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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Medical Malpractice

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David Edward May (SBN 083734)

Law Office of Bruce S. Osterman

2300 Contra Costa Blvd., Ste. 320

Pleasant Hill CA 94523-3952

(415) 399-3900 tel

(415) 399-3920 fax

dem@bruceosterman.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Colleen Stewart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Colleen Stewart,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Kevin J. Cassidy, 

Defendant.

No. 2:14-CV-00326-CKD

Stipulation for Order Permitting 

Additional Discovery and Continuing 

Trial Date; [Proposed] Order thereon.

STIPULATION

Pursuant to this honorable Court’s order dated October 26, 2015 (Docket No. 108): “No 

later than May 23, 2016, the parties shall submit a stipulation regarding the amount of special 

damages claimed by plaintiff,” the parties have met and conferred in an effort to comply. The 

principle and largest element of special damages claimed by plaintiff is the cost of the full 

mouth reconstruction that has been implemented by Dr. Michael Gurney starting the end of last 

year, and which is expected to be completed in June of this year. 

In order to evaluate this claim for the purposes of entering into the Court ordered 

stipulation of special damages, defendant needs to depose both Dr. Gurney regarding his 

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treatment and charges, and plaintiff Colleen Stewart on the limited issue of special damages. 

Plaintiff agrees to allow these depositions, and wishes to depose Dr. Theodore Jacobson, 

defendant’s retained expert witness, regarding his response to Dr. Gurney’s new testimony.

Accordingly, the parties hereby STIPULATE:

1. that this honorable Court permit the depositions of Dr. Gurney, plaintiff Colleen 

Stewart and defendant’s expert witness Dr. Jacobson regarding special damages incurred since 

the first trial of this matter; and 

2. that the trial of this matter be continued to one of the following dates: 

October 3, 2016, October 10, 2016 or November 7, 2016;

3. all pre-trial dates, including the date upon which to file the stipulation of special 

damages, be continued accordingly.

Dated: May 6, 2016 Law Office of Bruce S. Osterman

__________________________________________

By David Edward May

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: May 6, 2016 Adams & Corzine, P.C.

 /s/ Michael K. Pazdernik .

By Michael K. Pazdernik

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

Having read the foregoing Stipulation and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. that the depositions of Dr. Michael Gurney, plaintiff Colleen Stewart and defendant’s 

expert witness Dr. Theodore Jacobson, limited to the issue of special damages incurred since the 

first trial of this matter, shall take place no later than July 29, 2016; and 

2. that the jury trial of this matter be continued to October 3, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in 

courtroom no. 24;

3. all pre-trial dates, including the date upon which to file the stipulation of special 

damages, be continued accordingly. The stipulation of special damages shall now be filed no 

later than September 19, 2016. The parties shall comply with the requirements for exhibits and 

objections thereto, as outlined in the final pretrial order at 9:10-21 and 10:11-16, and the 

requirements for further trial preparation, as outlined in the final pretrial order at 11:16-26, no 

later than September 26, 2016. 

Dated: May 10, 2016

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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