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

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JOINT MOTION AND STIPULATION TO STAY PROCEEDING OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT

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BRAYTON

 ̃PURCELL LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

222 RUSH LANDING ROAD

P O BOX 6169

NOVATO, CALIFORNIA 94948-6169

(415) 898-1555

ALAN R. BRAYTON, ESQ., S.B. #73685

DAVID R. DONADIO, ESQ., S.B. #154436

BRAYTON ̃PURCELL LLP 

Attorneys at Law

222 Rush Landing Road

P.O. Box 6169

Novato, California 94948-6169

(415) 898-1555

(415) 898-1247 (Fax No.)

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JAMES GUTHRIE, TONY DAVIDSON, 

RONALD ZERANGUE, SAMUEL

RESTER, JOHN GRAY, ELMER

PAROLINI, WAYNE DUFAULT, JESSE

BEVERLY, JR.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 

TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION, 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION,

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY,

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS

CORPORATION, and DOES 1-300, 

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JOINT MOTION AND STIPULATION TO

STAY PROCEEDING OR, IN THE

ALTERNATIVE, TO CONTINUE CASE

MANAGEMENT DEADLINE AND

CONFERENCE, AND TO EXTEND TIME;

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY;

[PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE] ORDER

TO CONTINUE

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

respectfully move the Court for, an Order staying deadlines, or in the alternative extending time,

as set forth in the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines filed

May 14, 2007 (Document 3) and the Notice filed June 21, 2007 (Document 31), for the following

good cause:

On June 11, 2007 with Document 10, June 11, 2007 with Document 14 and June 15,

2007 with Document 21, Defendants HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORPORATION F/K/A

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY, MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION and

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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, respectively, filed Notices to Tag Along Action regarding

the pending Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking

among other things, to move Jurisdiction of this matter to that District. Said Defendants

subsequently mailed notice to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. 

On June 11, 2007, Defendant HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORPORATION F/K/A

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY filed it declination to proceed before Magistrate Judge

and request for reassignment to a District Court Judge (Document 8). On June 13, 2007, the

Reassignment Order (Document 17) assigned this matter to the Honorable Susan Illston and

ordered that “all matters presently scheduled for hearing are vacated and should be renoticed for

hearing before the judge to whom the case has been reassigned.” On June 21, 2007, the Notice

(Document 31) set the initial case management conference for Friday, September 21, 2007 at

2:00 p.m. It appears to the parties that neither the Reassignment Order of June 13, 2007

(Document 17) nor the Notice of June 21, 2007 (Document 31) disturbed the deadlines by the

May 14, 2007 Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines

(Document 3), except, of course, moving the CMC Conference date. 

On June 19, 2007 Defendant HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORPORATION F/K/A

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY filed its Defendant Hawker Beechcraft Corporation f/k/a

Raytheon Aircraft Company's Notice of and Motion to Sever Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.21

(Document 27), currently set for hearing on August 17, 2007.

On July 29, 1991, the JPML entered an order transferring all asbestos personal injury

cases pending in the federal courts to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania, for coordinated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. That order also

applies to “tag-along actions,” or actions involving common questions of fact filed after January

17, 1991. Such actions are to be transferred to the eastern District of Pennsylvania as part of

MDL 875, for coordinated pretrial proceedings. 

The JPML has held that a district court has the authority to stay pending a transfer order.

In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 170 F. Supp. 2d 1348, 1349 n.1 (J.P.M.L. 2001)

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(“[T]hose courts concluding that such issues should be addressed by the transferee judge need

not rule on them, and the process of 1407 transfer in MDL-875 can continue without any

unnecessary interruption or delay.”)

The parties agree that it is likely that the JPML will transfer this matter to the Eastern

District of Pennsylvania.

However, to date, the Clerk of the JPML has not entered a Conditional Transfer Order

pursuant to JPML Rule 12(a) or filed an order to show cause why the action should not be

transferred, pursuant to JPML Rule 13(b). 

It is likely the dates set forth in the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference

and ADR Deadlines filed May 14, 2007 (Document 3) and the Notice filed June 21, 2007

(Document 31) and the deadlines imposed by Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

will come to pass before the Clerk of the JPML acts.

In addition, Defendant TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION has not filed an answer in

this matter.

The parties make this Motion on the grounds that a stay of this action would (a) promote

judicial efficiency, (b) allow consistency in pretrial rulings, and (c) be most convenient to the

parties. 

Due to the pending action by the Clerk of the JPML, the parties hereby STIPULATE to

and respectfully request the Court VACATE its Order Setting Initial Case Management

Conference and ADR Deadlines filed May 14, 2007 (Document 3) and Notice filed June 21,

2007 (Document 31), and that the Court issue an Order STAYING this action pending the

outcome of the MDL Panel’s decision on the merits of the transfer. 

In the alternative, the parties hereby STIPULATE to and respectfully request that the

dates set forth in the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines

filed May 14, 2007 (Document 3) and the Notice filed June 21, 2007 (Document 31) be vacated

and all deadlines set by Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, be continued pending

the outcome of the JPML’s decision on the merits of the transfer. Specifically, these deadlines in

this matter include the August 15, 2007 Rule 26 deadline to meet and confer and file Joint ADR

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Certification (set by the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines

filed May 14, 2007 (Document 3)), the August 15, 2007 Deadline to complete Initial Disclosure

and Discovery Plan (set by Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR

Deadlines filed May 14, 2007 (Document 3)), the August 29, 2007 deadline to file the Joint

Case Management Statement (set by Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and

ADR Deadlines filed May 14, 2007 (Document 3)) and the Case Management Conference

currently set for Friday, September 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. (set by Notice filed June 21, 2007

(Document 31)).

Dated: June 27, 2007 BRAYTON ̃PURCELL LLP 

/s/ David R. Donadio 

By: ____________________

David R. Donadio

Attorneys for Plaintiff

 Dated: July 2, 2007 FILICE BROWN EASSA & MCLEOD LLP

/s/ Susan A. Ogdie

________________________

Susan A. Ogdie, Ted Mechtenberg

Attorneys for Hawker Beechcraft 

Corporation f/k/a Raytheon Aircraft 

Company, Defendant. 

 Dated: July 3, 2007 BRYAN CAVE, LLP

/s/ Tyler R. Johnson

________________________

Robert E. Boone III, Tyler R. Johnson

Attorneys for McDonnell Douglas 

Corporation, Defendant

 Dated: July 3, 2007 KNOTT & GLAZIER LLP

/s/ Brian T. Clark

________________________

Brian T. Clark, Laura Patricia Yee

Attorneys for Lockheed Martin

Corporation, Defendant

Dated: June 27, 2007 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & 

ARNOLD, LLP

/s/ Derek Johnson

________________________

Derek Johnson

Attorneys for General Electric Company,

 Defendant 

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 [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing date and deadlines specified in the Order

Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines filed May 14, 2007 (Document

3) and Notice filed June 21, 2007 (Document 31), are hereby VACATED and that this action is

STAYED pending the outcome of the JPML’s decision on the merits of the transfer. 

Dated: _____________________

_____________________________ 

Susan Illston

United States District Judge 

[PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE] ORDER TO CONTINUE

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing date and deadlines specified in the Order

Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines filed May 14, 2007 (Document

3), are hereby VACATED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following case management deadlines are

continued as follows: 

1. Last day to meet and confer re initial disclosures, early settlement, ADR process

selection, and discovery plan is [set for a date on or after November 1, 2007 to wit:] 

________________, 2007;

2. Last day to file Joint ADR Certification with Stipulation to ADR process or

Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference is [set for a date after November 1, 2007 to wit:] 

________________, 2007;

3. Last day to complete initial disclosures or state objection to Rule 26(f) Report,

file/serve Case Management Statement and file/serve Rule 26(f) Report is [set for a date after

November 1, 2007 to wit:] ________________, 2007; and,

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4. The Case Management Conference is [set for a date after November 1, 2007 to

wit: ] _________________, 2007 at ________ ___.m., Courtroom “______”, _________th 

Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

Dated: _____________________ _____________________________ 

Susan Illston

United States District Judge 

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