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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS 

Case No.: 2:06-CV-02032-LKK-GGH 

THOMAS E. MULVIHILL, ESQ. (SBN 129906) 

TAMIKO A. DUNHAM, ESQ. (SBN 233455) 

BOORNAZIAN, JENSEN & GARTHE 

A Professional Corporation 

555 12th Street, Suite 1800 

P.O. Box 12925 

Oakland, CA 94604-2925 

Telephone: (510) 834-4350 

Facsimile: (510) 839-1897 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CERTAIN SYNDICATES AT LLOYD’S, 

LONDON, erroneously sued herein as 

UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S, 

LONDON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

SONORAN ROOFING, INC. 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, 

ZURICH NORTH AMERICA, ZURICH 

FINANCIAL SERVICES and 

UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S, 

LONDON, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 2:06-CV-02032-LKK-GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the undersigned are attorneys of record for Plaintiff SONORAN 

ROOFING, INC. (“Plaintiff SONORAN”) and Defendant CERTAIN SYNDICATES AT 

LLOYD’S, LONDON (erroneously sued herein as UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S, LONDON) 

(“Defendant UNDERWRITERS”); and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff SONORAN is presently a party to the El Dorado County 

Superior Court Action No. PC-0050192, entitled Penny & Larry Wafford v. Laferty Homes, Inc., et 

al. (“Wafford Action”); and 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS 

Case No.: 2:06-CV-02032-LKK-GGH 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff SONORAN is a named insured under a certain liability 

insurance policy issued by Defendant UNDERWRITERS; and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff SONORAN has tendered its defense and indemnity in the 

Wafford Action to Defendant UNDERWRITERS under said policy; and 

WHEREAS, Defendant UNDERWRITERS has accepted the defense of Plaintiff 

SONORAN in the Wafford Action subject to an express reservation of rights; and 

WHEREAS, the instant action relates solely to the rights and obligations as 

between Plaintiff SONORAN and Defendant UNDERWRITERS under the aforementioned policy 

issued by Defendant UNDERWRITERS to Plaintiff SONORAN in relation to the Wafford Action, 

and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff SONORAN and Defendant UNDERWRITERS now wish to 

resolve the instant action; 

STIPULATION

Plaintiff SONORAN and Defendant UNDERWRITERS agree and stipulate as 

follows: 

1. Defendant UNDERWRITERS agrees to waive any potential rights of 

reimbursement for defense costs and/or indemnity payments incurred by UNDERWRITERS in the 

defense of SONORAN in the Wafford Action, as against Plaintiff SONORAN. The provisions of 

this Stipulation shall not apply to any disputes or claims which Defendant UNDERWRITERS may 

have against any of the liability insurers of Plaintiff SONORAN, nor shall the provisions of this 

Stipulation apply to any disputes or claims which Defendant UNDERWRITERS may have in 

relation to Plaintiff SONORAN’S capacity as an additional insured, including any claims of 

entitlement to the recovery of defense costs or indemnity payments from any additional insured 

carriers; 

2. Defendant UNDERWRITERS agrees to amend its express reservation of rights to 

Plaintiff SONORAN in relation to the Wafford Action, in conformity with the foregoing; 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS 

Case No.: 2:06-CV-02032-LKK-GGH 

3. Plaintiff SONORAN agrees to dismiss the instant action without prejudice, each 

side to bear its own fees and costs; 

4. Plaintiff SONORAN agrees not to re-file the instant action as against Defendant 

UNDERWRITERS unless and until a dispute arises between plaintiff SONORAN and Defendant 

UNDERWRITERS as to the existence of an indemnity obligation, or the extent of an indemnity 

obligation, in the Wafford Action under the terms and conditions of the UNDERWRITERS policy 

issued to Plaintiff SONORAN; and 

5. This Stipulation and Order may be executed in several counterparts, and all so 

executed shall constitute one Stipulation and Order which shall be binding upon all parties hereto, 

notwithstanding that all parties’ signatures do not appear on the same page. A facsimile signature 

shall be binding upon any party as though it were an original. 

SIGNATURES OF COUNSEL

Dated: March 5, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

FARMER SMITH LAW GROUP, LLC 

By: /s/

Blane A. Smith, Esq. 

Attorney for 

Plaintiff SONORAN ROOFING, INC. 

Dated: March 8, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

BOORNAZIAN, JENSEN & GARTHE 

By: /s/

Tamiko A. Dunham, Esq. 

Attorney for 

Defendant CERTAIN SYNDICATES AT 

LLOYD’S LONDON 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS 

Case No.: 2:06-CV-02032-LKK-GGH 

 

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED as stipulated above. 

DATED: March 9, 2007.

 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS 

Case No.: 2:06-CV-02032-LKK-GGH 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

(28 U.S.C. §1746)

I am employed in the County of Alameda, State of California. I am over the age of 18 years 

and not a party to the within action. My business address is 555 12th Street, Suite 1800, P. O. Box 

12925, Oakland, California 94604-2925. 

On the date indicated below, I caused a copy of the STIPULATION AND ORDER to be 

served electronically to the following parties as required by the court’s ordered Electronic Case 

Filing (ECF) Program:

Blane A. Smith, Esq. 

Farmer Murphy Smith and Alliston 

3640 American River Drive, Ste. 150 

Sacramento, CA 95864-4407 

(916) 484-3500 phone 

(916) 484-3510 fax 

bsmith@farmermurphy.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff SONORAN 

ROOFING 

Blaise Stephen Curet, Esq. 

Sinnott, Dito, Moura & Puebla, PC 

555 Montgomery Street, Ste. 720 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 352-6200 phone 

(415) 352-6224 fax 

bcuret@sdmp.com

Attorneys for Defendant STEADFAST 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at 

Oakland, California on March 8, 2007. 

___________________________________ 

ALEXINE BRAUN 

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