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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1131 E.R.I.S.A. Collection of Delinquent Trust Funds

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Case No. C 05-00225 CW 

Stip. and [Prop.] Order Modifying Dispositive Motion 

and Trial Schedule 

D. WARD KALLSTROM, State Bar No. 076937 

DONALD P. SULLIVAN, State Bar No. 191080 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Attorneys for Defendants 

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY and 

FIREMAN'S FUND MEDICAL PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES W. SIMPSON, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Defendant, 

and 

FIREMAN'S FUND MEDICAL PLAN, 

Nominal Defendant. 

Case No. C 05-00225 CW 

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION 

MODIFYING DEADLINES FOR 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS AND TRIAL 

SCHEDULE TO ALLOW PARTIES TO 

COMPLETE MEDIATION SESSION 

BEFORE JUDGE RENFREW 

[Civil L.R. 6-1 and 2] 

WHEREAS, the parties have been actively engaged in attempting to resolve this case 

through mediation; 

WHEREAS, the parties participated in a full-day mediation on October 26, 2005 through 

the Court’s ADR program; 

WHEREAS, believing that a mediated resolution of this action was possible, the parties 

engaged in a full-day mediation on December 5, 2005 before the Honorable Charles B. Renfrew 

(Ret.); 

WHEREAS, the parties made progress at the December 5, 2005 mediation and agreed to 

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exchange additional information about the demographics of the class so that the parties could 

determine if another mediation session would be productive; 

WHEREAS, the parties exchanged and reviewed the requested information in January and 

February 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties have concluded that further settlement discussions and, possibly, 

an additional mediation session before Judge Renfrew would be productive and may result in the 

resolution of this case; 

WHEREAS, the named plaintiff in this action, James W. Simpson, can participate in 

another mediation session only if it is held on a Friday due to his declining health; 

WHEREAS, the first Friday Judge Renfrew and the parties are available is Friday, April 

28, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to move the settlement negotiations in this case forward as 

expeditiously as possible; 

WHEREAS, the Court’s November 30, 2005 Order, which established a briefing schedule 

for cross dispositive motions, requires (1) Plaintiff to file his motion for summary judgment on 

March 2, 2006, (2) Defendants to file their Opposition and Cross-Motion on March 20, 2006, (3) 

Plaintiff to file his Reply and Opposition to Cross-Motion on March 27, 2006, and (4) Defendants 

to file their Reply on Cross-Motion on April 3, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to avoid incurring the expense associated with briefing 

cross motions for summary judgment while settlement remains a possibility; 

WHEREAS, the Court is in recess from June 1, 2006 through August 31, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties have filed two stipulations and proposed orders requesting 

changes to the dispositive motion briefing schedule to allow the parties to fully develop the record 

and mediate the dispute; and 

WHEREAS, the parties have not previously requested a continuance of the trial date. 

NOW THEREFORE, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THE PARTIES HEREBY 

STIPULATE and AGREE as follows: 

1. The dispositive motion briefing and trial schedule shall be revised as follows to 

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allow the parties to participate in a mediation session before Judge Renfrew on April 28, 2006: 

a. Plaintiffs’ Dispositive Motion Filing Cutoff: June 2, 2006 

b. Defendants’ Opposition and Cross-Motion: June 23, 2006 

c. Plaintiffs’ Reply and Opposition to Cross-Motion: July 7, 2006 

d. Defendants’ Reply on Cross-Motion: July 21, 2006 

e. Hearing on Dispositive Motions and Final Case 

 Management Conference at 10:00 a.m. on: September 8, 2006 

f. Final Pre-Trial Conference at 1:30 p.m. on: December 22, 2006 

 [or the soonest date the 

 Court has available 

 after December 22, 

 2006] 

g. Trial: 4-day court trial will begin at 8:30 a.m. on: January 8, 2007 

 [or the soonest date the 

 Court has available 

 after January 8, 

 2007] 

2. Defendant Fireman’s Fund will extend the eligibility period for those class 

members currently enrolled in COBRA coverage to 29 months from the date the class member’s 

employment was terminated or to 30 days after the Court enters a final judgment following trial, 

whichever is longer. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: March 2, 2006 COHEN, MILLSTEIN, HAUSFELD, & TOLL, P.L.L.C. 

 LEWIS, FEINBERG, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

 s/Jeffrey Lewis 

 By: Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE] 

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Dated: March 2, 2006 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

 s/Donald P. Sullivan 

 By: D. Ward Kallstrom, Esq. 

 Donald P. Sullivan, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED

The dispositive motion briefing and trial schedule shall be as follows: 

-Plaintiffs’ Dispositive Motion Filing Cutoff: June 2, 2006 

-Defendants’ Opposition and Cross-Motion: June 23, 2006 

-Plaintiffs’ Reply and Opposition to Cross-Motion: July 7, 2006 

-Defendants’ Reply on Cross-Motion: July 21, 2006 

-Hearing on Dispositive Motions and Final Case 

Management Conference at 10:00 a.m. on: September 8, 2006 

-Final Pre-Trial Conference at 1:30 p.m. on: December 22, 2006 

-Trial: 4-day court trial will begin at 8:30 a.m. on: January 8, 2007 

 

 3/3/06 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

Dated: _________________ 

Hon. Claudia Wilken 

U.S. District Judge 

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