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Nature of Suit Code: 368
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury - Prod.liab.
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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

DEADLINE AND CONFERENCE, [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY; [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE - - C06-3724 JSW

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

Novato, California 94948-6169

(415) 898-1555

(415) 898-1247 (Fax No.)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

KERRY O’BRIEN, DAVID DANIELS,

WILFRED JODOIN,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 

TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION,

GENERAL DYNAMICS

CORPORATION, and DOES 1-300, 

Defendants.

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No. C06-3724 JSW

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 extending time as set forth in the Order Setting Initial

Case Management Conference filed June 12, 2006 (Document 2), Order Setting Case

Management Conference and Requiring Joint Case Management Conference Statement filed

June 15, 2006 (Document 3), and Clerk’s Notice filed August 8, 2006 (Document 14) for the

following good cause:

 On July 6, 2006, Defendant GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY filed Documents 6 and

7, a Notice to Tag Along Action and Letter regarding the pending Multidistrict Litigation

(“MDL”) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking among other things, to move

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DEADLINE AND CONFERENCE, [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY; [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE - - C06-3724 JSW

Jurisdiction of this matter to that District. On July 21, 2006 Defendant TODD SHIPYARDS

CORPORATION filed a similar Notice to Tag Along Action (Document 10).

On July 29, 1991, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“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)

(“[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

filed June 12, 2006 (Document 2), Order Setting Case Management Conference and Requiring

Joint Case Management Conference Statement filed June 15, 2006 (Document 3), and Clerk’s

Notice filed August 8, 2006 (Document 14), including the deadlines imposed by Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure 26, will come to pass before the Clerk of the JPML acts. 

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

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

DEADLINE AND CONFERENCE, [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY; [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE - - C06-3724 JSW

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

Conference filed June 12, 2006 (Document 2), Order Setting Case Management Conference and

Requiring Joint Case Management Conference Statement filed June 15, 2006 (Document 3), and

Clerk’s Notice filed August 8, 2006 (Document 14), 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 filed June 12, 2006

(Document 2), Order Setting Case Management Conference and Requiring Joint Case

Management Conference Statement filed June 15, 2006 (Document 3), and Clerk’s Notice filed

August 8, 2006 (Document 14) be vacated and continued pending the outcome of the JPML’s

decision on the merits of the transfer. Specifically, these deadlines include the September 22,

2006 deadline to meet and confer, and file Joint ADR Certification, the October 6, 2006

Deadline to complete Initial Disclosures, the October 20, 2006 deadline to file the Joint Case

Management Statement, and the Case Management Conference currently set for October 27,

2006.

 Dated: August 25, 2006 BRAYTON ̃PURCELL LLP 

/s/ David R. Donadio 

 By: __________________________ 

 David R. Donadio

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

 Dated: August 30, 2006 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN &

ARNOLD, LLP

 /s/ Damon McClain

 By: __________________________ 

Damon McClain

Attorneys for Defendant 

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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 Dated: August 25, 2006 YARON & ASSOCIATES

 /s/ Anne V. Leinfelder 

 By: __________________________ 

Anne V. Leinfelder

Attorneys for TODD SHIPYARDS 

CORPORATION

 Dated: August 28, 2006 JACKSON & WALLACE LLP

/s/ Christine Roy Toreson 

 By: __________________________ 

Christine Roy Toreson 

Attorneys for GENERAL DYNAMICS 

CORPORATION

 [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY

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

Setting Initial Case Management Conference filed June 12, 2006 (Document 2), Order Setting

Case Management Conference and Requiring Joint Case Management Conference Statement

filed June 15, 2006 (Document 3), and Clerk’s Notice filed August 8, 2006 (Document 14) are

hereby VACATED and that this action is STAYED pending the outcome of the JPML’s decision

on the merits of the transfer. 

Dated: _____________________

_____________________________ . 

Jeffery S. White

United States District Court 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 filed June 12, 2006 (Document 2), Order Setting

Case Management Conference and Requiring Joint Case Management Conference Statement

filed June 15, 2006 (Document 3), and Clerk’s Notice filed August 8, 2006 (Document 14) are

hereby VACATED. 

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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 December 10, 2006 to wit:] 

__________, 2006;

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 on or after December 10, 2006 to

wit:] __________, 2006;

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 on or

after December 10, 2006 to wit:] ________________, 2006; and

4. The Case Management Conference is [set for a date after December 10, 2006 to 

wit: ] Friday ___________________ 200____ at 1:30 p.m., Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, 450

Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

Dated: _____________________

_____________________________ . 

Jeffery S. White

United States District Court Judge

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