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Parties Involved:
First American Specialty Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Maytag Corporation
Defendant

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STIPULATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

NALL & MILLER 

Adriane Y. Sammons (admitted pro hac vice) 

235 Peachtree Street, N.E. 

Suite 1500 

Atlanta, GA 30303-1401 

Telephone (404) 522-2200 

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 

Shelley G. Hurwitz (State Bar #217566) 633 West Fifth Street, 21st Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071-2040 

Telephone (213) 896-2400 

Attorneys for Defendant Maytag Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

FIRST AMERICAN SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

MAYTAG CORPORATION; and DOES 1 

– 50, Inclusive, 

 

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Case No.: 2:06-CV-01750-GEB-KJM

STIPULATION REGARDING 

CONTINUANCE OF DATES; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Plaintiff FIRST AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, 

(hereinafter “Plaintiff”), and Defendant MAYTAG CORPORATION, (hereinafter 

“Defendant”) (collectively, “the Parties”), hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The Parties enter into this stipulation to extend the time for the 

exchange of expert witness reports pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

Rule 26(a)(B)(2), the discovery cut-off, the deadline for the hearing on motions, 

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the filing of the Joint Pretrial Statement, and the Final Pretrial Conference. The 

Parties are not requesting a continuance of the trial date. 

2. On October 13, 2006, the Court issued a Case Management Order 

setting the following dates in this matter: 

 a. Expert Report Exchange: February 12, 2007 

 b. Rebuttal Expert Report Exchange: March 12, 2007 

c. Discovery Completion Date: July 11, 2007 

 d. Deadline For Motions To Be Heard: September 10, 2007 

 e. Deadline to file Joint Pretrial Statement: October 29, 2007 

 f. Final Pretrial Conference: November 5, 2007 

 g. Trial: February 12, 2008 

3. By stipulation of the parties, the Court continued the following dates: 

a. Expert Report Exchange: May 11, 2007 

 b. Rebuttal Expert Report Exchange: June 11, 2007 

c. Discovery Completion Date: September 11, 2007 

 d. Deadline For Motions To Be Heard: October 31, 2007 

4. The parties have been working diligently to investigate the facts in 

order to engage in meaningful settlement discussions. The parties are currently 

engaged in settlement discussions, and wish to continue to do so with the purpose 

of negotiating a settlement of this matter. 

5. The Parties agree that settlement will be facilitated if the Parties are 

not required to incur the expense of producing expert reports. Accordingly, the 

Parties stipulate to the following continuances: 

a. Last Date to Comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)'s Initial Expert 

Witness Disclosure and Report Requirements: August 11, 2007 

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b. Last Date to Comply with Rebuttal/ Supplemental Expert Witness 

Disclosure and Report Requirements: September 11, 2007 

c. Discovery Completion Date: September 18, 2007 

d. Last Hearing Date for Motions: November 19, 2007 

e. Deadline to file Joint Pretrial Statement: December 29, 2007 

f. Final Pretrial Conference: January 7, 2008, at 11:00 a .m. 

6. The parties are not requesting a continuance of the trial. 

7. The parties expressly agree that they will not contend at any 

proceeding, or at any other time, that expert report disclosures are untimely, if 

made in accordance with the time proscriptions set forth in paragraph 5 above. 

The parties expressly agree to continue to engage in discovery until the date set 

forth in paragraph 5 above. 

DATED: May____, 2007 HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 

_____/s/ Shelley Hurwitz_________ 

 Shelley Hurwitz 

Attorneys for Defendant Maytag 

Corporation 

DATED: May____, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD W. HESS JR.

__ /s/ Edward W. Hess, Jr._________ 

 Edward W. Hess, Jr. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff First American 

Specialty Insurance Company 

ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation of the Parties, the Court orders as 

follows: 

The dates set in this matter shall be continued as follows: 

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a. Last Date to Comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)'s Initial Expert 

Witness Disclosure and Report Requirements: August 10, 2007 

b. Last Date to Comply with Rebuttal/ Supplemental Expert Witness 

Disclosure and Report Requirements: September 11, 2007 

c. Discovery Completion Date: September 18, 2007 

d. Last Hearing Date for Motions: November 19, 2007 

e. Final Pretrial Conference: January 7, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: May 18, 2007 ________________________ 

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