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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 46:688 Jones Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING PRE-TRIAL DATES

Our File No. 8001.03; Case No. C-04-02255 MMC

PETER A. LINDH (061907)

JENNIFER T. SANCHEZ (191548)

GIBSON ROBB & LINDH LLP

100 First Street, 27 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 348-6000

Facsimile: (415) 348-6001

Attorneys for Defendant

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL MAXIE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

HORIZON LINES, LLC and MATSON

NAVIGATION COMPANY

Defendants.

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Case No. C 04-02255 MMC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER CONTINUING PRE-TRIAL

DATES

For the reasons set forth below, the parties to the above-entitled action stipulate, agree

and request the court continue the dates currently set for expert designation, expert discovery and

the date to complete private mediation.

Mr. Maxie has not been declared as having reached maximum cure from his alleged

injuries, which are the subject of this lawsuit, and is in the process of scheduling additional

medical testing. Once the results of the additional tests are finalized, defendants intend to reschedule an independent medical examination (IME) of Mr. Maxie. Following the IME, the

parties will reconvene plaintiff’s deposition for the purposes of questioning plaintiff regarding

his medical condition and damages. The parties had previously agreed to defer this phase of

plaintiff’s deposition until his condition was permanent and stationary.

The parties also wish to participate in meaningful settlement discussions. The parties

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have agreed to a private mediator, Jerry Spolter, and scheduled a mediation for August 28, 2006. 

However, given plaintiff’s symptomology, the uncertainty regarding the date by which Mr.

Maxie will achieve maximum cure, plaintiff’s upcoming medical testing, the anticipated IME of

plaintiff and plaintiff’s further deposition, the parties cannot meaningfully participate in

settlement discussions before the current cut-off dates.

The parties intend to reschedule the mediation for a date in October 2006, since it is

anticipated that the IME and plaintiff’s further deposition will be completed by that time. 

Because of the expense involved in mediation and also in the retention and designation of

experts, the parties seek to continue expert disclosure and expert discovery until after the

mediation has been conducted.

Accordingly, the parties stipulate and respectfully request that the following pretrial dates

be continued as follows:

Expert disclosure & reports November 1, 2006

(Present Date: August 11, 2006)

Expert Discovery cut-off December 15, 2006

(Present date: September 1, 2006)

Private mediation completion November 1, 2006

(Present date: August 1, 2006)

The parties do not seek continuance of any of the other dates set forth on the Third

Amended Pretrial Preparation Order entered on March 16, 2006.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dated: July 21, 2006 BANNING MICKLOW & BULL LLP

By: S/ EDWARD M. BULL III

Edward M. Bull III

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DANIEL MAXIE

Dated: July 21, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF HARVEY I. WITTENBERG

By: S/ HARVEY I. WITTENBERG

Harvey I. Wittenberg

Attorneys for Defendant

HORIZON LINES, LLC

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING PRE-TRIAL DATES

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Dated: July 21, 2006 FLYNN DELICH & WISE

By: S/ JAMES B. NEBEL

James B. Nebel

Attorneys for Defendant

U.S. SHIP MANAGEMENT, INC.

Dated: July 21, 2006 GIBSON ROBB & LINDH LLP

By: S/ PETER A. LINDH

Peter A. Lindh

Attorneys for Defendant

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _________________ ____________________________________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 MAXINE M. CHESNEY

July 24, 2006

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