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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

WILLIAM R. WARNE (Bar No. 141280) 

MICHAEL J. THOMAS (Bar No. 172326) 

MEGHAN M. BAKER (Bar No. 243765) 

621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4731 

Telephone: (916) 444-1000 

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100 

bwarne@downeybrand.com

mthomas@downeybrand.com

mbaker@downeybrand.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

LENNOX HEARTH PRODUCTS INC.; LENNOX 

INTERNATIONAL INC.; LENNOX INDUSTRIES 

INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KIRK KEILHOLTZ and KOLLEEN 

KEILHOLTZ for themselves and on behalf 

of those similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LENNOX HEARTH PRODUCTS INC.; 

LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.; 

LENNOX INDUSTRIES; and DOES 1 

through 25, Inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:08-cv-00836-CW (JCS)

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING REQUEST FOR 

SHORTENED TIME RELATING TO 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO AMEND 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 

Original Complaint Filed: February 6, 2008 

TO THE COURT AND ALL ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

 By and through their counsel of record, Plaintiffs Kirk Keilholtz and Kolleen Keilholtz 

(collectively “Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Lennox Hearth Products Inc., Lennox International 

Inc., and Lennox Industries Inc. (collectively “Defendants”) (Plaintiffs and Defendants 

collectively referred to as the “Parties”) hereby stipulate, in furtherance of Defendants' request, to 

the following: 

1. Pursuant to the Court’s May 21, 2009, Minute Order and Case Management Order, 

expert disclosures are due March 31, 2010, and rebuttal expert disclosures are due April 30, 2010. 

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2. Defendants believe that an extension of these expert disclosure deadlines is needed in 

order to avoid incurring expenses associated therewith, as certain expert discovery may be 

mooted by the Court’s order on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification, which the Court took 

under submission on December 7, 2009. While plaintiffs do not disagree that a brief delay will 

facilitate the parties’ ability to provide complete and thorough expert disclosures and reports, 

plaintiffs believe that this purpose will be best served if the Case Management Order is also 

modified to lift the present stay on merits discovery. Defendants do not believe the stay on merits 

discovery should be lifted. 

3. The Parties have been unable to reach an agreement regarding the nature and scope of 

such an extension but have agreed to a shortened schedule regarding the filing, briefing, and 

hearing of Defendants’ Motion to Amend Case Management Order. 

4. The Parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request that the court approve, the 

following shortened schedule regarding Defendants’ Motion to Amend Case Management Order: 

a. Defendants will file and serve their Motion to Amend Case Management Order 

on or before Thursday, February 11, 2010. 

b. Plaintiffs will file and serve any opposition papers at or before 5 p.m. on 

Wednesday, February 17, 2010. 

c. Defendants will file and serve reply briefing on or before Friday, February 19, 

2010. 

d. If the Court requires a hearing, the Parties are available for a hearing on 

February 22, 24, or 25, 2010, or as otherwise set by the Court. \ 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED: 

DATED: February 10, 2010 DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

By: /s/ Michael J. Thomas 

MICHAEL J. THOMAS 

Attorney for Defendants 

LENNOX HEARTH PRODUCTS INC. 

LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC. 

LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DATED: February 10, 2010 ARNOLD LAW FIRM

By: /s/ Kirk J. Wolden (as authorized on 2-10-10) 

KIRK J. WOLDEN 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

KIRK and KOLLEEN KEILHOLTZ for themselves 

and on behalf of those similarly situated

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

 The court, having considered the Stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, 

hereby orders the shortened time regarding the briefing regarding Defendants’ Motion to Amend 

Scheduling Order: (1) Defendants will file and serve their Motion to Amend Case Management 

Order on or before Thursday, February 11, 2010; (2) Plaintiffs will file and serve any opposition 

papers to the Motion to Amend Case Management Order at or before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 

February 17, 2010; (3) Defendants will file and serve reply briefing in support of their Motion to 

Amend Case Management Order on or before Friday, February 19, 2010; (4) the motion will be 

decided on the papers. 

Dated: 2/11/10 By:______________________________________ 

 HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, 

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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