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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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Case No.: 2:19-cv-00328

STIPULATION TO CONDUCT PLAINTIFFS’ DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES 

INC.’S PERSON MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE AFTER JUNE, 1, 2020

MICHAEL J. PIETRYKOWSKI, (SBN:118677)

mpietrykowski@gordonrees.com

GORDON & REES LLP

1111 Broadway, Suite 1700

Oakland, California 94607

Telephone: (510) 463-8600

Facsimile: (510) 984-1721

JOHN T. WILLIAMS, (pro hac vice)

jwilliams@hww-law.com 

JASON H. NASH, (pro hac vice)

jnash@hww-law.com 

CRAIG W. MANDELL, (pro hac vice)

cmandell@hww-law.com

HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP

180 North Stetson Avenue, Suite 3400

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Telephone: (312) 784-5400

Facsimile: (312) 784-5499

Attorneys for Defendant

APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES REID and CANDICE REID,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CRANE CO., et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 2:19-cv-00328

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONDUCT PLAINTIFFS’ 

DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT 

APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.’S 

PERSON(S) MOST 

KNOWLEDGEABLE AND 

CUSTODIAN(S) OF RECORDS AFTER 

JUNE 1, 2020

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STIPULATION TO CONDUCT PLAINTIFFS’ DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES 

INC.’S PERSON MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE AFTER JUNE, 1, 2020

Plaintiffs JAMES REID and CANDICE REID (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant 

APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (“Apogent”), by and through their respective attorneys, 

HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Plaintiffs served on May 7, 2020 their notice of deposition of Apogent’s Person(s) Most 

Knowledgeable and Custodian(s) of Records (“corporate representative(s)”), with an 

accompanying request for documents, and scheduled said deposition to occur on May 21, 

2020.

2. Apogent requires additional time to comply with Plaintiffs’ deposition notice given the 

current COVID-19 public health crisis and the resulting “shelter-in-place” orders.

3. Pursuant to this Court’s December 26, 2019, Order Continuing Trial and Extending PreTrial Deadlines, fact discovery closes on June 1, 2020. Doc. 72.

4. Plaintiffs and Apogent agree that Plaintiffs’ deposition of Apogent’s corporate 

representative(s) may proceed after the June 1, 2020, close of fact discovery. Plaintiffs may 

file a motion to compel, if necessary and in compliance with Local Rule 251(b), no later than 

twenty (20) days after the deposition of Apogent’s corporate representative(s) concludes. If 

Plaintiffs’ deadline to file a motion to compel falls on a weekend or holiday, Plaintiffs’ 

deadline to file a motion to compel shall extend to the next court day. 

5. Plaintiffs and Apogent may supplement their expert witness reports as they pertain to 

Apogent after the July 1, 2020 deadline for expert witness disclosures but no later than thirty 

(30) days after the deposition of Apogent’s corporate representative(s) concludes. Plaintiffs 

and Apogent may supplement their expert witness reports within fourteen (14) days after the 

aforementioned supplemental expert witness reports pertaining to Apogent are served. To 

accommodate all expert witness deadlines herein, Plaintiffs and Apogent agree that the 

testimony of Apogent’s corporate representative(s) may be used for the purposes of expert 

reports should the deposition(s) not conclude in a single day. 

6. This stipulation shall not affect or extend the trial date or any of the other pre-trial deadlines 

set forth in this Court’s December 26, 2019 Scheduling Order. Doc. 72. 

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STIPULATION TO CONDUCT PLAINTIFFS’ DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES 

INC.’S PERSON MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE AFTER JUNE, 1, 2020

7. Counsel for Plaintiffs and Apogent will meet and confer on a date in June 2020, on which 

the deposition at issue may proceed. 

DATED: HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP and 

GORDON & REES, LLP

/s/ Craig W. Mandell

JOHN T. WILLIAMS (admitted pro hac vice)

jwilliams@hww-law.com

JASON H. NASH (admitted pro hac vice)

jnash@hww-law.com

CRAIG W. MANDELL (admitted pro hac vice)

cmandell@hww-law.com 

180 North Stetson Avenue, Suite 3400

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Telephone: (312) 784-5400

Facsimile: (312) 784-5499

MICHAEL J. PIETRYKOWSKI (SBN:118677)

mpietrykowski@gordonrees.com

1111 Broadway, Suite 1700

Oakland, California 94607

Telephone: (510) 463-8600

Facsimile: (510) 984-1721

Attorneys for Defendant Apogent Technologies Inc.

 

DATED: BRAYTON PURCELL LLP

/s/ Kimberly J. Chu (as authorized on 5/28/2020)

KIMBERLY J. CHU (SBN:206817)

kchu@braytonlaw.com

222 Rush Landing Road

P.O. Box 6169

Novato, California 94948-6169

Telephone: (415) 898-1555

Facsimile: (415) 898 1247

 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs James Reid and Candice 

Reid 

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STIPULATION TO CONDUCT PLAINTIFFS’ DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES 

INC.’S PERSON MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE AFTER JUNE, 1, 2020

IS SO ORDERED, having considered the above Stipulation, that:

1. The deposition of Apogent’s Person(s) Most Knowledgeable and Custodian(s) of Records 

may proceed after the June 1, 2020, close of fact discovery. Plaintiffs may file a motion to 

compel, if necessary and in compliance with Local Rule 251(b), no later than twenty (20) 

days after the deposition of Apogent’s corporate representative(s) concludes. If Plaintiffs’ 

deadline to file a motion to compel falls on a weekend or holiday, Plaintiffs’ deadline to file 

a motion to compel shall extend to the next court day. 

2. Plaintiffs and Apogent may supplement their expert witness reports as they pertain to 

Apogent after the July 1, 2020 deadline for expert witness disclosures but no later than thirty 

(30) days after the deposition of Apogent’s corporate representative(s) concludes. Plaintiffs 

and Apogent may supplement their expert witness reports within fourteen (14) days after the 

aforementioned supplemental expert witness reports pertaining to Apogent are served. To 

accommodate all expert witness deadlines herein, the testimony of Apogent’s corporate 

representative(s) may be used for the purposes of expert reports should the deposition(s) not 

conclude in a single day.

3. This order shall not affect or extend the trial date or any of the other pre-trial deadlines set 

forth in this Court’s December 26, 2019 Scheduling Order. Doc. 72. 

4. Counsel for Plaintiffs and Apogent shall meet and confer on a date in June 2020, on which 

the deposition at issue may proceed. 

DATED: May 28, 2020 /s/ John A. Mendez

Hon. John A. Mendez

United States District Court Judge

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