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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. RE : VACATING DEADLINES FOR EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CASE NO.: 3:13-CV-04863-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

JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE 

DEADLINES FOR EXPERT 

DISCLOSURE AND CLOSE OF 

EXPERT DISCOVERY; and

[PROPOSED] ORDER.

Complaint Filed: October 21, 2013

Judge: 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. RE : VACATING DEADLINES FOR EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CASE NO.: 3:13-CV-04863-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 vacate the 

current deadlines for disclosure of experts and rebuttal experts and for the close of expert discovery 

in the rescission actions, Case Nos. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-JST, pending this 

Court’s May 26, 2016 case management conference. 

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

WHEREAS, at the January 20, 2016 case 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: for (i) the designation of experts and expert reports is April 29, 2016; (2) 

the designation of rebuttal experts and rebuttal expert reports is May 30, 2016, and (iii) the close of 

expert discovery is June 30, 2016 (Dkt. 112); 

WHEREAS, on April 14, 2016, the Court ordered that it would “conduct a jury trial of 

Intuitive’s breach of contract and bad faith claims [Case No. 3:15-cv-04834-JST] prior to a 

separate trial on the Insurers’ rescission claims [Case Nos. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and 3:13-cv-05801-

JST]” (Dkt. 153); 

WHEREAS, on April 14, 2016, the Court vacated the trial date for the rescission actions, 

previously scheduled for July 5, 2016 (Dkt. 153); 

WHEREAS, on April 14, 2016, the Court set a case management conference for May 26, 

2016 (Dkt. 153); 

WHEREAS, no dates or deadlines for expert disclosure, expert reports, or trial have been 

set in Case No. 3:15-cv-04834-JST; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and have agreed, as a matter of efficiency, 

that there should be one set of expert deadlines for all three cases; 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to submit a proposed schedule with one set of expert 

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JOINT STIP. RE : VACATING DEADLINES FOR EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CASE NO.: 3:13-CV-04863-JST 

deadlines for all cases with the joint case management statement due ten court days prior to the 

May 26, 2016 case management conference. 

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 following deadlines be taken off calendar: 

o the April 29, 2016 deadline for disclosure of expert testimony; 

o the May 30, 2016 deadline for disclosure of rebuttal expert testimony ; 

o the June 30, 2016 deadline for close of expert discovery; 

• that the parties will submit a proposed schedule to the Court with one set of expert 

deadlines for all cases with the joint case management statement due ten court days 

prior to the May 26, 2016 case management conference. 

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

Designation of Experts / 

Expert Reports Due

4/29/2016 TBD

Designation of Rebuttal Experts / 

Rebuttal Reports Due

5/30/2016 TBD

Close of Expert Discovery 6/30/2016 TBD

DATED: April 26, 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. RE : VACATING DEADLINES FOR EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CASE NO.: 3:13-CV-04863-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 VACATING DEADLINES FOR EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY

CASE NO.: 3:13-CV-04863-JST 

[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

Designation of Experts / 

Expert Reports Due

4/29/2016 TBD

Designation of Rebuttal Experts / 

Rebuttal Reports Due

5/30/2016 TBD

Close of Expert Discovery 6/30/2016 TBD

The parties shall submit a proposed schedule to the Court with one set of expert deadlines 

for all cases with the joint case management statement due ten court days prior to the May 26, 

2016 case management conference. 

DATED: April 27, 2016 ___________________________________ 

 The Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

 United States District Court Judge 

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