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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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00555765.WPD STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE; AND (PROPOSED) SCHEDULING ORDER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Anthony S. Warburg, SBN 078956

Christopher M. Egan, SBN 232301

350 University Ave., Suite 200

Sacramento, California 95825

TEL: 916.929.1481

FAX: 916.927.3706

Attorneys for Defendants: 

MTD CONSUMER GROUP, INC. and HOME DEPOT USA, INC. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALICE HOLMES and VERNON HOLMES,

Plaintiffs,

v.

HOME DEPOT USA, INC.; MTD

PRODUCTS, INC.; BRIGGS & STRATTON

C O R P O R A T I O N ; WA L B R O

CORPORATION, and DOES 1 through 50,

inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:06-cv-01527-SMS

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL

DATE; AND SCHEDULING ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their respective attorneys

of record, as follows:

1. That the present Trial date of May 19, 2008, be vacated and the Court reschedule the

 matter for Trial on November 3, 2008, or on a date subsequent based upon the convenience of the

Court;

2. The parties request the Mandatory Settlement Conference presently scheduled for

March 26, 2008, and the Final Pretrial Conference presently scheduled for March 27, 2008, be vacated

to be reset as set forth in proposed Scheduling Order herein;

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Good Cause exists for the Court to continue the above referenced dates for the following

reasons:

3. On December 26, 2007, counsel representing HOME DEPOT and MTD CONSUMER

GROUP received a Request for Production of Documents to HOME DEPOT, a Request for

Production of Documents to MTD CONSUMER GROUP, a FRCP 30(b)(6) deposition notice with

multiple categories of testimony sent to defendant HOME DEPOT, and two separate FRCP 30(b)(6)

deposition notices with multiple categories of testimony sent to defendant MTD CONSUMER

GROUP. HOME DEPOT and MTD CONSUMER GROUP have been and are currently represented

by the Porter Scott law firm. The previously mentioned discovery propounded to HOME DEPOT and

MTD CONSUMER GROUP have made it inappropriate for Porter Scott to continue representing both

HOME DEPOT and MTD CONSUMER GROUP. Counsel from Porter Scott promptly notified all

counsel that it will no longer be able to represent both HOME DEPOT and MTD CONSUMER

GROUP. New counsel will be retained for HOME DEPOT in the immediate future. The new counsel

representing HOME DEPOT will need time to review the substantial discovery and deposition

testimony that has already occurred in this factually and medically complex case. 

4. Defendant WALBRO ENGINE MANAGEMENT, LLC recently filed its Second

Amended Answer, Counterclaim against plaintiff VERNON HOLMES on January 17, 2008. As a

result of theCounterclaim against VERNON HOLMES, counsel representing VERNON and ALICE

HOLMES will be tendering the defense regarding the Counterclaim from WALBRO ENGINE

MANAGEMENT, LLC to VERNON HOLMES’ homeowner insurance carrier. As a result,

VERNON HOLMES will likely be represented by new counsel regarding the Counterclaim from

WALBRO ENGINE MANAGEMENT, LLC.. VERNON HOLMES’ new defense counsel will also

need additional time to review the substantial discovery and testimony in this factually and medically

complex case; 

5. In December 2007, plaintiffs sent FRCP 30(b)(6) deposition notices to defendants

HOME DEPOT, MTD CONSUMER GROUP, BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION, and

WALBRO ENGINE MANAGEMENT, LLC. Due to HOME DEPOT’s need to retain new counsel,

all FRCP 30(b)(6) depositions have been postponed. Plaintiffs granted MTD CONSUMER GROUP

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and HOME DEPOT thirty day extensions to respond to plaintiffs’ request for documents in order for

HOME DEPOT to retain new counsel. To allow this case to move meaningfully toward possible

alternative dispute resolution and potentially Trial, plaintiffs will need to receive discovery responses

from all collective defendants and complete the previously noticed FRCP 30(b)(6) depositions.

For the reasons stated above, the parties hereby stipulate to the following proposed Scheduling

Order:

1. Plaintiffs’ Expert Disclosure Deadline: August 12, 2008;

2. Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: August 12, 2008;

3. Defendants’ Expert Disclosure Deadline: September 2, 2008;

4. Discovery Deadline: September 2, 2008;

5. Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: September 2, 2008;

6. Settlement Conference Date: September 8, 2008

7. Plaintiffs’ Pretrial Statement Deadline: September 17, 2008;

8. Rebuttal Expert Disclosure Deadline: September 23, 2008;

9. Defendants’ Pretrial Statement Deadline: September 24, 2008;

10. Final Pretrial Conference Date: October 1, 2008;

11. Rule 26(a)(3)-(4) Disclosures: October 10, 2008;

12. Plaintiff to File Proposed Pretrial Order: October 13, 2008;

13. Last Day for a Defendant to serve Offer of Judgment on Plaintiffs: October 14, 2008;

14. Trial Briefs: October 20, 2008;

15. Voir Dire Questions: October 29, 2008;

16. Jury Instructions/Verdict Forms: October 29, 2008; and 

17. Trial Date: November 3, 2008. 

The Stipulation may be signed by the attorneys in counterpart, and by original,

photocopy, electronic or facsimile signatures. 

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00555765.WPD STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE; AND (PROPOSED) SCHEDULING ORDER

Dated: January 28, 2008 OREN & PABOOJIAN

By /s/ Warren R. Paboojian 

Warren R. Paboojian

Jason Bell, Attorney for Plaintiffs

ALICE HOLMES and VERNON HOLMES

Dated: January 28, 2008 PANISH SHEA & O’BOYLE

By /s/ Brian Parish 

Brian Panish, Attorney for Plaintiff

ALICE HOLMES

Dated: January 28, 2008 HALL LAW CORPORATION

By /s/ Larry C. Hall 

Larry C. Hall, Attorney for Plaintiff

ALICE HOLMES

Dated: January 28, 2008 WEGMAN, HESSLER & VANDERBURG

By /s/ Richard T. Coyne 

Richard T. Coyne

Christopher Corpus Attorney for Defendants

MTD CONSUMER GROUP, INC.; HOME

DEPOT USA, INC. 

Dated: January 28, 2008 PORTER SCOTT

By /s/ Anthony S. Warburg 

Anthony S. Warburg, Attorney for Defendants

MTD CONSUMER GROUP, INC.; HOME

DEPOT USA, INC. 

Dated: January 28, 2008 DRYDEN, MARGOLES, SCHIMANECK & 

WETZ

By /s/ Lawrence A. Margoles 

Lawrence A Margoles, Attorney for Defendant

BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION

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Dated: January 28, 2008 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH

By /s/Daniel P. Lyons 

Daniel P. Lyons, Attorney for Defendant

WALBRO CORPORATION 

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SCHEDULING ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

Based on the facts presented in the attached Stipulation, good cause exists to vacate the May

19, 2008 Trial Date, the MandatorySettlement Conference presently scheduled for February 12, 2008,

and the Final Pretrial Conference presently scheduled for March 27, 2008. The Court adopts the

following Scheduling Order:

1. Plaintiffs’ Expert Disclosure Deadline: August 12, 2008;

2. Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: August 12, 2008;

3. Defendants’ Expert Disclosure Deadline: September 2, 2008;

4. Discovery Deadline: September 2, 2008;

5. Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: September 2, 2008;

6. Settlement Conference Date (was 3/26/08): September 8, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. 

before Judge Beck.

7. Plaintiffs’ Pretrial Statement Deadline: September 17, 2008;

8. Rebuttal Expert Disclosure Deadline: September 23, 2008;

9. Defendants’ Pretrial Statement Deadline: September 24, 2008;

10. Final Pretrial Conference Date (was 3/27/08): October 1, 2008 at 11:00am before

Judge Snyder;

11. Rule 26(a)(3)-(4) Disclosures: October 10, 2008;

12. Plaintiff to File Proposed Pretrial Order: October 13, 2008;

13. Last Day for a Defendant to serve Offer of Judgment on Plaintiffs: October 14, 2008;

14. Trial Briefs: October 20, 2008;

15. Voir Dire Questions: October 29, 2008;

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16. Jury Instructions/Verdict Forms: October 29, 2008; and 

17. Jury Trial Date (was 5/19/08): November 3, 2008 at 9:00a.m. before Judge Snyder.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 30, 2008 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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