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

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JOINT STIP. TO EXTEND TIME RE: DEPOSITIONS, EXPERT DISCLOSURE, AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CASE NOS.: 3:13-CV-04863-JST;

3:13-CV-05801-JST; 3:15-CV-04834-JST

ALLEN RUBY (SBN 47109)

RAOUL D. KENNEDY (SBN 40892)

JAMES P. SCHAEFER (SBN 250417)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Telephone: (650) 470-4500

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570

allen.ruby@skadden.com

raoul.kennedy@skadden.com

james.schaefer@skadden.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Defendant

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No.: 3:13-cv-04863-JST

Complaint Filed: October 21, 2013

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

TIME FOR DEPOSITIONS, EXPERT 

DISCLOSURE, AND CLOSE OF 

EXPERT DISCOVERY; and

[PROPOSED] ORDER.

Hon. Jon S. Tigar

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO.,

Plaintiff,

v.

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No.: 3:13-cv-05801-JST

Complaint Filed: December 16, 2013

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY; 

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:15-cv-04834-JST

Complaint Filed: October 20, 2015

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JOINT STIP. TO EXTEND TIME RE: DEPOSITIONS, EXPERT DISCLOSURE, AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY

CASE NOS.: 3:13-CV-04863-JST;

3:13-CV-05801-JST; 3:15-CV-04834-JST

Plaintiff/Defendant Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”) and Plaintiffs/Defendants Illinois 

Union Insurance Company (“Illinois Union”) and Navigators Specialty Insurance Company 

(“Navigators”) jointly stipulate, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(b), 6-2, and 7-12, to extend the 

time for depositions, for disclosure of experts and rebuttal experts, and for the close of expert 

discovery. 

WHEREAS, as currently scheduled, the deadline to take depositions in Case Nos. 3:13-cv04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-JST is January 29, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the parties have been diligently working on finding dates for the depositions of 

two Illinois Union witnesses since at least early November, 2015; 

WHEREAS, Illinois Union’s witnesses are available for deposition on February 17 and 19, 

2016; 

WHEREAS, given the difficulty in scheduling, Illinois Union requested an extension for 

the deadline to take depositions, to which Intuitive and Navigators agreed; 

WHEREAS, the Court held a case management conference on January 20, 2016; 

WHEREAS, at the January 20, 2016 cases management conference, the Court ordered Case 

Nos. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-JST (which had previously been consolidated) and 

Case No. 3:15-cv-04834-JST “consolidated for all purposes other than trial” (Dkt. 109); 

WHEREAS, in Case Nos. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-JST, as currently 

scheduled, the deadline: (i) for designation of experts is February 1, 2016, (ii) for expert reports is 

March 1, 2016, (iii) for designation of rebuttal experts is April 1, 2016, (iv) for rebuttal expert 

reports is April 15, 2016, and (v) for the close of expert discovery is May 15, 2016; 

WHEREAS, given the recent case consolidations and in the interest of efficiency, the 

parties have agreed to extend the deadline: (i) for disclosure of expert testimony until April 29, 

2016, (ii) for disclosure of rebuttal expert testimony until May 30, 2016, and (iii) for the close of 

expert discovery until June 30, 2016; 

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JOINT STIP. TO EXTEND TIME RE: DEPOSITIONS, EXPERT DISCLOSURE, AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY

CASE NOS.: 3:13-CV-04863-JST;

3:13-CV-05801-JST; 3:15-CV-04834-JST

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that all parties are free to disclose and use expert 

testimony earlier than the agreed-upon deadlines to oppose any motion for summary judgment 

provided the disclosing party makes its expert available for deposition; 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through the undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate with 

respect to the deadlines previously imposed in Case Nos. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-

JST as follows: 

• that the deadline for taking depositions is extended to February 19, 2016; 

• that the deadline for disclosure of expert testimony is extended to April 29, 2016; 

• that the deadline for disclosure of rebuttal expert testimony is extended to May 30, 

2016; 

• that the deadline for close of expert discovery is extended to June 30, 2016; 

The parties’ proposed time modifications would impact the deadlines in Case Nos. 3:13-cv04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-JST as follows: 

Event Current 

Schedule

New Schedule

Deadline for Taking Depositions 1/29/2016 2/19/2016

Designation of Experts /

Expert Reports Due

2/1/2016 / 

3/1/2016

4/29/2016

Designation of Rebuttal Experts / 

Rebuttal Reports Due

4/1/2016 / 

4/15/2016

5/30/2016

Close of Expert Discovery 5/15/2016 6/30/2016

DATED: January 25, 2016. 

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

By: /s/ James P. Schaefer

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Defendant

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

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JOINT STIP. TO EXTEND TIME RE: DEPOSITIONS, EXPERT DISCLOSURE, AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY

CASE NOS.: 3:13-CV-04863-JST;

3:13-CV-05801-JST; 3:15-CV-04834-JST

COZEN O’CONNOR

By: /s/ Charles Wheeler

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Defendant

ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP

By: /s/ John S. Pierce

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Defendant

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i), the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from the signatories above. 

 /s/ James P. Schaefer

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[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME RE: DEPOSITIONS CASE NOS.: 3:13-CV-04863-JST;

3:13-CV-05801-JST; 3:15-CV-04834-JST

520777-PALSR01A - MSW

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS 

ORDERED THAT: 

The prior deadlines in Case Nos. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-JST are amended as 

follows: 

Event Current 

Schedule

New Schedule

Deadline for Taking Depositions 1/29/2016 2/19/2016

Designation of Experts /

Expert Reports Due

2/1/2016 / 

3/1/2016

4/29/2016

Designation of Rebuttal Experts / 

Rebuttal Reports Due

4/1/2016 / 

4/15/2016

5/30/2016

Close of Expert Discovery 5/15/2016 6/30/2016

DATED: January 25, 2016 ___________________________________

 The Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

 United States District Court Judge 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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APPROVED

 Judge Jon S. Tigar 

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