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Nature of Suit Code: 368
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury - Prod.liab.
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation

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Motion and Stipulation to Continue

Case Management Conference -1-

GEORGE D. YARON, ESQ. (State Bar #96246)

D. DAVID STEELE, ESQ. (State Bar #171636)

KEITH E. PATTERSON, ESQ. (State Bar #225753)

YARON & ASSOCIATES

601 California Street, 21st Floor

San Francisco, California 94108-2281

Telephone: (415) 658-2929

Facsimile: (415) 658-2930

Attorneys for Defendant

TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RONALD DUTTON

Plaintiff,

vs.

TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION;

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION;

LOCKHEED SHIPBUILDING COMPANY;

VIAD CORP., and DOES 1-300.

Defendants. ______________________________________

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C 05-3107 JSW

JOINT MOTION AND STIPULATION TO

CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE AND TO EXTEND TIME;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-11 and 7-12, the following parties hereby stipulate to, and

respectfully move the Court, for an Order continuing the Case Management Conference and

extending the pre-Case Management Conference deadlines as set forth in the Order Setting Initial

Case Management Conference filed August 1, 2005 (Document 2), for the reasons set forth below.

On September 23, 2005, Defendant Todd Shipyards Corporation filed a Notice and Motion

to Transfer Action under 18 U.S.C. §1407 (Document 10) to the pending Multi-District Litigation

in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which seeks to move jurisdiction of this matter to that

District.

To date, the Clerk of the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation has not entered a

Conditional Transfer Order pursuant to Multi-District Litigation Panel Rule 12(a) or filed an Order

to Show Cause why the action should not be transferred to that District pursuant to Multi-District

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Motion and Stipulation to Continue

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Litigation Panel Rule 13(b). It is likely that the Case Management Conference and the pre-Case

Management Conference deadlines set by this Court will come to pass before the Clerk of the MultiDistrict Litigation Panel acts on Defendant Todd Shipyards Corporation’s Notice and Motion.

Due to the pending action by the Clerk of the Multi-District Litigation Panel, and the time

needed by the Panel to consider the Notice and Motion of Defendant Todd Shipyards Corporation,

the following parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request, that the Case Management

Conference, currently set for hearing on January 13, 2006, as set forth in the Order Continuing the

Case Management Conference, filed on October 20, 2005 and entered on October 21, 2005

(Document 15), be further continued pending the outcome of the Multi-District Litigation Panel’s

decision on the merits of the transfer. In addition, the parties request that the pre-Case Management

Conference deadlines set forth in the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference be vacated.

Dated: December 7, 2005 YARON & ASSOCIATES

By: /S/ Keith Patterson

Keith E. Patterson 

Attorneys for Defendant Todd Shipyards 

Corporation

Dated: December 7, 2005 BRAYTON { PURCELL

By: /S/ David R. Donadio

David R. Donadio 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Ronald Dutton 

Dated: December 7, 2005 KNOTT & GLAZIER LLP

By: /S/ Laura Patricia Yee

Laura Patricia Yee

Attorneys for Defendant Lockheed 

Shipbuilding Company

Dated: December 7, 2005 CHARTER DAVIS, LLP

By: /S/ Jeffery J.A. Hinrichsen

Jeffery J.A. Hinrichsen 

Attorneys for Defendant Viad Corp.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Case Management Conference on January 13, 2006, as

set forth in the Order Continuing the Case Management Conference, filed on October 20, 2005, and

entered on October 21, 2005 (Document 15), is hereby VACATED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the pre-Case Management Conference deadlines specified

in the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference, filed August 1, 2005 (Document 2), are

hereby VACATED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Case Management Conference is continued to a date

on or after January 13, 2006, to wit: Friday, __________________________, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.,

Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94102.

IT IS SO ORDERED

DATED:________________ ______________________________________

HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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