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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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HASSARD BONNINGTON LLP

Philip S. Ward, Esq., SBN 51768

Joanna L. Storey, Esq., SBN 214952 

275 Battery Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 288-9800

Fax: (415) 288-9801

Email: psw@hassard.com

jls@hassard.com

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE MOUNTAIN CLUB OWNER’S 

ASSOCIATION,

Plaintiff,

vs.

GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, 

INC.,

Defendant/ThirdParty Plaintiff,

vs.

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

Third-Party 

Defendant

Case No. 2:13-CV-01835-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER MODIFYING STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER

 The Mountain Club Owner’s Association (“Plaintiff”), defendant 

Graybar Electric Company, Inc. (“Graybar”) and Third-Party Defendant General Cable 

Corporation (“General Cable”) (collectively “the Parties”), by and through their 

respective counsel of record and pursuant to FED.R.CIV.PROC. 16(b)(4), hereby 

stipulate to modify the Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order (Docket No. 44), as 

modified by the stipulations and orders reflected in Doc. Nos. 45, 46, 47 and 52, as 

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follows:

WHEREAS, this is a products liability case in which Plaintiff claims that 

an electric cable distributed or supplied by Graybar contained a manufacturing defect 

that caused a fire on Plaintiff’s property (see Second Amend. Compl. Doc. No. 40, at 

¶¶ 8-11); and

WHEREAS, this Court, after reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, 

entered a Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order (the “Order”) on June 2, 2014, establishing 

various pleading and discovery deadlines and setting the case for a jury trial on 

September 9, 2015 (Doc. No. 44); and 

WHEREAS, the Order was modified in certain respects by subsequent 

stipulations and orders (Doc. Nos. 45, 46, 47 and 52); and 

WHEREAS, when the Order was entered, and subsequently modified, 

General Cable was not a party to this action; and 

WHEREAS, on February 3, 2015, Graybar filed a Third-Party Complaint 

against General Cable alleging that General Cable manufactured the subject cable, 

thereby entitling Graybar to contribution if not complete indemnity for any damages 

awarded to Plaintiff; and 

WHEREAS, on February 19, 2015, General Cable filed its answer to 

Graybar’s Third-Party Complaint; and

WHEREAS, the parties other than General Cable have been in this case 

for almost a year and one-half, with discovery (including site inspections and limited 

destructive testing) ongoing; and

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the Order should be modified to 

provide General Cable with sufficient time to fairly participate in discovery and, if 

necessary, file pretrial dispositive motions; and 

WHEREAS, a scheduling order entered pursuant to FED. R. CIV. 

PROC. 16(b) “may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” 

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FED. R. CIV. PROC. 16(b)(4); and 

WHEREAS, good cause exists to modify the Order to allow General 

Cable to conduct discovery, including site inspections and testing/examination of the 

subject cable, together with a reasonable opportunity to retain expert 

consultants/witnesses to assist in its defense of the Third-Party Complaint; and 

WHEREAS, none of the Parties would be prejudiced by the requested 

extensions set forth herein, and counsel for the Parties believe that the interests of 

justice and efficiency would be served by an order revising the Order;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between 

the Parties, through their respective counsel and subject to the Court’s approval, that 

good cause has been shown and the Order shall be modified as follows, subject to 

further modification upon a good cause showing under FED. R. CIV. PROC. 16(b)(4):

1. General Cable’s Initial Disclosures pursuant to FED. R. CIV. 

PROC. 26(a)(1) and (c) shall be due on or before April 24, 2015;

2. The time for joinder of parties and filing amendments shall be 

extended until May 1, 2015;

3. Expert Disclosure/Reports (FED. R. CIV. PROC. 26(a)(2)) shall 

be extended until August 24, 2015;

4. Disclosure of Rebuttal Experts/Reports (FED. R. CIV. PROC. 

26(a)(2)) shall be extended until September 25, 2015;

5. The Discovery Completion date shall be extended until October 9, 

2015;

6. The date for the Court hearing any discovery motions shall be 

extended until October 9, 2015;

7. The date for filing motions, with stated exceptions, shall be 

extended until October 23, 2015;

8. The date for the Final Pretrial Conference shall be continued to 

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January 19, 2016 at 2:00 p.m; and

9. The trial date shall be continued from September 9, 2015 until 

March 8, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: March 31, 2015 HASSARD BONNINGTON LLP

/s/Philip S. Ward

________________________________

Philip S. Ward

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

Dated: March 31, 2015 FORAN GLENNON PALANDECH PONZI 

AND RUDLOFF

/s/Diana Roya Lotfi

(authorized on March 27, 2015)

________________________________

Diana Roya Lotfi

Attorneys for Plaintiff THE MOUNTAIN

CLUB OWNER’S ASSOCIATION

Dated: March 31, 2015 LEWIS RICE LLC

/s/Thomas P. Berra, Jr.

(authorized on March 30, 2015)

________________________________

Thomas P. Berra, Jr.

Attorneys for Defendant and Third Party

Plaintiff GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, 

INC.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 31, 2015

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