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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Venue

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL MONTGOMERY, Civil No. 12-cv-3057-JLS (DHB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER SCHEDULING

v. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

WAL-MART STORES, INC.;

KINDERHOOK INDUSTRIES II, L.P.;

KINDERHOOK INDUSTRIES, L.L.C.;

KINDERHOOK CAPITAL FUND II,

L.P.; CRESTWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.;

BERGAN, L.L.C.; JOHN ELMBURG;

ROBERT ELMBURG; ERIC

ELMBURG; ROCKY FLICK; HOME

DEPOT U.S.A.; DOES 1 through 20,

inclusive,

Defendants.

On August 19, 2014, the Court held a telephonic Status Conference in this matter. 

Having been apprised of the status of the case, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED:

A Settlement Conference shall be conducted on October 1, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in

the chambers of Magistrate Judge David H. Bartick. The parties shall submit settlement

statements directly to Magistrate Judge Bartick’s chambers no later than September 24,

2014.

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 The parties may either submit confidential settlement statements or may exchange

1 Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, shall be e-mailed to chambers at efile_Bartick@casd.uscourts.gov. Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, must be delivered directly to chambers.

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their settlement statements. All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s)

whose authority is required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in

person at the conference. The individual(s) present at the Settlement Conference with

settlement authority must have the unfettered discretion and authority on behalf of the

party to: 1) fully explore all settlement options and to agree during the Settlement

Conference to any settlement terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing Co.,

Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the settlement

position of a party during the course of the Settlement Conference (Pitman v. Brinker

Int’l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3) negotiate a settlement without

being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan’s Foods, Inc.,

270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)).

Governmental entities may appear through litigation counsel only. As to all other

parties, appearance by litigation counsel only is not acceptable. Retained outside

corporate counsel shall not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the

authority to negotiate and enter into a settlement. The failure of any counsel, party or

authorized person to appear at the Settlement Conference as required shall be cause

for the immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions will be informal,

off the record, privileged, and confidential.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 19, 2014

DAVID H. BARTICK

United States Magistrate Judge

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