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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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-1- Case No. 14-1507

UPDATED JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

FRANK FALZETTA, CA Bar. No. 125146

Email: ffalzetta@sheppardmullin.com

ROBERT J. GUITE, CA Bar No. 244590

Email: rguite@sheppardmullin.com

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & 

HAMPTON LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111–4109

Telephone: (415) 434–9100

Facsimile: (415) 434–3947

Attorneys for Defendant,

Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston

R. BRADFORD HUSS, CA Bar No. 71313

Email: bhuss@truckerhuss.com

MICHELLE S. LEWIS, CA Bar No. 255787

Email: mlewis@truckerhuss.com

TRUCKER HUSS, APC

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 788–3111

Facsimile: (415) 421–2017

 

Attorneys for Defendant,

Hyundai Motor America

R. JOSEPH BARTON, CA Bar No. 212340

Email: jbarton@cohenmilstein.com

MATTHEW A. SMITH, pro hac vice

Email: msmith@cohenmilstein.com 

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL 

PLLC

1100 New York Avenue, N.W.

West Tower, Ste. 500

Washington, DC 20005

Telephone: (202) 408–4600

Facsimile: (202) 408–4699

MICHELLE L. ROBERTS

CA Bar No. 239092

Email: michelle@ssrlawgroup.com 

CASSIE SPRINGER AYENI

CA Bar No. 221506

Email: cassie@ssrlawgroup.com

SPRINGER & ROBERTS LLP

1050 Marina Village Pkwy., Ste. 105

Alameda, CA 94501

Telephone: (510) 992–6130

Facsimile: (510) 280–7564

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

James Bush

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES L. BUSH,

Plaintiff,

v.

LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 

OF BOSTON, HYUNDAI MOTOR 

AMERICA,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:14-cv-01507

UPDATED JOINT CASE 

MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Date: February 22, 2016 

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Courtroom: 1

Action Filed: April 1, 2014

Trial Date: None Set

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-2- Case No. 14-1507

UPDATED JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

Pursuant to the Order of February 1, 2016 (Dkt. No. 129), James L. Bush (“Plaintiff”) and 

Hyundai Motor America (“Hyundai”) hereby provide notice that settlement discussions between 

the parties are still ongoing but they have not reached any agreement in principle to resolve 

Plaintiff’s claims asserted against Hyundai. Plaintiff and Liberty Life Assurance Company of 

Boston are working on the formal settlement agreement and preliminary approval motion, to be 

filed on or before March 18, 2016. In light of current status and the parties’ ongoing discussions, 

Plaintiff and Hyundai propose the following case schedule:

Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification:

Plaintiff filed motion: October 16, 2015

Opposition to be filed: April 5, 2016

Reply to be filed: May 10, 2016

Hearing on Motion: May 24, 2016

Non-Expert Discovery Cut-off: July 8, 2016

Deadline to inform court whether there will be expert discovery: July 8, 2016

If no expert discovery, dispositive motions to be heard by: September 13, 2016

Disclosure of Experts:

Plaintiff Expert Disclosures: August 8, 2016

Hyundai’s Expert Disclosures: September 5, 2016

Plaintiff’s Rebuttal Expert Disclosure: September 26, 2016

Expert Discovery Cut-off: October 10, 2016

Dispositive Motions To Be Heard By: December 13, 2016

 

Dated: February 18, 2016

Dated: February 18, 2016

SPRINGER & ROBERTS LLP

By: /s/ Michelle L. Roberts

Michelle L. Roberts

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC

By: /s/R. Joseph Barton

R. Joseph Barton

Counsel for James Bush

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-3- Case No. 14-1507

UPDATED JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

Dated: February 18, 2016

Dated: February 18, 2016

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON 

LLP

By: /s/Robert J. Guite

Frank Falzetta

Robert J. Guite

Counsel for Liberty Life

Assurance Company of Boston

TRUCKER HUSS, APC

By: /s/R. Bradford Huss

R. Bradford Huss

Counsel for Hyundai Motor America

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

I, Michelle L. Roberts, hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of the document has 

been obtained from the other signatories on this document.

Dated: February 18, 2016 By: /s/Michelle L. Roberts

 Michelle L. Roberts

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

The above Joint Case Management Statement & Proposed Order is approved as the Case 

Management Order for this case and all parties shall comply with its provisions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: February 18, 2016

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

UNITED STATED DISTRICT JUDGE

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