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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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CASE NO. 3:13-CV-01082-EMC 

JOINT STATUS REPORT 

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THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC 

A. Eric Aguilera (SBN 192390) 

Kimberly R. Arnal (SBN 200448) 

650 Town Center Drive, Suite 100 

Costa Mesa, CA 92626 

T: 714.384.6600 / F: 714.384-6601 

eaguilera@aguileragroup.com 

karnal@aguileragroup.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

AMERICAN SAFETY INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; 

ARCH SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Nebraska corporation; FIRST SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

CORPORATION, a Missouri 

corporation; GOLDEN BEAR 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

California corporation; LAKES AT 

FOUNTAINGROVE, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company; 

LEXINGTON INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Massachusetts 

corporation; MT. HAWLEY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois 

corporation; NATIONAL UNION 

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

PITTSBURGH, PA., a Pennsylvania 

corporation; NAUTILUS 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Arizona 

corporation; NORTHERN 

Case No. 3:13-cv-01082 EMC

[Hon. Edward M. Chen] 

JOINT STATUS REPORT 

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CASE NO. 3:13-CV-01082-EMC 

JOINT STATUS REPORT 

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INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW 

YORK, a New York corporation; 

PROBUILDERS SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, RRG, A 

RISK RETENTION GROUP, a District 

of Colombia corporation; STRS OHIO 

CA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT I, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; TRP-SANTA ROSA 103 

LAKES, LLC, a California limited 

liability company; ZURICH 

AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation; and DOES 1-1000, inclusive. 

 Defendants.

Pursuant to the Court’s Order dated January 16, 2015 (ECF No. 156), the 

Parties to the above-entitled action hereby submit the following statement. 

 Plaintiff, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company (“St. Paul”) has reached a 

settlement with all remaining defendants, including Defendants American Safety 

Indemnity Company, Arch Specialty Insurance Company, First Specialty Insurance 

Corporation, Golden Bear Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, Mt. 

Hawley Insurance Company, Nautilus Insurance Company, Northern Insurance 

Company of New York, and Zurich American Insurance Company. Draft settlement 

agreements have been circulated amongst the relevant Parties which are actively 

being negotiated at the present time. Said settlement agreements have yet to be 

approved and signed by St. Paul and the respective defendants. The Parties 

anticipate that settlement agreements will be finalized and a Stipulation re Dismissal 

will be filed in the next 30-days. 

Dated: March 19, 2015 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC 

 /s/ Kimberly R. Arnal 

A. Eric Aguilera, Esq. 

Kimberly A. Arnal, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY 

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Date: March 19, 2015 YARON & ASSOCIATES

 By: /s/ James Silverstein 

 George D. Yaron 

James Silverstein 

Lauren M. Case 

Attorneys for Defendant GOLDEN BEAR 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

Date: March 19, 2015 SELVIN WRAITH HALMAN LLP

 By: /s/ Gary Selvin 

Gary R. Selvin 

 Attorneys for Defendant LEXINGTON 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

Date: March 19, 2015 CRESSWELL ECHEGUREN RODGERS & 

HARVEY

 By: /s/ Matthew S. Harvey 

Ronald D. Echeguren 

Matthew S. Harvey 

 Attorneys for Defendant FIRST SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE CORPORATION 

Date: March 19, 2015 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

 By: /s/ Nicholas P. Honkamp 

Eileen R. Ridley 

Nicholas P. Honkamp 

 Attorneys for Defendants ARCH SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

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Date: March 19, 2015 BOORNAZIAN JENSEN & GARTHE

 By: /s/ Alan E. Swerdlow 

Alan E. Swerdlow 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN SAFETY INDEMNITY COMPANY 

Date: March 19, 2015 SINNOTT PUEBLA CAMPAIGN & CURET, 

APLC

 By: /s/ Randy M. Marmor 

Randy M. Marmor 

 Attorneys for Defendants MARYLAND 

CASUALTY COMPANY, NORTHERN 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK and 

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY 

Date: March 19, 2015 MORISON & PROUGH, LLP

 By: /s/ Michael Prough Michael Prough 

 Attorneys for Defendant MT. HAWLEY INSURANCE COMPANY 

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IT IS SO ORDERED that the status conference is reset from 3/26/15 to 

5/7/15 at 10:30 a.m. This hearing will be vacated once the stipulation 

for dismissal is filed. An updated joint status report shall be filed 

by 4/30/15. 

_______________________ 

Edward M. Chen 

U.S. District Judge 

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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PROOF OF SERVICE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age 

of 18 and not a party to the within action; my business address is 444 S. Flower St., 

Ste. 2300, Los Angeles, California 90071. On March 19, 2014, I served the 

documents named below on the parties in this action as follows: 

DOCUMENT(S) SERVED: JOINT STATUS REPORT 

BY U.S. MAIL

 *I deposited such envelope in the mail at Los Angeles, California. The envelope was mailed with postage thereon fully prepaid. As follows: I am "readily familiar" with the firm's practice of collection and processing correspondence for mailing. Under the practice it would be deposited with U.S. postal service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid at Los Angeles, California in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage date is more than 1 day after date of deposit for mailing in affidavit. 

 BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE VIA ECF I transmitted a true copy of the above entitled document(s) to CM/ECF for filing and service on all parties. 

 (State) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. 

 (Federal) I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose direction the service was made. 

 Executed on March 19, 2015 at Los Angeles, California. 

 ____ /s/ Judy Jaramillo _______________ 

 Judy Jaramillo 

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