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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 [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

Albert B. Norris (SBN 34756) 

Stephen G. Blitch (SBN 70193) 

REED SMITH LLP

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2400 

Oakland, CA 94612-3572 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 2084 

Oakland, CA 94604-2084 

Telephone: 510.763.2000 

Facsimile: 510.273.8832 

Attorneys for Defendants 

The Lincoln Electric Company; Hobart Brothers 

Company; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airco, Inc.; 

Praxair, Inc.; Viacom Inc., successor by merger 

to CBS Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse 

Electric Corporation; Union Carbide 

Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GARY J. CICERELLO, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

THE LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY; 

HOBART BROTHERS COMPANY; THE 

ESAB GROUP, INC.; MILLER 

ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., 

INC.; AIRCO, INC.; UNION CARBIDE 

CORPORATION; ILLINOIS TOOL 

WORKS, INC.; SELECT ARC, INC.; 

PRAXAIR, INC.; TDY INDUSTRIES, 

INC.; VIACOM, INC.; WESTINGHOUSE 

ELECTRIC CORPORATION; 

CATERPILLAR, INC.; GENERAL 

ELECTRIC COMPANY; UNION 

CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND 

PLASTICS COMPANY, INC.; 

EUTECTIC CORPORATION; A.O. 

SMITH CORPORATION; SANDVIK, 

INC.; DELORO SATELLITE COMPANY, 

INC.; ARCOS INDUSTRIES, L.L.C.; and 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY ("METLIFE"), 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:05-CV-01096-WBS-JFM 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto through their respective 

attorneys of record that all proceedings in this matter be stayed pending a transfer of this action to In 

re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio). 

The parties agree this stipulation will stay the Defendants’ obligation to respond to the 

complaint, and the parties’ right to propound discovery in this venue, unless and until the case is 

transferred to, and remanded from, the MDL proceeding. The parties respectfully request that this 

Court refrain from issuing any scheduling orders in this matter, including but not limited to case 

management orders and orders pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution, unless and until the 

case is transferred to, and remanded from, the MDL proceeding. 

SO STIPULATED AND AGREED 

DATED: __________________ REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ Thomas M. Freeman for 

Albert B. Norris 

Stephen G. Blitch 

Attorneys for Defendants 

The Lincoln Electric Company; Hobart Brothers 

Company; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airco, Inc.; 

Praxair, Inc.; Viacom Inc., successor by merger to 

CBS Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electric 

Corporation; Union Carbide Corporation 

DATED: __________________ SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

By /s/ Robert Kum 

Robert Kum 

Attorneys for Defendant Caterpillar, Inc. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

DATED: __________________ LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP

By /s/ Eric B. Fastiff 

Richard M. Heimann 

Robert J. Nelson 

Eric B. Fastiff 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Gary J. Cicerello 

The status conference currently set for September 26, 2005 is reset to November 21, 2005 at 

9:00 am, pending transfer of this action to MDL No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio). If this matter has been 

transferred before that date, the parties shall so inform the court and the status conference will be 

vacated. If the matter has not been transferred, the parties shall file a joint status report seven 

calendar days before the conference, advising of the status of such transfer. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 4, 2005 

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