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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY LITIGATION

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

BRUCE D. CELEBREZZE Bar No. 102181

bruce.celebrezze@sdma.com

RANDALL BLOCK Bar No. 121330

randall.block@sdma.com

One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 8th Fl.

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendants

CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY 

OF AMERICA, and ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE 

INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SETTON’S INTERNATIONAL FOODS, 

INC., AND SETTON PISTACHIO OF 

TERRA BELLA, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, TRAVELERS PROPERTY 

CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, GREAT 

NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, 

and FEDERAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 10-CV-00469-OWW-GSA

STIPULATION TO STAY LITIGATION 

PENDING EFFORTS TO SETTLE, AND

ORDER THEREON

JUDGE: HON. OLIVER W. WANGER

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Plaintiffs SETTON’S INTERNATIONAL FOODS, INC., AND SETTON PISTACHIO 

OF TERRA BELLA, INC. (together, “Setton”) and defendants CHARTER OAK FIRE

INSURANCE COMPANY, TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, and ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (together, the 

“Travelers entities”), and GREAT NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, and FEDERAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY (together, the “Chubb entities”), hereby stipulate to stay the above 

captioned action upon the terms and conditions set forth below:

PREMISES

A. In November 2009, the Travelers entities filed suit against Setton and the Chubb 

entities in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

B. In March 2010, Setton filed suit against the Travelers entities and the Chubb entities 

in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

C. In response to the respective actions, Setton filed a motion to stay or transfer venue in 

the case currently venued in New York, and Travelers filed a motion to stay or transfer venue in 

the case currently venued in California, which motion was joined by the Chubb entities. 

D. The parties are currently discussing the terms for resolution of the dispute subject of 

the New York and the California actions and believe the following stipulation will assist them 

materially to that end.

STIPULATION

WHEREFORE, Setton, the Travelers entities and the Chubb entities hereby stipulate as 

follows:

1. The above captioned action (as well as the action pending in New York) shall be 

stayed for 60 days from the date of entry of the order upon this stipulation.

2. If, after that time, the parties have not fully and finally settled the dispute, but agree

that resolution can be reached with additional negotiations, they will request that the courts in 

New York and California grant the parties an additional limited stay.

3. If, after the expiration of the initial, or any subsequent, stay, the parties have not fully 

and finally settled the dispute, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New 

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York shall rule upon the motion to transfer venue filed by Setton. Subject to any rights to appeal 

that decision to the United States Court of Appeals to the Second Circuit, the parties will accept 

the ruling made by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York as 

binding in both jurisdictions. 

4. The parties will inform this Court of any decision on Setton’s motion to transfer venue 

by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York within five (5) days of 

that court’s decision.

5. Thereafter, the parties will proceed to litigate in the jurisdiction determined by the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to be the proper one for 

resolution of the dispute.

DATED: July 16, 2010 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

By: /s/

BRUCE D. CELEBREZZE Bar No. 102181

RANDALL G. BLOCK Bar No. 121330

Attorneys for Defendants CHARTER OAK FIRE

INSURANCE COMPANY, TRAVELERS PROPERTY 

CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA, and ST. 

PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

DATED: July 16, 2010 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

By: /s/

SHANNON A. LANG, Bar No. 257470

Attorneys for Plaintiffs SETTON’S INTERNATIONAL 

FOODS, INC., AND SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA 

BELLA, INC.

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DATED: July 16, 2010 COZEN O’CONNOR

By: /s/

CHARLES WHEELER Bar No. 82915

Attorneys for Defendants GREAT NORTHERN 

INSURANCE COMPANY, and FEDERAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 16, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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