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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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Selman Breitman LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

585937.1 1011.35388

DIANA L. WINFREY (SBN 118910)

E-MAIL: dwinfrey@selmanbreitman.com

SELMAN BREITMAN LLP

11766 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90025-6538

Telephone: 310.445.0800

Facsimile: 310.473.2525

Attorneys for Defendant

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF LONDON, 

100% SYNDICATE 2020

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut 

corporation,,

Plaintiff,

v.

OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation; 

EVEREST INDEMNITY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; 

INTERSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY 

COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; 

FINANCIAL PACIFIC INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a California corporation; 

ARCH SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Nebraska corporation/ 

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York 

corporation, CLARENDON NATIONAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Jersey 

corporation; ACE AMERICAN 

INSURANCE COMPANY fka ALLIED 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Pennsylvania 

corporation; NATIONAL UNION FIRE 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

PITTSBURGH, PA, a Pennsylvania 

corporation; ASPEN SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a North Dakota 

corporation; FIRST SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Missouri 

corporation; IRONSHORE SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Arizona 

corporation; AMERICAN SAFETY 

INDEMNITY COMPANY, an Oklahoma 

Case No. 1:13-cv-00576-LJO-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND 

TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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corporation; LEXINGTON INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; 

PROBUILDERS SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, PRG, a 

Washington, D.C. corporation; SECURITY 

AMERICA RICK RETENTION GROUP, a 

Vermont corporation/ ILLINOIS UNION 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois 

corporation; ZURICH NORTH 

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

New York corporation; LIBERTY 

MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

Massachusetts corporation; NORTHERN 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW 

YORK, a New York corporation, 

CHARTIS SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY fka AMERICAN 

INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois 

corporation; NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation; 

TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, a 

California corporation; CERTAIN 

UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF 

LONDON, a Kentucky corporation; 

PRAETORIAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation, 

and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants

This Stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiff, TRAVELERS 

PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA ("TRAVELERS") and Defendant, 

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF LONDON, 100% SYNDICATE 2020 

("UNDERWRITERS").

RECITALS

1. On or about April 19, 2013, TRAVELERS filed an action entitled Travelers 

Property Casualty Company of America v. Old Republic Insurance Company, et al. in the 

Eastern District of California, Case No. 1:13-CV-00576-LJO-BAM.

2. On or about August 21, 2013, TRAVELERS filed a first-amended complaint 

(the "FAC").

3. By stipulation filed October 23, 2013, and entered by the Court on October 

24, 2013, TRAVELERS substituted one of the defendants to the FAC, namely, 

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UNDERWRITERS, instead and in place of Catlin Specialty Insurance Company.

4. On or about November 8, 2013, TRAVELERS served UNDERWRITERS

with a summons and the FAC.

5. Under Federal R. of Civ. Proc., Rule 12(a)(1), UNDERWRITERS' response 

was due on December 2, 2013. 

6. UNDERWRITERS and TRAVELERS previously stipulated to a brief 

extension of time for UNDERWRITERS to provide a responsive pleading by December 

20, 2013

7. UNDERWRITERS and TRAVELERS are discussing whether TRAVELERS 

will dismiss UNDERWRITERS from this lawsuit.

8. UNDERWRITERS and TRAVELERS believe that a further three (3) week 

extension will provide time for TRAVELERS to attempt to resolve this issue. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED:

UNDERWRITERS are awarded an additional three week extension of time to file a 

responsive pleading in this action. UNDERWRITERS' response to the FAC is now due on 

January 10, 2014.

This stipulation shall not constitute an appearance by UNDERWRITERS. 

UNDERWRITERS do not waive the right to challenge the Court's jurisdiction over this 

matter. 

DATED: December 6, 2013 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

Angela N. Martin

By: ____________________________________

KARI MYRON

ANGELA N. MARTIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY 

COMPANY OF AMERICA

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DATED: December 6, 2013 SELMAN BREITMAN LLP

Diana L. Winfrey

By: _______

 DIANA L. WINFREY

Attorneys for Defendant

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF 

LONDON 100% SYNDICATE 2020 

ORDER

The Court having reviewed the stipulation between Plaintiffs TRAVELERS 

and Defendant UNDERWRITERS further extending the time for 

UNDERWRITERS to respond to the First Amended Complaint, the Court grants the 

stipulation and orders that UNDERWRITERS shall have until January 10, 2014 to 

respond to the First Amended Complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 20, 2013 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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