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Nature of Suit Code: 120
Nature of Suit: Marine Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1333 Admiralty

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28 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER CASE NO. CV 093807 MHP

RE THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT AND 

MEDIATION COMPLETION DATE

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BRODSKY MICKLOW BULL & WEISS LLP

Edward M. Bull III, State Bar No. 141996

Amy Jo Bull, State Bar No. 135939

384 Embarcadero West, Suite 200

Oakland, CA 94607

Tel: (510) 268-6180

Fax: (510) 268-6181

Attorneys for Defendant

UNICOLD CORPORATION

COX, WOOTTON, GRIFFIN, 

HANSEN & POULOS, LLP

Mitchell Griffin, State Bar No. 114881

190 The Embarcadero

San Francisco, CA 94105

Tel: (415) 438-4600

Fax: (415) 438-4601

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY

OF AMERICA

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNICOLD CORPORATIOIN,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. CV 093807 MHP

STIPULATION AND

PROPOSED ORDER RE

THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT

AND MEDIATION

COMPLETION DATE

Defendant UNICOLD CORPORATIOIN (hereinafter "Defendant"), and Plaintiff

THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (“Plaintiff”), hereby

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RE THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT AND 

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stipulate, agree and request that the Court order: (1) that Defendant shall be entitled to file

a third-party complaint against ocean carrier Horizon Lines and (2) that the mediation

deadline shall be continued from February 26, 2010, to April 30, 2010.

WHEREAS in its Minute Order of November 30, 2009 the Court ordered that

mediation should be completed within 90 days (by February 28, 2010) and that a further

Case Management Conference would be held on March 29, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.; and

WHEREAS Defendant answered on December 16, 2009; and

WHEREAS Plaintiff is alleging, inter alia, that Defendant breached a contract of

carriage based on a bill of lading it issued as a non-vessel operating common carrier

(nvocc) (to transport a container of frozen food from Oakland to Honolulu); and 

WHEREAS Defendant arranged to have the cargo in question carried by ocean

carrier Horizon Lines LLC, and alleges that Horizon’s breach of its contract of carriage

with Plaintiff in fact caused the damage, if any, to the cargo in question; and

WHEREAS Defendant believes that good cause exists to file an admiralty Rule

14(c) third-party complaint to add Horizon Lines as a third-party defendant herein; and

 WHEREAS Defendant does not think it would be practical or productive to

attempt to resolve this matter through mediation until such time as Horizon Lines has

been added and has appeared herein:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, and the parties

HEREBY REQUEST THAT THE COURT ORDER that:

(1) Defendant Unicold shall have fourteen (14) days to file a third-party

complaint against ocean carrier Horizon Lines; 

(2) the mediation deadline shall be continued from February 26, 2010, to April

30, 2010; and

(3) that the Case Management Conference be continued to a date thereafter as

the Court so directs.

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RE THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT AND 

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DATED: February 23, 2010 BRODSKY MICKLOW BULL & WEISS LLP

By: /S/ Edward M. Bull III 

Edward M. Bull, III

Amy Jo Bull

Attorneys for Defendant

UNICOLD CORPORATION

DATED: February 23, 2010 COX, WOOTTON, GRIFFIN, 

HANSEN & POULOS, LLP

By: /S/ Mitchell Griffin 

Mitchell Griffin

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA

CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATURE

I attest that the content of this document is acceptable to Mitchell Griffin, and that he authorized me to sign the document on his behalf.

/s/ Edward M. Bull III

ORDER

Good cause appearing to support the request of the parties, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED THAT:

(1) Defendant Unicold shall have fourteen (14) days to file a third-party

complaint against ocean carrier Horizon Lines LLC; 

(2) the mediation deadline is continued from February 26, 2010, to April 30,

2010; and

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(3) the Case Management Conference currently set for March 29, 2010 at 3:00

p.m. is hereby continued to: .

DATED: _________________ ____________________________

The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel 

June 7, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. 2/26/2010

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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