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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1333 Admiralty

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Maura Walsh Ochoa (SBN 193799) 

Margaret Sell (SBN 184088) 

GROTEFELD HOFFMANN LLP 

700 Larkspur Landing Circle, Ste 280 

Larkspur, CA 94939 

Telephone: 415.344.9670 

Facsimile: 415.989.2802 

Attorneys for Claimants 

HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY 

a/s/o OX BOW MARINA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, IN ADMIRALTY 

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT 

OF SCOTT LARSEN and DEBBIE LARSEN, 

owners, for exoneration from, or limitation of, 

liability, 

 

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Case No.: 2:21-0390 JAM AC 

AMENDED JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER RE: MODIFICATION OF PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

Action Filed: March 3, 2021 

Trial Date: March 13, 2023 

Claimants Hanover Insurance Company, Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, 

Standard Fire Insurance Company, Ace American Insurance Company, Clinton and Kathy Jones, 

Markel American Insurance Company, Ox Bow Marina and Plaintiffs Scott and Debbie Larsen 

submit the following stipulation and proposed order seeking to extend certain discovery 

deadlines provided in the Court’s Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order dated May 19, 2021 

(Docket No. 31). 

 In the May 19, 2021 Order, the Court set the following dates: 

o Expert disclosures to be made by: July 15, 2022 

o Supplemental disclosure and disclosure of rebuttal experts: July 29, 2022 

o Discovery to be completed by: September 16, 2022 

o Dispositive motions to be filed by: October 28, 2022 

o Dispositive motions to be heard on: December 6, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. 

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o Joint Mid-Litigation Statement Filing Deadline: 14 days prior to close of 

discovery (September 2, 2022) 

o Final pre-trial conference: January 27, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. 

o Trial: March 13, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. 

 The parties have met and conferred and agree that a continuance of the deadlines for 

expert disclosures, supplemental disclosures and discovery cut off would be appropriate given 

the status of discovery as well as the status of settlement negotiations. This action arises out of 

an explosion and fire at the Ox Bow Marina on September 14, 2020. Several depositions have 

been completed recently, the transcripts from which require review before expert reports can be 

prepared. Additional depositions are anticipated including the depositions of Plaintiffs, Scott and 

Debbie Larsen. In addition, due to ongoing repairs at the Ox Bow Marina, discovery regarding 

the circumstances relating to the incident and the damages incurred by the marina as a result of 

the incident continue to be undetermined. The parties cannot adequately prepare expert reports 

until discovery is complete and cannot adequately engage in settlement negotiations until 

damages can be better determined. 

 Pursuant to the Monition and order on application for publications, all claims were to be 

filed on or before April 18, 2021 (Docket Nos. 7, 8). On or about April 20, 2021, Elaine Ilderton 

filed a request for an extension of time to file her claim (Docket No. 20). The Court granted Ms. 

Ilderton’s request for a 90-day extension to file her claim (Docket No. 21), giving a new filing 

and service deadline of July 21, 2021. No separate claim by Ms. Ilderton has been filed in this 

limitation action. Therefore, based on the foregoing facts and pursuant to FRCP Title XIII Rule 

F(4), Ms. Ilderton does not have a separate claim in this limitation action, making her signature 

on this Stipulation unnecessary. 

On July 13, 2022, the following modified schedule was proposed as one that the Court 

could accommodate. The parties agree and stipulate that the current Pre-trial Scheduling Order, 

dated May 19, 2021 (Docket No. 31), should be modified to adopt the following dates and 

deadlines: 

o Expert disclosures to be made by: August 15, 2022 

o Supplemental disclosure and disclosure of rebuttal experts: August 29, 2022 

o Discovery to be completed by: October 17, 2022 

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ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the Pre-trial Scheduling 

Order of May 19, 2021, is modified as follows: 

o Expert disclosures to be made by: August 15, 2022

o Supplemental disclosure and disclosure of rebuttal experts: August 29, 2022

o Discovery to be completed by: October 17, 2022

o Dispositive motions to be filed by: November 25, 2022

o Dispositive motions to be heard on: January 24, 2023 at 1:30 p.m.

o Joint Mid-Litigation Statement Filing Deadline: 14 days prior to close of

discovery (October 3, 2022).

o Final pre-trial conference: March 10, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

o Trial: April 24, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 15, 2022 /s/ John A. Mendez 

THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ 

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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