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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING AMENDED SCHEDULE FOR EXPERT 

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Michael B. Shortnacy (SBN 277035) 

mshortnacy@kslaw.com 

Livia Kiser (CA SBN 285411) 

lkiser@kslaw.com 

KING & SPALDING LLP 

633 West Fifth Street 

Suite 1700 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 443-4355 

Facsimile: (213) 443-4310 

Andrew Chinsky (pro hac vice) 

KING & SPALDING LLP 

444 W. Lake Street 

Suite 1650 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

Telephone: (312) 995-6333 

Facsimile: (312) 995-6330 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

Lindsey Aberin, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., et al., 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 3:16-cv-04384-JTS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING AMENDED 

SCHEDULE FOR EXPERT DISCOVERY 

AND BRIEFING RELATED TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS 

CERTIFICATION 

 

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 Plaintiffs Lindsay and Jeff Aberin, Don Awtrey, Charles Burgess, John Kelly, Joy Matza, 

and Yun-Fe Lou (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc. 

(“AHM,” and with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby 

propose the following amended schedule to govern the litigation through completion of briefing 

related to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification. In support thereof, the Parties state as follows: 

1. Pleadings closed on May 28, 2018, when AHM filed its Answer to Plaintiffs’ Third 

Amended Class Action Complaint (ECF No. 149). The Court subsequently entered an order setting 

the schedule for pretrial events through briefing related to Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification 

on February 28, 2019, based on a schedule proposed by the Parties, which set a June 14, 2019, 

deadline for opening experts reports (ECF No. 182). 

2. During the case management conference held June 12, 2019, the Parties stipulated 

to Plaintiffs having until June 28, 2019 to submit their opening expert reports. Plaintiffs advised 

the Court that they anticipated having four experts (which was previously unknown to AHM), and 

the Parties advised the Court that they would likely seek an amendment to the schedule to account 

for the stipulated two-week extension. 

3. On June 28, 2019, Plaintiffs served reports from a proposed economic expert, a 

proposed survey expert, and two proposed technical experts. 

4. On July 19, 2019, AHM sent Plaintiffs a proposed extension to the expert discovery 

schedule. 

5. On July 30, 2019, Plaintiffs responded to AHM’s proposed extension and informed 

AHM that they wanted to reserve the right to serve reply reports in response to AHM’s rebuttal 

reports. AHM has no objection to Plaintiff’s request to serve reply reports, provided that sufficient 

time is afforded for the Parties to take depositions of, potentially, eight (8) proposed expert 

witnesses (four (4) for Plaintiffs, and up to four (4) for AHM), all of which will occur following 

the deadline for Plaintiffs’ reply reports. 

6. After subtracting the two week extension already granted to Plaintiffs, the proposed 

schedule below extends the Schedule of Pretrial Events approved by the Court on February 28, 

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2019, by approximately three months, in order to: (a) provide AHM sufficient time to prepare up 

to four rebuttal reports; (b) provide Plaintiffs an opportunity to prepare up to four reply reports; 

(c) provide both Parties adequate time to prepare for and depose up to eight proposed expert 

witnesses; and (d) account for Thanksgiving and the winter holidays. 

7. The Parties respectfully submit that this adjustment is warranted due to the 

extension already granted to Plaintiffs (ECF No. 192), the number expert reports that will be 

served, and the related need to conduct eight expert depositions. Two of AHM’s experts also have 

prior work engagements that prevent them from being to work on this matter until late August. 

8. The Parties have also discussed whether, in the interest of efficiency and possible 

resolution, it makes to hold an ADR session in advance of briefing on class certification. 

Contemporaneously with this Stipulation, the Parties are filing a Fifth Amended Stipulation and 

[Proposed] Order extending the deadline to hold a private ADR session to January 31, 2020. The 

extension requested herein by the Parties will afford the Parties sufficient time to hold such an 

ADR session if they agree that such a session would be beneficial at that time. 

9. As neither Party wishes the other to suffer prejudice as a result of not being able to 

address the issues on the merits, for good cause shown, the Parties respectfully request that the 

following amended schedule be approved by the Court: 

Event Current Date Proposed Date 

Opening Expert Reports June 28, 2019 n/a 

Defendant’s Rebuttal Reports September 13, 2019 October 25, 2019 

Plaintiff’s Reply Reports n/a November 15, 2019 

Close of Expert Discovery October 4, 2019 January 10, 2020 

Motion for Class Certification October 25, 2019 February 7, 2020 

Class Certification Opposition December 6, 2019 March 13, 2020 

Class Certification Reply January 10, 2020 April 10, 2020 

10. Finally, the Parties anticipate that any Daubert motions will be submitted by AHM 

with their Class Certification Opposition and by Plaintiffs with their Class Certification Reply. 

Oppositions to such motions, if any are filed, will be due within four weeks, with any replies in 

further support due within three weeks thereafter. 

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WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request the Court enter the revised schedule as set 

forth above. The Parties respectfully request such other, further relief this Court deems proper. 

DATED: August 8, 2019 Respectfully Submitted, 

KING & SPALDING LLP SEEGER WEISS LLP 

By: /s/ Liva M. Kiser By: /s/ Christopher A. Seeger 

Livia M. Kiser (SBN 285411) Christopher A. Seeger, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

Email: lkiser@kslaw.com Email: cseeger@seegerweiss.com 

KING & SPALDING LLP Stephen A. Weiss, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

444 West Lake Street, Suite 1650 Email: sweiss@seegerweiss.com

Chicago, IL 60606 Scott Alan George, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

Tel: (312) 995-6333 Email: sgeorge@seegerweiss.com 

Facsimile: 312 995 6330 55 Challenger Road, 6th Fl. 

 Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 07660 

Counsel for American Honda Motor Telephone: (212) 584-0700 

Co., Inc. Facsimile: (212) 584-0799 

James E. Cecchi, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

Email: jcecchi@carellabyrne.com 

CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, 

 BRODY & AGNELLO, P.C. 

5 Becker Farm Road 

Roseland, New Jersey 07068 

Telephone: (973) 994-1700 

Facsimile: (973) 994-1744 

Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Classes 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that the Amended Schedule for Expert Discovery and Briefing Related 

to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification, filed with the Court on July 16, 2019, is APPROVED. 

DATED: 

 TIGAR, J. 

August 13, 2019

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