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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND EARLY NEUTRAL 

EVALUATION COMPLETION DATE 

WILLIAMS V. SYSTEM TRANSPORT, INC., ET AL. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DENEANE LOUISE WILLIAMS, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SYSTEM TRANSPORT, INC., d.b.a. 

INTERIOR TRANSPORT; JEFFREY 

STEVEN HELMBERGER, 

 Defendant. 

No.: CIV. S-05-324 GEB DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 

EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION 

COMPLETION DATE

 

COMES NOW plaintiff DENEANE LOUISE WILLIAMS, and defendants SYSTEM 

TRANSPORT INCORPORATED, d/b/a INTERIOR TRANSPORT, their attorneys of record, 

the undersigned, and hereby request that the early neutral evaluation completion date 

be extended to October 31, 2005 for the following reasons: 

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Paul J. Wagstaffe #120398 

VanTassell, Fornasero & Wagstaffe, LLP 

Attorneys at Law 

917 G Street 

Sacramento, CA 95814-1899 

Telephone: (916) 444-8633 

Telecopier: (916) 444-2981 

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) 

DENEANE LOUISE WILLLIAMS 

John P. Cotter, Esq. 

DIEPENBROCK & COTTER, LLP 

1545 River Park Drive, Suite 201 

Sacramento, CA 95815 

Telephone: (916) 565-6222 

Telecopier: (916) 565-6220 

Attorneys for Defendant(s) 

SYSTEM TRANSPORT, INC., d.b.a. 

INTERIOR TRASPORT and JEFFREY 

STEVEN HELMBERGER 

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1. On June 10, 2005, the parties conducted a telephone conference with Gerald 

J. Adler, Esquire, who is the chosen neutral evaluator, wherein the parties discussed 

procedures for the early neutral evaluation scheduled for August 18, 2005. 

2. Both parties were to have depositions completed in preparation of the early 

neutral evaluation before August 18, 2005, but due to a calendaring error, the 

depositions of Dr. William Duffy and defendant Jeffrey Steven Helmberger had not been 

scheduled in time. 

3. Plaintiff’s counsel contacted the chosen neutral evaluator Gerry Adler, and 

advised of this error. Mr. Adler advised that the completion date for the early neutral 

evaluation is August 29, 2005, following which contact with the court was to be made 

no later than September 1, 2005 as to the outcome of the early neutral evaluator. 

4. Defendant’s counsel has now scheduled the deposition of Dr. William Duffy 

for September 28, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. 

5. Plaintiff’s counsel is coordinating a date with defendant’s counsel to schedule 

the deposition of Jeffrey Steven Helmberger, for a date prior to that of Dr. Duffy’s 

deposition. 

6. Both parties have completed the initial disclosures and written discovery and 

plaintiff’s deposition has also been completed. 

7. For these reasons, the parties request that the early neutral evaluation 

completion date be extended to such a time so as to allow the parties to receive the 

necessary deposition transcripts by extending the completion date of October 31, 

2005. 

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DATED: SEPTEMBER _______, 2005 VANTASSELL, FORNASERO & 

 WAGSTAFFE, LLP 

 BY: ___________________________ 

 PAUL J. WAGSTAFFE 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 DENEANE LOUISE WILLIAMS 

DATED: SEPTEMBER _______, 2005 DIEPENBROCK & COTTER, LLP 

 BY: ____________________________ 

 JOHN P. COTTER 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

 SYSTEM TRANSPORT, INC., d.b.a. 

 INTERIOR TRANSPORT 

 And JEFFREY STEVEN HELMBERGER 

As the early neutral evaluator, I consent to the above request to extend the early 

neutral evaluation completion date to October 31, 2005. 

DATED: September _______, 2005 

__________________________ 

GERALD J. ADLER 

ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, it is hereby 

ordered that the early neutral evaluation completion date be extended no later than 

October 31, 2005. 

DATED: September 14, 2005 /s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr. 

 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. 

 United States District Judge 

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