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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING 

COUNT I AND COUNT II OF THE SECOND AM. CPLT 

(2:08-CV-01558-JAM-GGH)

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GREGORY P. STONE (State Bar No. 078329) 

Gregory.Stone@mto.com

KATHERINE K. HUANG (State Bar No. 219798) 

Katherine.Huang@mto.com

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

355 South Grand Avenue 

Thirty-Fifth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 

Telephone: (213) 683-9100 

Facsimile: (213) 687-3702 

PATRICK J. GREGORY (State Bar No. 206121) 

pgregory@shb.com

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON 

333 Bush Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 544-1900 

Facsimile: (415) 391-0281 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. 

[Counsel for additional parties listed on signature page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

JUNE M. WORDEN and LEONARD R. 

WORDEN, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and 

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO 

COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:08-CV-01558-JAM-GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING 

COUNT I AND COUNT II OF THE SECOND 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING 

COUNT I AND COUNT II OF THE SECOND AM. CPLT 

(2:08-CV-01558-JAM-GGH)

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Pursuant to Local Rule 143, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by 

and between Plaintiffs June M. Worden and Leonard R. Worden, Defendant Philip Morris USA 

Inc., and Defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, by and through their counsel of record as 

follows: 

1. On January 4, 2010, Plaintiffs June and Leonard Worden filed a Second 

Amended Complaint alleging, inter alia, claims under California’s Unfair Competition Law 

(“UCL”) and False Advertising Law (“FAL”) in Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint. 

2. On February 4, 2010, Defendants answered the Second Amended 

Complaint and filed a motion to stay Plaintiff June Worden’s UCL and FAL claims on the 

grounds that such claims are presently being litigated on behalf of Plaintiff June Worden and 

others in an action pending in San Diego Superior Court, Brown v. The Amer. Tobacco Co., Inc., 

Case No. JCCP 4042 (Cal. Sup. Ct., filed June 10, 1997) (hereinafter the “Brown Action”). 

Defendants’ motion presently is scheduled to be heard on March 17, 2010. 

3. Because Plaintiffs are stipulating to the stay requested by the Defense, 

Plaintiffs did not file an opposition brief in response to Defendants’ motion to stay. 

4. The parties agree that no motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution of the 

UCL and FAL shall be filed by the Defendants in this matter based on any delay resulting from 

the stipulated stay, and that if the Plaintiffs’ claims in the Brown action are dismissed without 

prejudice, the stay as to these claims shall be vacated. 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE 

PARTIES THAT Count I and Count II of the Second Amended Complaint shall be stayed until 

such time as Plaintiff’s UCL and FAL claims are either fully and finally adjudicated in, or 

dismissed without prejudice from, the Brown Action. 

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DATED: March 10, 2010 WHITFIELD SHARP LAW OFFICE 

By: /s/ Elaine Whitfield Sharp (as authorized on 

 3/7/10) 

 

ELAINE WHITFIELD SHARP (pro hac vice) 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JUNE M. WORDEN 

and LEONARD R. WORDEN 

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

By: /s/ Patrick J. Gregory

PATRICK J. GREGORY (SBN # 

206121) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

 PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. 

JONES DAY 

By: /s/ Peter N. Larson (as authorized on 

 3/17/10)

 

PETER N. LARSON (SBN # 153448) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties set forth above, Count I and Count II of 

the Second Amended Complaint in this action are hereby STAYED until such time as Plaintiff’s 

UCL and FAL claims are either fully and finally adjudicated in, or dismissed without prejudice 

from, Brown v. The Amer. Tobacco Co., Inc., Case No. JCCP 4042.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 17, 2010 /s/ John A. Mendez_____________

HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ 

United States District Court Judge 

 

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