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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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STIPULATION RE DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT DEVONSHIRE GROUP, INC. 

CASE NO. C 05-4114 SBA 

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TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

LEIGH A. KIRMSSÉ (State Bar No. 161929) 

GREGORY P. FARNHAM (State Bar No. 118184) 

Two Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 576-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 576-0300 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DENOVA HOMES INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DENOVA HOMES INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S 

LONDON, et al., 

Defendants. 

 Case No. C 05-4114 SBA 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT 

DEVONSHIRE GROUP, INC. 

 

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S 

LONDON, 

Counterclaimant, 

v. 

DENOVA HOMES INC., et al., 

Counterdefendants. 

 

 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff and 

Counterdefendant DENOVA HOMES INC. (“DeNova Homes”), Defendant and Counterclaimant 

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON (“Lloyd’s”), and Defendant DEVONSHIRE 

GROUP, INC. (“Devonshire”), through their respective undersigned counsel, as follows: 

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STIPULATION RE DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT DEVONSHIRE GROUP, INC. 

CASE NO. C 05-4114 SBA 

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1. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1), Devonshire is hereby dismissed from this action. 

2. Devonshire acted solely as an agent for Lloyd’s with respect to the subject matter of the 

Complaint and Counterclaim in this action. 

3. To the extent, if any, that liability results from the acts, statements, and/or omissions of 

Devonshire with respect to the subject matter of the Complaint and Counterclaim in this action, that 

liability attaches solely to Lloyd’s, as Devonshire’s principal. 

DATED: December 22, 2005 TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

By: /s/ Leigh A. Kirmssé

Leigh A. Kirmssé 

Gregory P. Farnham 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

DeNova Homes Inc. 

DATED: December 28, 2005 ADLER LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Erwin E. Adler

Erwin E. Adler 

Elizabeth A. Sullivan 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London 

and Defendant Devonshire Group, Inc. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 1/3/06 _____________________________________ 

 Hon. Sandra B. Armstrong 

 United States District Judge 

60648592 v1 

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