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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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STIPULATION RE REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION OF SECOND PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER PURSUANT TO Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 16; LOCAL RULE 16-270; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Timothy E. Cary, Esq., SBN 093608 

Law Offices of Robert A. Stutman, P.C. 

500 N. State College, Suite 1100 

Orange, California 92868 

Telephone: (714) 919-4420 

Facsimile: (714) 919-4423 

Our File Number: 1280.016 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, MERCURY CASUALTY COMPANY 

As Subrogee of RICHARD and KATHRYN SCHLENKER; 

RICHARD and KATHRYN SCHLENKER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MERCURY CASUALTY COMPANY, 

a California Corporation, as Subrogee of RICHARD and KATHRYN 

SCHLENKER; RICHARD 

SCHLENKER, individually; and 

KATHRYN SCHLENKER, 

individually, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

CHAR-BROIL, a Division of W.C. 

BRADLEY COMPANY, a Georgia 

Corporation; TARGET 

CORPORATION, a Minnesota 

Corporation; and DOES 1-100, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:08-cv-01374-MCE-KJM

Assigned to the Honorable Morrison C. 

England, Jr. 

STIPULATION RE REQUEST FOR 

MODIFICATION OF SECOND 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

PURSUANT TO Fed. R. Civ. P. 16; 

LOCAL RULE 16-270; ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the undersigned parties, by and 

through their counsel of record, as follows: 

The parties agree and request that this Honorable Court modify its Second 

Pretrial Scheduling Order based on good cause for the following reasons: 

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1. This is a product liability case in which it is alleged that a component 

part manufactured by Third Party Defendant, S. H. Leggitt Company d/b/a Marshall 

Gas Controls (“Leggitt”) and incorporated into a product manufactured by Defendant 

Char Broil caused or contributed to Plaintiff’s damage. 

2. On or about February 19, 2010 Leggitt filed a Notice of Filing of 

Bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with resulting automatic stay 

of all proceedings against it. 

3. The Automatic Stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code stay the 

proceedings in this matter as to Leggitt. By virtue of the Bankruptcy Stay, the parties 

are enjoined from engaging in any discovery against Leggitt. 

4. Counsel for Char Broil has engaged in dialogue with bankruptcy counsel 

for Leggitt, and with Plaintiffs’ counsel, and it has been collectively agreed that a 

continuance of certain dates in the Pretrial Scheduling Order for up to 150 days will 

be potentially sufficient for the Chapter 11 process to be concluded and for some 

discovery to take place. Additionally the Parties request that the dates in the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order be amended to allow for the third party Leggitt to participate in 

discovery after it has been reorganized in bankruptcy and the stay is lifted. 

5. Plaintiff and Defendant have agreed to participate in private mediation in 

Southern California within the next 60 days. In coordination with the bankruptcy 

trustee, Leggitt will be invited to attend this mediation with a view to resolving the 

entire case. 

Accordingly, the parties agree and request that this Honorable Court modify its 

Second Pretrial Scheduling Order as follows: 

That the fact discovery deadline shall be extended 150 days 11/11/10 

That the Expert witness disclosure date shall be extended 150 days to 1/11/11 

That the motion hearing deadline shall be continued to 2/7/11

That the Court continue the Final Pretrial Conference for 60 days.

That the Court continue the trial setting for 60 days. 

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6. The parties agree that this modification will best serve the parties’ interests 

in light of the Leggitt bankruptcy as well as the need to conserve resources and 

explore the possibilities of a resolution while keeping the case on track to trial. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: July 13, 2010 PAGE, SCRANTOM, SPROUSE, 

TUCKER & FORD, P.C. 

By: /S/ James C. Clark, Jr. 

James C. Clark, Jr. 

Kirsten C. Stevenson 

Attorneys for Defendants W.C. 

BRADLEY CO. and TARGET 

CORPORATION 

Dated: July 13, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT A. 

STUTMAN, P.C. 

 

 By: /S/ Timothy E. Cary 

 Timothy E. Cary, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, MERCURY 

 CASUALTY COMPANY as 

 Subrogee of RICHRD AND 

 KATHRYN SCHLENKER; and 

 RICHARD and KATHRYN 

 SCHLENKER, Individually 

 

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ORDER 

 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Second Pretrial Conference Scheduling 

Order will be modified to reflect the foregoing stipulation of the parties. A revised 

Pretrial Scheduling Order will be forthcoming from the Court. 

Dated: July 14, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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