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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Property Damage

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(C03-1003 SC) - STIPULATION RE: DISMISSAL OF THE THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT OF EMG, AND CROSS-CLAIM OF THE 

PENSION FUND PARTIES/MCMORGAN; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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PANDELL LAW FIRM, INC.

1990 N. California Blvd. 

Suite 1010 

Walnut Creek, CA 

94596 

Tel: (925) 974-1700 

Fax: (925) 974-1709 

Jane Curran Pandell (SBN 99669) 

Albert H. Kirby (SBN 204266) 

PANDELL LAW FIRM, INC. 

1990 N. California Blvd., Suite 1010 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 974-1700 

Facsimile: (925) 974-1709 

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant 

and Third-Party Plaintiff EMG, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCANLAN KEMPER BARD 

COMPANIES, an Oregon corporation, 

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, 

 Third-Party Plaintiffs, 

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EMG, INC., a Maryland corporation, 

 Third-Party Defendant. 

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NO. C-03-1003 SC 

STIPULATION RE: DISMISSAL OF THE 

THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT OF EMG 

AND CROSS-CLAIM OF THE PENSION 

FUND PARTIES/MCMORGAN; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

And related Third-Party Complaint and 

Cross-Claim

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STIPULATION

 WHEREAS on or about September 15, 2004, third-party defendant and third-party 

plaintiff EMG, INC. (hereafter “EMG”) filed its first amended third-party complaint against (1) 

third-party defendants BNY WESTERN TRUST COMPANY (as Corporate Co-Trustee for 

California Field Ironworkers Pension Trust), BNY WESTERN TRUST COMPANY (as 

Custodian for Sheet Metal Workers of Northern California Pension trust Fund), BNY 

WESTERN TRUST COMPANY (as Corporate Co-Trustee for Northern Pipe Trades Pension 

Trust Fund), PTF FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS, LLC, UNION BANK CALIFORNIA, 

N.A. (as Corporate Co-Trustee for U.A. Local No. 159 Defined Benefit Plan), UNION BANK 

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PANDELL LAW FIRM, INC.

1990 N. California Blvd. 

Suite 1010 

Walnut Creek, CA 

94596 

Tel: (925) 974-1700 

Fax: (925) 974-1709 

CALIFORNIA N.A.(as Corporate Co-Trustee for U.A. Local No. 343 Pension Trust Fund) 

(collectively referred to herein as “PENSION TRUST FUND PARTIES”); (2) third-party 

defendant McMORGAN & COMPANY (hereinafter referred to as “McMORGAN”); (3) thirdparty defendant TRANSWESTERN PROPERTY COMPANY WEST, L.L.C. (d.b.a. 

Transwestern, d.b.a. Transwestern Commercial Services, d.b.a. Transwestern Voit, d.b.a. the 

Voit Companies) (collectively referred to herein as “TRANSWESTERN”); (4) third-party 

defendant MAIN STREET HOLDINGS, LLC (hereafter “MAIN STREET”); (5) third-party 

defendant ORINDA INVESTMENTS, LLC (hereafter “OI”); and (6) third-party defendant 

INSIGNIA/ESG (answering as CB RICHARD ELLIS REAL ESTATE SERVICES) (hereafter 

“CBRE”). This first amended third-party complaint sought indemnification, contribution, and 

declaratory relief related to the second amended third-party complaint that had been filed by 

Scanlan Kemper Bard Companies and Royal Insurance Company of America (together herein 

“SKB”) on or about January 23, 2004 against EMG for claims alleging negligence, negligent 

misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, indemnity, apportionment of fault, and declaratory 

relief. 

 WHEREAS on or about October 25, 2004, PENSION TRUST FUND PARTIES and 

McMORGAN filed a cross-claim against TRANSWESTERN for express indemnity, equitable 

indemnity, and declaratory relief. 

 WHEREAS EMG, TRANSWESTERN, PENSION TRUST FUND PARTIES, and 

McMORGAN have executed a written settlement agreement that resolves the claims between 

them in connection with the first amended third-party complaint of EMG and the cross-claim of 

McMORGAN and PENSION TRUST FUND PARTIES (hereinafter this settlement agreement 

is referenced as “Settlement Agreement”). The Settlement Agreement gives rise to this 

stipulation. 

Subject to Court approval, IT IS STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto as 

follows: 

1. The first amended third-party complaint of EMG is dismissed, and each party to it is 

to bear its own attorney’s fees and costs; 

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PANDELL LAW FIRM, INC.

1990 N. California Blvd. 

Suite 1010 

Walnut Creek, CA 

94596 

Tel: (925) 974-1700 

Fax: (925) 974-1709 

2. The cross-claim of PENSION TRUST FUND PARTIES and McMORGAN is 

dismissed, and each party to it is to bear its own attorney’s fees and costs; 

3. PENSION TRUST FUND PARTIES, McMORGAN, TRANSWESTERN, CBRE, 

MAIN STREET, and OI will make their non-privileged documents requested by 

EMG in requests for production propounded by EMG available for inspection and 

copying; 

4. McMORGAN, TRANSWESTERN, CBRE, MAIN STREET, and OI will make 

themselves available for deposition at a mutually agreeable date and location upon 

written notice served upon their present counsel of record without need for service of 

a subpoena; 

5. The motion for summary judgment of MAIN STREET and OI against the first 

amended third-party complaint of EMG is withdrawn; and 

6. The Court shall retain jurisdiction in this matter to enforce the terms and conditions 

of this stipulation and the Settlement Agreement. 

Dated: September __, 2005 CHAPMAN, POPIK & WHITE LLP 

 By /s/ 

 John G. Heller 

 Attorneys for Third-Party Plaintiffs 

 SCANLAN KEMPER BARD 

COMPANIES and ROYAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA and ThirdParty Defendants MAIN STREET 

HOLDINGS, LLC and ORINDA 

INVESTMENTS, LLC 

Dated: September 15, 2005 PANDELL LAW FIRM, INC. 

 By /s/ 

 Albert H. Kirby 

 Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant and 

 Third-Party Plaintiff EMG, INC. 

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PANDELL LAW FIRM, INC.

1990 N. California Blvd. 

Suite 1010 

Walnut Creek, CA 

94596 

Tel: (925) 974-1700 

Fax: (925) 974-1709 

Dated: September 9, 2005 MANNING & MARDER KASS, ELLROD, 

 RAMIREZ LLP 

 By /s/ 

 Michael L. Smith 

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant 

TRANSWESTERN PROPERTY 

COMPANY WEST, LLC 

Dated: September 9, 2005 STEEFEL LEVITT & WEISS 

 By /s/ 

 Barry W. Lee 

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant CB 

RICHARD ELLIS REAL ESTATE 

SERVICES 

Dated: September __, 2005 STANTON, KAY & WATSON 

 By /s/ 

 Edward Mevi 

 Attorneys for Third-Party Defendants 

BNY WESTERN TRUST COMPANY, 

PTF FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS, 

UNION BANK CALIFORNIA, and 

MCMORGAN & COMPANY 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________ 

 Senior Judge Samuel Conti 

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PANDELL LAW FIRM, INC.

1990 N. California Blvd. 

Suite 1010 

Walnut Creek, CA 

94596 

Tel: (925) 974-1700 

Fax: (925) 974-1709 

VERIFICATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 45, X(B) 

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that 

John G. Heller, Michael L. Smith, Barry W. Lee, and Edward Mevi have given their 

concurrence to the filing of the foregoing Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. Copies of the 

signature pages of the Stipulation bearing their signatures are attached collectively as Exhibit 

A. These facts are true and correct of my own personal knowledge. I could testify competently 

to these facts if compelled to do so. 

 This verification was executed in Walnut Creek, California on September 15, 2005. 

 /s/ 

 Albert H. Kirby 

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