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

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

MAX H. STERN (SBN 154424) 

HANCOCK ROTHERT & BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 Embarcadero Center, Third Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4168 

Telephone: (415) 981-5550 

Facsimile: (415) 955-2599 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GE PROPERTY & CASUALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

Pennsylvania corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Kansas 

corporation, 

 Defendant. 

No. CIV-S-04-0131 MCE/DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING HEARINGS ON MOTIONS 

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND TRIAL 

AND RELATED DATES 

COME NOW plaintiff GE Property Casualty & Property Insurance 

Company (“Plaintiff”) and defendant Universal Underwriters 

Insurance Company (“Defendant”), through their counsel, who 

stipulate as follows, subject to the approval of this Court: 

1. Whereas, trial counsel for Universal, Max H. 

Stern, has been selected and is serving as a juror in a criminal 

trial venued in Alameda County Superior Court – Hayward Hall of 

Justice before the Honorable Harry R. Sheppard, Department 510; 

2. Whereas, the parties submitted to this Court a 

prior Stipulation and Proposed Order to extend the date for 

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

hearings on the Motions for Summary Judgment and the Pre-Trial 

Conference and Trial dates based Judge Sheppard’s best estimate 

at the time that Mr. Stern’s was anticipated to last through 

August 29, 2005; 

3. Whereas, the Court signed and entered the 

Stipulation and Order on July 6, 2005 continuing the date for 

hearings on the Motions for Summary Judgment and the Pre-Trial 

Conference and Trial dates based on the estimated length of Mr. 

Stern’s jury service; 

4. Whereas, Judge Sheppard now has informed Mr. Stern 

and the other jurors that their jury service will not be 

concluded by August 29, 2005, and their jury service will likely 

continue until at least September 9, 2005; 

5. Whereas, counsel for Universal and counsel for GE 

are meeting and conferring regarding privileged document issues 

related to the Protective Order in this Action; 

6. Whereas, GE and Universal agree that a continuance 

of the hearings on the Motions for Summary Judgment is 

appropriate in light of Mr. Stern’s ongoing jury service and the 

issues relating to the Protective Order; 

7. Whereas, GE and Universal agree that in 

conjunction with the continuance of the hearing date on the 

Motions for Summary Judgment in light of Mr. Stern’s jury service 

and other matters, the Pre-Trial Conference and Trial dates and 

the date for all trial exhibits be provided to the Court should 

be modified accordingly; 

8. GE and Universal respectfully seek a continuance 

of the hearing date for GE’s and Universal’s respective Motions 

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

for Summary Judgment, presently scheduled for Monday, September 

12, 2005 to Monday, October 10, 2005, or, alternatively, to date 

after September 12, 2005 on the Court’s regular Civil Law and 

Motion calendar as Court determines appropriate; 

9. GE and Universal also respectfully seek a 

continuance of the Joint Pre-Trial Conference and Trial date, 

currently set for October 3, 2005, and November 30, 2005, 

respectively, to dates convenient to the Court. The parties 

further request that the deadline for submission of the Joint 

Pre-Trial Statement be continued. 

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

10. This Stipulation may be signed in counterparts. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: August 24, 2005 HANCOCK ROTHERT & BUNSHOFT LLP 

By: ⁄ S ⁄

Max H. Stern 

Attorneys for Defendant and 

Counter-Claimant 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

DATED: August _, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF NELSEN, THOMPSON, 

PEGUE & THORNTON, P.C. 

By:

Timothy M. Thornton, Jr. 

Carol J. Knoblow 

Attorneys for Plaintiff GE PROPERTY & 

CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearings on GE Property & 

Casualty Company’s and Universal Underwriters Insurance Company’s 

respective Motions for Summary Judgment or Partial Summary 

Judgment be continued from September 12, 2005 to October 17, 2005 

at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3. Service and filing of Universal 

Underwriters Insurance Company’s Opposition and both parties’ 

Reply papers are continued accordingly. Trial is continued from 

November 30, 2005 to March 8, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3. 

Counsel shall produced all trial exhibits to Amanda Souvannarath, 

the Courtroom Clerk, no later than 3:00 p.m. on March 1, 2006. 

The Pre-Trial Conference is continued from October 3, 2005 to 

January 23, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. The Joint Pre-Trial Statement 

shall be filed on or before January 9, 2006. 

DATED: August 26, 2005 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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[SFDOC:2702-074-813870.1] CIV.S-04-0131 MCE/DAD 

PROOF OF SERVICE

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

PROOF OF SERVICE

I am employed in the county of aforesaid; I am over the 

age of eighteen years and not a party to the within entitled 

action; my business address is Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 

300, San Francisco, CA 94111. 

On August 24, 2005, I served the following document(s) 

described as: 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING HEARINGS ON 

MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND TRIAL AND RELATED 

DATES 

on the interested party(ies) in this action by placing true 

copies thereof enclosed in sealed envelopes and/or packages 

addressed as follows: 

Timothy M. Thornton, Jr., Esq. 

Carol J. Knoblow, Esq. 

NELSEN, THOMPSON, PEGUE & 

 THORNTON, A Professional 

Corporation 

2425 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 

4000W 

Santa Monica, CA 90404 

Tel: 310.315.1001 

Fax: 310.315.1333 

BY MAIL: I am “readily familiar” with the firm’s 

practice of collection and processing correspondence 

for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited 

with the U.S. postal service on that same day with 

postage thereon fully prepaid at San Francisco, 

California, in the ordinary course of business. I am 

aware that on motion of the party served, service is 

presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage 

meter date is more than one day after date of deposit 

for mailing in affidavit. 

BY FACSIMILE: I served said document(s) to be 

transmitted by facsimile pursuant to Rule 2008 of the 

California Rules of Court. The telephone number of the 

sending facsimile machine was (415) 955-2599. The 

name(s) and facsimile machine telephone number(s) of 

the person(s) served is listed in the attached service 

list marked with a ^^^. A transmission report was 

properly issued by the sending facsimile machine, and 

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

the transmission was reported as complete and without 

error. 

FEDERAL: I declare that I am employed in the office of 

a member of the bar of this Court at whose direction 

the service was made. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing 

is true and correct. Executed on August 24, 2005, in San 

Francisco, California. 

 ⁄ S ⁄

JoAnna Soliman 

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