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Parties Involved:
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Defendant
Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
Defendant
Arthur Serrato
Plaintiff

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Stipulated Request To Continue Trial Date And Related Pretrial Deadlines Case No. 1:06-CV-0455 OWW SMS 

 

SCHIFFHARDIN LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

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SCHIFF HARDIN LLP 

JEFFREY R. WILLIAMS (CSB #84156) 

KATHLEEN A. STIMELING (CSB #209226) 

One Market, Spear Street Tower, 32nd Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 901-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 901-8701 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DOREL JUVENILE GROUP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

ARTHUR SERRATO, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, 

et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 1:06-CV-0455 OWW SMS 

STIPULATED REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND 

RELATED PRETRIAL DEADLINES 

Plaintiff Arthur Serrato and defendants Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. ("DJG") and 

Costco Wholesale Corporation, by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate 

and respectfully request that the Court continue the trial date and related pre-trial 

deadlines: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to this Court's case management order, pre-trial motion 

hearings are scheduled on May 18, 2007 and May 28, 2007, a pre-trial conference is 

scheduled on June 11, 2007 and this case is set for trial beginning July 17, 2007; 

WHEREAS the parties have exchanged written discovery and fact witness 

depositions have been completed; 

WHEREAS the parties have only recently exchanged initial material regarding 

their respective experts and depositions of the parties' experts have not yet taken place; 

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Stipulated Request To Continue Trial Date And Related Pretrial Deadlines Case No. 1:06-CV-0455 OWW SMS 

 

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WHEREAS the parties are interested in and committed to a method of alternative 

resolution to avoid further expense, litigation and burden on this Court; 

WHEREAS the parties have scheduled private mediation to take place on June 6, 

2007; 

WHEREAS the parties are devoting their efforts and resources to resolving this 

matter without further Court intervention; 

And WHEREAS the parties seek to be relieved of their expert discovery 

obligations and the burden of imminent pre-trial deadlines and trial date to concentrate 

on mediating this case and avoiding the expense of further litigation; 

The parties stipulate to the following and respectfully request that the Court issue 

the following Orders: 

1. Should mediation not result in the resolution of this matter on June 6, 2007, 

the parties are obligated to meet and confer in good faith regarding the scheduling of 

expert depositions, deposition of plaintiff's treating physician of any DJG representative; 

2. The trial date of July 17, 2007, and all related pre-trial deadlines are 

vacated. The case is set for status on 6/15/07 at 8:45 a.m. in Courtroom 3. 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: May 7, 2007 /s/ 

John S. Gerhardt 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: May 7, 2007 /s/ 

Kathleen A. Stimeling 

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 10, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

OLIVER W. WANGER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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