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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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STIPUILATION RE: PROPER PARTY AND ORDER THEREON 

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KAPETAN BROTHERS 

1236 “M” Street 

Fresno, CA 93721-1806 

Telephone: (559) 498-0800

Peter N. Kapetan, #138068 

Attorneys for: Plaintiff Robert Harcrow

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT HARCROW, JANELLE 

HARCROW, a Minor, by and through her 

Guardian Ad Litem, Robert Harcrow, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 

a New York Corporation, SONY 

ELECTRONICS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation, AIWA STRATEGIC 

ACCOUNTS PARTNERSHIP, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, CIRCUIT CITY 

STORES, INC., a Virginia corporation, 

and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive. 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 06-cv-00980 OWW/SMS 

STIPULATION RE: PROPER 

PARTY AND ORDER THEREON 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs Robert Harcrow and Janell 

Harcrow, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, Robert Harcrow (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant 

AIWA America, Inc. (erroneously sued and served as Sony Corporation of America, Sony 

Electronics, and AIWA Strategic Accounts Partnership, Inc.) as follows: 

1. That AIWA America, Inc. is the proper party for the purposes of this Court’s 

jurisdiction in order to adjudicate liability for the present claims made by 

Plaintiffs; 

2. That AIWA America, Inc. is the proper party for the purposes of responding to 

the alleged damages claimed in this action by Plaintiffs; 

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3. That AIWA America, Inc. is the named insured under any applicable insurance 

policy which would cover the alleged injuries suffered by Plaintiffs; 

4. That by entering into the above stipulations AIWA America, Inc. is not 

admitting liability and expressly reserves the right to adjudicate the issue of 

liability; and 

5. That Plaintiffs will dismiss without prejudice the following named parties: 

Sony Corporation of America, Sony Electronics, and AIWA Strategic Accounts 

Partnership, Inc. 

DATED: October 5, 2006. KAPETAN BROTHERS 

By ___/s/ Peter Kapetan_______________ 

 Peter Kapetan, Attorney for Plaintiffs, 

ROBERT HARCROW and JANELL 

HARCROW, by and through her Guardian 

Ad Litem, Robert Harcrow 

DATED: September 29, 2006. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH 

By ___/s/ Jason Chermela 

Jason Chermela, Attorney for Defendant 

AIWA America, Inc. 

APPROVED: 

DATED: __October 6________, 2006. 

_______/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER________________________________ 

JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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