPRISES, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY as 

successor in interest to Maine Bonding & 

Casualty Company; MAINE BONDING & 

CASUALTY COMPANY; and GRANITE 

STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 2:14-CV-01479-MCE-AC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

RESCHEDULE SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

Judge: Hon. Allison Claire 

Complaint filed: June 20, 2014 

This Stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiff, LEVIN ENTERPRISES, INC. 

("LEVIN") and Defendants ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (“Zurich 

American”) as successor in interest to MAINE BONDING & CASUALTY COMPANY, which 

Zurich American contends was erroneously sued as “MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY as 

successor in interest to Maine Bonding & Casualty Company; MAINE BONDING & 

CASUALTY COMPANY”; and GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY ("GRANITE"). 

RECITAL 

1. On November 18, 2014, the Court issued a Scheduling Order requiring the parties 

to serve all Phase I initial disclosures upon one another by November 21, 2014. The Scheduling 

Order also ordered a Settlement Conference to take place before Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 

December 16, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. with confidential settlement conference statements due to the 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RESCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

Court at least seven days prior to the Settlement Conference. 

2. On November 19, 2014, the Court granted the parties' stipulation and proposed 

order to extend the deadline to serve Phase I initial disclosures upon one another until December 

12, 2014. 

3. Because the parties may not receive one another's initial disclosures before 

December 12, 2014, they will not have enough time to review the initial disclosures and 

documents, prepare confidential settlement conference statements, and engage in meaningful 

settlement discussions at the currently scheduled December 16, 2014 Settlement Conference. 

4. In addition, the parties are engaged in good faith efforts to schedule a mediation 

between January and March 2015 (depending on the parties' and mediator's availability), and are 

in the process of agreeing upon a mediator. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED: 

5. Pursuant to Local Rules 143 and 144(a), the Settlement Conference currently 

scheduled for December 16, 2014 will be rescheduled for a date in April, 2015. The parties are 

available on the following dates in April, 2015: 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, and 23. 

DATED: December 8, 2014 HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

 By: /s/ Hani Ganji 

 LINDA E. KLAMM 

MILES C. HOLDEN 

HANI GANJI 

Attorneys for 

LEVIN ENTERPRISES, INC 

DATED: December 8, 2014 SELMAN BREITMAN LLP 

 By: /s/ Mark E. Inbody

 LINDA WENDELL HSU 

MARK E. INBODY 

Attorneys for 

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RESCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

DATED: December 8, 2014 LYNBERG & WATKINS 

 By: /s/ Jerome P. Doctors 

 R. JEFF CARLISLE 

JEROME P. DOCTORS 

RYAN C. BYKERK 

Attorneys for 

GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY

ORDER 

The court hereby approves the parties’ foregoing stipulation in part and denies in part. 

Although the court approves the parties’ request for a continuance, it declines to set their 

settlement conference on any of their proposed dates because Judge Delaney will not be available. 

Instead, the parties’ settlement conference will be held on April 28, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. before 

Judge Carolyn K. Delaney. In the future the parties should contact Judge Delaney’s Courtroom 

Deputy, Kyle Owen, at 916-930-4004 to obtain her available dates before filing any stipulation to 

continue their settlement conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: December 11, 2014 

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