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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS

Adam J. Levitt (admitted pro hac vice)

John E. Tangren (admitted pro hac vice)

GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A. 

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2350 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Telephone: 312-214-0000 

Facsimile: 312-214-0001 

alevitt@gelaw.com 

jtangren@gelaw.com 

Marvin L. Frank (admitted pro hac vice)

Bridget V. Hamill (admitted pro hac vice)

FRANK LLP 

275 Madison Avenue, Suite 705 

New York, New York 10016 

Telephone: 212-682-1853 

Facsimile: 212-682-1892 

mfrank@frankllp.com 

bhamill@frankllp.com 

Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Counsel 

Keith G. Bremer, State Bar No. 155920 

Alison K. Hurley, State Bar No. 234042 

BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O’MEARA LLP 

20320 S.W. Birch Street, Second Floor 

Newport Beach, California 92660 

Telephone: (949) 221-1000 

Facsimile: (949) 221-1001 

kbremer@bremerwhyte.com 

ahurley@bremerwhyte.com 

Grant Davis (admitted pro hac vice)

Thomas C. Jones (admitted pro hac vice)

Timothy C. Gaarder (admitted pro hac vice)

DAVIS, BETHUNE & JONES, LLC 

1100 Main Street, Suite 2930 

Kansas City, Missouri 64105 

Telephone: 816-421-1600 

Facsimile: 816-472-5972 

gdavis@dbjlaw.net

tjones@dbjlaw.net

tgaarder@dbjlaw.net 

Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee 

Amir Nassihi, State Bar No. 235936 

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON, LLP 

One Montgomery, Suite 2700 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 544-1900 

anassihi@shb.com

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS 

Eric C. Tew (admitted pro hac vice)

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC 

1300 I Street, N.W., Suite 300 West 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 906-8609 

treiskin@dykema.com 

etew@dykema.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Ford Motor Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE FORD TAILGATE LITIGATION 

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

Judge: Hon. Richard Seeborg 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION, 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND 

DAUBERT MOTIONS 

 The parties in the above-captioned litigation jointly submit this Stipulation pursuant to Civil 

Local Rule 7-12, as to which they seek approval of the Court for a brief one-week extension of 

some of the deadlines for the remaining response and reply briefing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class 

Certification, Ford Motor Company’s Motions for Summary Judgment and Daubert Motions to 

Exclude the Testimony of Plaintiffs’ Experts, and related expert depositions and motion practice. 

Per the Stiuplation and Order Regarding Class Certification, Summary Judgment, and Daubert 

Motions, issued May 27, 2015 (Docket #232), Plaintiffs’ reply brief in support of their Motion for 

Class Certification, Plaintiffs’ responses to Ford’s summary judgment and Daubert motions, and 

any Daubert motions by Plaintiffs are due on August 18, 2015. Ford’s replies in support of its 

summary judgment and Daubert motions and responses to Plaintiffs’ Daubert motions are due on 

October 8, 2015. Plaintiffs’ replies in support of their Daubert motions are due on October 30, 

2015, and the hearing on the class certification motion is set for November 12, 2015. 

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS 

 Plaintiffs are requesting a one-week extension of the deadline on their upcoming filings to 

August 25, 2015 because two of Plaintiffs’ counsel recently and unexpectedly became unavailable 

to work on these filings: (1) Benjamin Bianco, formerly of Frank & Bianco LLP, who has left for 

another firm and is no longer working on this case (see Docket #235), and (2) another of Plaintiffs’ 

counsel who was recently hospitalized and will not be available to work on this case this month. 

Ford does not oppose Plaintiffs’ request. Plaintiffs have also agreed to a one-week extension on 

Ford’s next set of filings to October 15, 2015. The parties do not anticipate any further changes to 

this briefing schedule, and the pending motions should still be fully briefed by the currently 

scheduled date of October 30, 2015. 

For these reasons, the parties have stipulated to the following changes to the existing schedule: 

1. The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their Reply to Ford’s Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Class Certification, their Oppositions to Ford’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Daubert

Motions, and any Daubert Motions to Exclude the Testimony of Ford’s experts shall be 

August 25, 2015.

2. The deadline for Ford to file its Replies to Plaintiffs’ Oppositions to the Motion for 

Summary Judgment and Daubert Motions, and its Oppositions to any Daubert Motions 

filed by Plaintiffs, shall be October 15, 2015.

3. The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their Replies to Ford’s Oppositions to any Daubert

Motions filed by Plaintiffs will remain October 30, 2015.

4. The hearing on Plaintiffs’ Class Certification Motion, Ford’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment, and Daubert Motions will remain on November 12, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. 

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Case No. 11-CV-2953-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION AND OTHER MOTIONS 

Dated: August 12, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/ Adam J. Levitt 

 Adam J. Levitt (admitted pro hac vice)

John E. Tangren (admitted pro hac vice)

GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A. 

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2350 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Telephone: (312) 214-0000 

alevitt@gelaw.com

jtangren@gelaw.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

 /s/ Eric C. Tew 

 Terri S. Reiskin (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Eric C. Tew (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC

1300 I Street, N.W., Suite 300 West 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 906-8629 

treiskin@dykema.com 

etew@dykema.com 

Counsel for Defendant Ford Motor Co. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, this ______ day of August, 2015. 

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 Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Judge 

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