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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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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

MAX H. STERN (SBN 154424) 

WILLIAM S. BERMAN (SBN 170857) 

HANCOCK ROTHERT & BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 Embarcadero Center, Third Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4168 

Telephone: (415) 981-5550 

Facsimile: (415) 955-2599 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GE PROPERTY & CASUALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Pennsylvania 

corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Kansas 

corporation, 

 Defendant. 

CASE NO. CIV.S-04-0131 MCE/DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REQUESTING A SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND PERMITTING 

TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE, AND 

STAYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

HEARINGS ON MOTIONS FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

COME NOW plaintiff GE Property Casualty & Property Insurance Company 

(“Plaintiff”) and defendant Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (“Defendant”), through 

their counsel, who stipulate as follows, subject to the approval of this Court: 

1. Whereas, the parties have engaged in settlement negotiations in an effort to 

fully resolve this Action; 

2. Whereas, a settlement has not been reached as of yet, but the parties believe 

reaching a settlement remains possible; 

3. Whereas, GE and Universal agree that a judicially supervised settlement 

conference presents the best opportunity to settle the entire Action and that a stay of the briefing 

schedule and hearings on the parties’ respective Motions for Summary Judgment and of trial is 

appropriate in light of the ongoing efforts to settle the Action; 

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

4. Whereas, GE and Universal agree and waive any objection to the settlement 

conference being conducted before Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd; 

5. Whereas, GE and Universal agree that David Zawrotny, AIG’s principal 

who is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, be allowed to appear telephonically for the proposed 

settlement conference scheduled for December 1, 2005, since he would be otherwise unable to 

attend the settlement conference. 

6. GE and Universal respectfully request that a settlement conference 

supervised by Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd be scheduled between the parties to this Action for 

December 1, 2005 at 10:00 a.m., and that the briefing schedule and hearings on the parties’ 

respective Motions for Summary Judgment, and for trial, be stayed pending the outcome of the 

settlement conference. 

7. This Stipulation may be signed in counterparts. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: November __, 2005 HANCOCK ROTHERT & BUNSHOFT LLP 

By: 

Max H. Stern 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

DATED: November __, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF NELSEN, THOMPSON, PEGUE 

& THORNTON, P.C. 

By: 

Timothy M. Thornton, Jr. 

Carol J. Knoblow 

Attorneys for Plaintiff GE PROPERTY & 

CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 

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HANCOCK ROTHERT &

BUNSHOFT LLP 

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 

(415) 981-5550

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, consistent with the parties’ request, a settlement 

conference in this Action shall take place on December 1, 2005,at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 27, 

before Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd, or at alternative date and time to be set based on the 

availability of the parties and the Court. David Zawrotny, AIG’s principal who is located in 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall be allowed to appear telephonically at the December 1, 2005 

settlement conference. 

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the briefing and hearings scheduled 

for November 14, 2005 on the parties’ respective Motions for Summary Judgment are stayed 

pending the outcome of the settlement conference. A Status Conference be held on January 30, 

2006 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3, to set new motion, pretrial and trial dates if the case has not 

been settled. Parties shall file a joint status report on or before January 17, 2006. 

DATED: November 14, 2005 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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