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Nature of Suit Code: 245
Nature of Suit: Real Property Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Motor Vehicle Product Liability

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Vincent Galvin (#104448) 

Neil M. Kliebenstein (#226060) 

Ashley E. LaMore (#245954) 

BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP 

1741 Technology Drive, Suite 200 

San Jose, CA 95110-1355 

Telephone: (408) 279-5393 

Fax: (408) 279-5845 

Attorneys for Defendant 

General Motors Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

JACINDA LUCE, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, 

 Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 2:06-CV-01439 WBS-KJM 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER 

AMENDING PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

Trial Date: January 15, 2008 

The parties jointly request that the Court sign the attached Order amending certain 

deadlines in the September 16, 2006 Pre-Trial Scheduling Order. The parties do not request a 

change to the Pre-Trial Conference or Trial dates. 

The parties have scheduled mediation for February 9, 2007 with Charles Hawkins. 

The parties have informally exchanged information needed to evaluate the case for 

purposes of mediation, and will negotiate in good faith at mediation. 

The parties originally agreed to mediate the case no later than December 20, 2006, but 

due to scheduling problems, and the need to obtain and evaluate additional medical 

information, the mediation needed to be rescheduled for February 9, 2007. 

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If the case does not settle at mediation, extensive expert work will be required on both 

liability and damages. 

Plaintiff claims significant residual injuries from a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord 

injury. Multiple IMEs will likely be necessary. Also, plaintiff will need to travel to the Bay Area 

from Maine, where she now lives. (By this stipulation, plaintiffs are not waiving any right to 

object to the scope, number, or location of any IME.) Due to the nature of the injuries, ample 

time for discovery is especially important. 

Extending the deadlines will facilitate settlement because it will allow the parties to 

avoid substantial expenses prior to mediation. 

The initial Pre-Trial Order set the following deadlines: 

• Mandatory Disclosures – January 22, 2007 

• Expert Disclosures – February 23, 2007 

• Supplemental Expert Disclosures – March 23, 2007 

• Rebuttal Expert Disclosures - April 20, 2007 

• Non-expert Discovery Closes - May 31, 2007 

• Expert Discovery Closes - July 31, 2007 

• Motion Deadline - September 7, 2007 

The parties request the above deadlines be moved as follows: 

• Mandatory Disclosures - April 10, 2007 

• Expert Disclosures - June 11, 2007 

• Supplemental Expert Disclosures – July 2, 2007 

• Rebuttal Expert Disclosures - July 30, 2007 

• Non-expert Discovery Closes - July 30, 2007 

• Expert Discovery Closes - August 31, 2007 

• Motion Deadline - September 15, 2007 

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The Stipulation may be signed in counterpart. 

Dated: 1/25/07 BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP 

________/s/________________ 

Neil M. Kliebenstein 

Attorneys for Defendant 

General Motors Corporation 

Dated: THE BRANDI LAW FIRM 

_______/s/_________________ 

Daniel Dell’Osso 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Jacinda Luce 

The Court having read the Stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing 

therefore, ORDERS: 

I. DISCOVERY

The parties have stipulated that each party will serve the initial disclosures required by 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) by no later than April 10, 2007. 

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 26(a)(2) by no later than June 11, 2007, with supplemental disclosures by no later than July 

2, 2007. 

With regard to expert testimony intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be 

disclosed and reports produced in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2), on or before July 

30, 2007. 

All discovery, including depositions for preservation of testimony is left open, save and 

except that it shall be so conducted as to be completed by July 30, 2007 for non-expert 

discovery, and August 31, 2007 for expert discovery. The word “completed” means that all 

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discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken, and any 

disputes relevant to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order, if necessary and, 

where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel 

discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance with the local 

rules of this Court, and so that such motions may be heard (and any resulting orders obeyed) 

not later than July 30, 2007 for non-expert discovery, and August 31, 2007 for expert 

discovery. 

II. MOTIONS HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders, or other 

emergency applications, shall be filed on or before September 15, 2007. All motions shall be 

noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are cautioned to refer to the local rules 

regarding the requirements for noticing and opposing such motions on the Court’s regularly 

scheduled law and motion calendar. 

Dated: January 25, 2007 

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