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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES RE: EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURES AND REPORTS 

Paul F. Donsbach #174129 

Sybil L. Renick #213149 

KUTAK ROCK LLP 

18201 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1100 

Irvine, CA 92612-1077 

Telephone: (949) 417-0999 

Facsimile: (949) 417-5394 

Patrick W. Kennison (pro hac vice) 

Catherine A. Damico (pro hac vice) 

KUTAK ROCK LLP 

1650 Farnam Street 

Omaha, NE 68102-2186 

Telephone: (402) 346-6000 

Facsimile: (402) 346-1148 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants 

STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

Delaware corporation; and AMERICAN 

GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

Delaware corporation; and AMERICAN 

GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

JAMES DOBBAS, an individual; PAMELA 

DOBBAS, an individual; DONALD DOBBAS, an 

individual; PETER MANCINI and LISA 

MANCINI, husband and wife; PETER MANCINI 

as Special Administrator of the ESTATE OF 

CLAUDETTE MANCINI, deceased; LISA 

MANCINI as the Guardian Ad Litem for NASYA 

MANCINI, a minor; FALLON TURNER, an 

individual; MERRICK TURNER, an individual, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-00632-FCD-JFM 

JOINT STIPULATION TO 

CONTINUE DEADLINES FOR 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT 

WITNESSES AND REPORTS, AND 

REBUTTAL EXPERT WITNESSES 

AND REPORTS; ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

Date of Filing: March 30, 2005 

Trial Date: January 9, 2007 

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIMS. 

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Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY 

(“Steadfast”) and AMERICAN GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

(“American Guarantee”), and Defendants JAMES DOBBAS, PAMELA DOBBAS, DONALD 

DOBBAS, (“Dobbas”), Defendants and Counter-Claimants PETER MANCINI, LISA 

MANCINI, NASYA MANCINI (“Mancinis”), and Defendants and Counter-Claimants FALLON 

TURNER, MERRICK TURNER, (“Turners”), (Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants, Steadfast and 

American Guarantee and Defendants Dobbas, Defendants/Counter-Claimants Mancinis and 

Defendants/Counter-Claimants Turners are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Parties”), 

by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby submit this Joint Stipulation to Continue 

the Deadlines for Disclosures of Expert Witness and Reports, and Rebuttal Expert Witnesses and 

Reports. 

WHEREAS, this Court set a pretrial schedule under which the disclosure of expert 

witnesses and expert reports were originally due on February 24, 2006, and the disclosure of 

rebuttal expert witnesses and reports were originally due March 17, 2006. 

WHEREAS, on January 11, 2006, this Court entered a Memorandum and Order denying 

Steadfast and American Guarantee’s Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, for 

Partial Summary Judgment. 

WHEREAS, on January 24, 2006, the Parties filed a Joint Stipulation to Continue the 

foregoing deadlines by 30 days to allow better coordination of fact and expert discovery on the 

issues addressed in the Court’s January 11, 2006, Memorandum and Order. 

WHEREAS, on February 2, 2006, the Court entered an Order extending the foregoing 

deadlines by 30 days so that expert witness disclosures and reports are due on or before March 

27, 2006, and rebuttal expert witness disclosures and reports are due on April 17, 2006. 

WHEREAS, on March 22, 2006, the Parties were advised that documents produced by 

Allied Insurance Company on March 15, 2006, in response to the Turners’s document subpoena, 

were inadvertently produced in a non-redacted format. Accordingly, the Parties are retrieving all 

copies of such documents to return to counsel for Allied Insurance Company, including retrieving 

copies from experts who may have relied on the non-redacted privileged or confidential 

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documents. 

WHEREAS, the Parties mutually agree that a four (4) day extension of the foregoing 

expert discovery deadlines will allow the Parties to send to their experts or consultants the 

redacted version of the documents produced in response to the subject subpoena to ensure that no 

experts or consultants are inappropriately relying upon any privileged or confidential documents 

that were inadvertently produced. 

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to a four (4) day extension of the deadlines for 

disclosing expert witnesses and expert reports, and rebuttal expert witnesses and reports. 

IT IS THEREFORE AGREED AND STIPULATED AS FOLLOWS. 

Expert witness disclosures and reports shall be due on or before March 31, 2006. 

Rebuttal expert witness disclosures and reports shall be due on or before April 21, 2006. 

Dated: March 23, 2006 KUTAK ROCK LLP 

By: /s/ Paul F. Donsbach (with permission)

Paul F. Donsbach 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants 

STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY and 

AMERICAN GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

Dated: March 23, 2006 NEAL, HAUSHALTER & RAY LLP 

By: /s/ Michael E. Neal (with permission)

Michael E. Neal 

Thomas Smurro 

Counsel for Defendants 

JAMES DOBBAS, PAMELA DOBBAS, and 

DONALD DOBBAS 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES RE: EXPERT WITNESSES 

Dated: March 23, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF PETER CHASE NEUMANN 

By: /s/ Peter Neumann (with permission) 

Peter Neumann 

Counsel for Defendants/Counter-Claimants: PETER 

MANCINI, LISA MANCINI, NASYA MANCINI, a 

minor by LISA MANCINI 

Dated: March 23, 2006 PORTER SIMON 

By: /s/ Peter H. Cuttitta (with permission)

Peter H. Cuttitta 

James E. Simon 

Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Claimants: 

FALLON TURNER and MERRICK TURNER 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED THAT: 

1. Expert witness disclosures and reports shall be due on or before March 31, 2006. 

2. Rebuttal expert witness disclosures and reports shall be due on or before 

April 21, 2006. 

Dated: March 27, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR., 

 US District Judge 

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