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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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CASE NO. No. CV 08 1490 SI STIPULATION RE BRIEFING 

 SCHEDULE FOR MOTION FOR 

 PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

2121 N. CALIFORNIA BLVD., STE. 800

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596

(925) 949-2600 

MICHAEL BARNES (State Bar No. 121314) 

SONIA MARTIN (State Bar No. 191148) 

MICHELLE BRADLEY (State Bar No. 221323) 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

2121 N. California Blvd., Suite 800 

Walnut Creek, California 94596 

Telephone: (925) 949-2600 

Facsimile: (925) 949-2610 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KARSANT FAMILY LIMITED 

PARTNERSHIP and DR. PETER 

KARSANT, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Defendant. 

No. CV 08 1490 SI 

STIPULATION REGARDING BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE FOR KARSANT FAMILY 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP’S PARTIAL 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

Plaintiffs Karsant Family Limited Partnership and Dr. Peter Karsant (collectively, 

“plaintiffs”) and defendant Allstate Insurance Company hereby stipulate and agree as follows and 

respectfully request that the Court approve and give effect to their stipulation: 

WHEREAS, on July 18, 2008, the parties appeared at a case management conference, 

during which they identified two motions that potentially could resolve important issues in this 

litigation: (a) a motion to compel arbitration of a fee dispute pursuant to California Civil Code 

section 2860(c), and (b) a motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether Allstate 

is liable for the award of emotional distress damages and prevailing party attorneys’ fees in

Panoutsopoulos v. Karsant Family Limited Partnership, JAMS arbitration no. 1100042514; 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

2121 N. CALIFORNIA BLVD., STE. 800

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596

(925) 949-2600 

WHEREAS, at the time of the case management conference, parties contemplated that 

Allstate would file a single motion to cover both issues; 

WHEREAS, the parties requested that these motions be heard on a special briefing 

schedule to expedite their resolution; 

WHEREAS, the Court’s Pretrial Preparation Order describes that briefing as follows:

“MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION: October 31, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. (File: 9/26/08, 

Opposition due: 10/17/08, Reply Due: 10/17/08, Final Reply: 10/24/08)”; 

WHEREAS, the parties subsequently agreed it would be more appropriate for Allstate to 

file the opening brief on the motion to compel arbitration and for plaintiffs to file the opening 

brief on the motion for partial summary judgment; 

WHEREAS, plaintiffs filed their motion for partial summary judgment on September 25, 

2008, and Allstate filed its motion to compel arbitration the following day; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT plaintiffs’ motion for partial 

summary judgment shall be subject to the same briefing schedule set forth in the Court’s Pretrial 

Preparation Order for the motion to compel arbitration. Accordingly, Allstate’s opposition to the 

motion for partial summary judgment shall be due October 17, 2008, and plaintiffs’ reply shall be 

due October 24, 2008. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

FILER’S ATTESTATION: 

Pursuant to General Order No. 45, section X(B) regarding signatures, I attest under 

penalty of perjury that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from its 

signatories.

DATED: October 8, 2008 By: _______/s/ MICHELLE BRADLEY_______

 Michelle Bradley 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

2121 N. CALIFORNIA BLVD., STE. 800

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596

(925) 949-2600 

Dated: October 8, 2008 LOGAN & GILES LLP 

By_______/s/ ANTHONY GILES_______

 Anthony Giles 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

KARSANT FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 

and DR. PETER KARSANT 

Dated: October 8, 2008 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

By_______/s/ MICHELLE BRADLEY_______

 Michelle Bradley 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________ ___________________________________ 

 Honorable Susan Illston 

 United State District Court Judge 

27309669

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