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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 STIPULATION TO ENTER SCHEDULING ORDER 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 ENTER 

SCHEDULING ORDER; and

[PROPOSED] ORDER.

Complaint Filed: October 21, 2013

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar

Date: May 26, 2016

Time: 2:00 pm

Location: Courtroom 9

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 STIPULATION TO ENTER SCHEDULING ORDER CASE NO.: 3:13-cv-04863-JST 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”) and Illinois Union Insurance Company (“Illinois 

Union”) jointly stipulate, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(b), 6-2, and 7-12, to set deadlines for 

consolidated actions numbered Case No. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and Case No. 3:15-cv-04834-JST, if it 

pleases this Court. 

WHEREAS, on May 12, 2016, the parties submitted a joint case management schedule with 

competing proposed schedules. (Dkt. 1711.) 

WHEREAS, on May 26, 2016, this Court conducted a case management conference at 

which the parties’ proposed schedules were discussed. 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred in an attempt to propose a schedule suitable 

to the Court’s calendar. 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through the undersigned counsel, hereby respectfully 

request that this Court enter the following stipulated case schedule for consolidated actions 

numbered Case No. 3:13-cv-04863-JST and Case No. 3:15-cv-04834-JST, if such dates are 

convenient to this Court: 

Event Date

Mediation Deadline October 15, 2016

Close Of Fact Discovery November 10, 2016

Expert Reports Due December 13, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports Due January 17, 2017

Close Of Expert Discovery January 31, 2017

Last Day To File Dispositive Motions In Intuitive’s Breach 

Of Contract And Bad Faith Case

February 16, 2017

Last Day To File Opposition To Dispositive Motions In 

Intuitive’s Breach Of Contract And Bad Faith Case

March 9, 20172

 

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 Unless otherwise indicated, all docket citations refer to the ECF docket in Illinois Union 

Ins. Co. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., No. 3:13-cv-04863-JST (filed Oct. 21, 2013). 

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 This briefing schedule of 21 days to file an Opposition and 14 days to file a Reply will 

apply to any Dispositive Motion filed before February 16, 2017. 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO ENTER SCHEDULING ORDER CASE NO.: 3:13-cv-04863-JST 

Last Day To File Reply to Opposition to Dispositive Motions 

In Intuitive’s Breach Of Contract And Bad Faith Case

March 23, 2017

Pretrial Conference Statement Due May 5, 2017

Pretrial Conference May 26, 2017

Jury Trial June 19, 20173

DATED: July 26, 2016 

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

By: /s/ James P. Schaefer

Attorneys for

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

COZEN O’CONNER

By: /s/ Charles Wheeler

Attorneys for

ILLINOIS UNION 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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 This proposed date of a jury trial is proposed subject to the Court’s convenience. The 

parties respectfully defer to the Court’s calendar. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ENTERING SCHEDULING ORDER CASE NO.: 3:13-cv-04863-JST 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS 

ORDERED THAT: 

The Court enters the following case schedule for consolidated actions numbered Case No. 

3:13-cv-04863-JST and Case No. 3:15-cv-04834-JST.: 

Event Date

Mediation Deadline October 15, 2016

Close Of Fact Discovery November 10, 2016

Expert Reports Due December 13, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports Due January 17, 2017

Close Of Expert Discovery January 31, 2017

Last Day To File Dispositive Motions In Intuitive’s Breach 

Of Contract And Bad Faith Case

February 16, 2017

Last Day To File Opposition To Dispositive Motions In 

Intuitive’s Breach Of Contract And Bad Faith Case

March 9, 20171

Last Day To File Reply to Opposition to Dispositive Motions 

In Intuitive’s Breach Of Contract And Bad Faith Case

March 23, 2017

Pretrial Conference Statement Due May 5, 2017 

May 12, 2017 

Pretrial Conference May 26, 2017

Jury Trial June 19, 2017

DATED: July 27, 2016 ___________________________________ 

 The Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

 United States District Court Judge 

 

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This briefing schedule of 21 days to file an Opposition and 14 days to file a Reply will 

apply to any Dispositive Motion filed before February 16, 2017. 

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