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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

ELLIOTT D. OLSON Bar No. 41501 

GREGORY C. READ Bar No. 49713 

ROBERT KUM Bar No. 185530 

801 South Figueroa Street, 18th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90017-5556 

Telephone: (213) 426-6900 

Facsimile: (213) 426-6921 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CATERPILLAR, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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MIKE HALLINAN,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

EUTECTIC CORP., GENERAL 

ELECTRIC CO., HOBART 

BROTHERS CO., ILLINOIS TOOL 

WORKS, INC., METROPOLITAN 

LIFE INS. CO., MILLER 

ELECTRIC MANUF. CO., 

PRAXAIR, INC., SANDVIC, INC., 

SELECT ARC, INC., TDY 

INDUSTRIES, INC., UNION 

CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND 

PLASTICS COMPANY, INC., 

UNION CARBIDE 

CORPORATION, VIACOM, INC., 

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC 

CORP., LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO., 

A.O. SMITH CORP., AIRCO, INC., 

ARCOS INDUSTRIES, L.L.C., 

CATERPILLAR, INC., DELORO 

STELLITE CO., INC., THE ESAB 

GROUP, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:05-CV-00628-FCD-KJM

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

STAYING PROCEEDING 

Honorable Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto through 

their respective attorneys of record that all proceedings in this matter be stayed 

pending a transfer of this action to In re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, 

MDL No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio). 

The parties agree this stipulation will stay the Defendant’s obligation to 

respond to the complaint, and the parties’ right to propound discovery in this venue, 

unless and until the case is transferred to, and remanded from, the MDL proceeding 

The parties respectfully request that this Court refrain from issuing any scheduling 

orders in this matter, including but not limited to case management orders and 

orders pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution, unless and until the case is 

transferred to and remanded from, the MDL proceeding. Facsimile signatures will 

be deemed sufficient for the purpose of this Stipulation. 

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SO STIPULATED AND AGREED 

DATED: April 20, 2005 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

By: 

ELLIOTT D. OLSON 

GREGORY C. READ 

ROBERT KUM 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CATERPILLAR, INC. 

DATED: April 20, 2005 LIEFF, CABRASER HEIMANN AND BERNSTEIN 

By: 

ERIC B. FASTIFF 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 MIKE HALLINAN 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 26, 2005 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 The Honorable Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 US District Judge 

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