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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

Henry D. Rome (Bar No. 48567)

hrome@hrmrlaw.com 

Shawn M. Ridley (Bar No. 144311) 

sridley@hrmrlaw.com 

HOWARD ROME MARTIN & RIDLEY LLP 

1775 Woodside Road, Suite 200 

Redwood City, California 94061-3436 

Telephone: 650.365.7715 

Facsimile: 650.364.5297 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

The Regents of the University of California 

Michael C. Osborne (Bar No. 95839) 

mosborne@archernorris.com 

Chad D. Greeson (Bar No. 251928) 

cgreeson@archernorris.com 

ARCHER NORRIS 

A Professional Law Corporation 

2033 North Main Street, Suite 800 

Walnut Creek, California 94596-3759 

Telephone: 925.930.6600 

Facsimile: 925.930.6620 

Attorneys for Defendants Bernzomatic, an 

unincorporated division of Irwin Industrial Tool 

Company (also erroneously sued as Newell 

Rubbermaid, Inc.), Irwin Industrial Tool Company, 

and W.W. Grainger, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY 

OF CALIFORNIA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BERNZOMATIC, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:10-CV-01224-FCD-GGH

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

RECITALS

On December 7, 2010, this Court granted plaintiff’s motion to amend its Complaint to add 

new defendants, and plaintiff will now file its amended complaint and serve it on the newlynamed defendants. 

A separate lawsuit is pending in the California Superior Court for the County of Yolo, 

Court No. P010-2212, in which the injured workers have filed suit against Worthington Industries 

and its related entities, and plaintiff The Regents of the University of California have intervened 

in that matter to collect on its claim for paid workers’ compensation benefits. It is expected that 

the defendants in that litigation will file a Notice of Removal to this Court. 

While the parties in this litigation are interested in pursuing discovery such as depositions 

of the injured parties, depositions of the defendants’ representatives, and destructive examination 

and testing of the torch product at issue, such discovery must be delayed to provide an 

opportunity for the participation of counsel for the injured workers (plaintiffs in the Yolo County 

action) and for the Worthington entities (defendants in the Yolo County action and soon to be a 

defendant in this action). 

Accordingly, the parties in this action are agreeable, with the Court’s consent, to stipulate 

to extend all discovery deadlines set forth in this Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order for 90 

additional days, in order to give all parties additional time to make their appearances and to 

become involved in the proposed discovery. The stipulated extension of time will not impact the 

other deadlines in this Court’ Order, such as the deadlines for the hearing of dispositive motions, 

nor will it impact the Trial Date. 

NOW, THEREFORE, PLAINTIFF and DEFENDANTS, by and through their respective 

Counsel of record, stipulate and agree as follows: 

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by all parties, by and between their respective attorneys 

of record, that: 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

1. All discovery shall be completed by April 25, 2011, within the meaning of 

Section IV of this Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order filed July 20, 2010 (“Status 

Order”). 

2. The designation of expert witnesses set forth in Section V of this Court’s Status 

Order shall occur no later than May 9, 2011. 

3. The submission of a supplemental list of expert witnesses set forth in Section V 

of this Court’s Status Order shall occur no later than May 30, 2011. 

4. All expert discovery, under Section V of this Court’s Status Order, shall be 

completed by June 30, 2011. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: December _____, 2010 HOWARD ROME MARTIN & RIDLEY LLP 

By: /s/______________________________ 

HENRY D. ROME 

SHAWN M. RIDLEY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

The Regents of the University of 

California 

Dated: December _____, 2010 ARCHER NORRIS 

By: /s/ ______________________________ 

MICHAEL C. OSBORNE 

CHAD D. GREESON 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 3, 2011 

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