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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

WESTERN MARINE INSURANCE 

SERVICES CORPORATION, 

 Defendant. 

No. 2:10cv3172 KJM DAD 

ORDER 

WESTERN MARINE INSURANCE 

SERVICES CORPORATION, 

 

 Third Party Plaintiff, 

 

 v. 

ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES, 

INC., et al., 

 Third Party Defendants, 

SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, 

 Fourth Party Plaintiff, 

 

 v. 

GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 

 Fourth Party Defendants. 

 

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 This case was on calendar on December 12, 2013 for a status conference. 

Plaintiff/Fourth Party Defendant Gemini Insurance Company was represented by Harold Wollitz; 

Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff Western Marine Insurance Services Corporation was represented 

by Steven Yuen; Fourth Party Plaintiff Scottsdale Indemnity Company was represented by 

Valerie Moore; defendants Alliant Insurance Services and David Cranmer were represented by 

Dena Acosta; and Fourth Party Defendant Marine Claims Services, Inc. was represented by David 

Gorney. 

 After considering the parties’ joint status report and their representations at the 

hearing, the court makes the following orders: 

 1. On defendant Western Marine Insurance Services Corporation’s (“Westmar”), 

representation, the court confirms that Westmar has withdrawn its fourteenth affirmative defense 

that Gemini has no standing to sue. 

 2. The parties are directed to return to private mediation and must exhaust their 

efforts at private resolution of this case by April 30, 2014. 

 3. If the dispute is not resolved through private mediation, the parties are directed 

to appear for a status conference on May 1, 2014 at 2:30 p.m.; the appearance may be telephonic. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 19, 2013. 

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