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Parties Involved:
Bombardier Transportation (Holdings) USA, Inc.
Counter-claimant
City and County of San Francisco
Counter-defendant
Factory Mutual Insurance Company
Cross-claimant

Document Text:

FURTHER JOINT CASE STATUS STATEMENT 

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LAW OFFICES 

WULFSBERG 

REESE 

COLVIG 

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FIRSTMAN

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

KAISER CENTER 

300 LAKESIDE DRIVE, 24TH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612-3524 

TELEPHONE (510) 835-9100 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

A California Municipal Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Rode Island Corporation; 

BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION 

(HOLDINGS) USA, INC., a Delaware 

Corporation, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 04-5307 PJH 

FURTHER JOINT CASE STATUS 

STATEMENT 

March 15, 2007 

2:30 p.m. 

Hon. P. Hamilton 

Dept 17 

 

DENNIS J. HERRERA – 139669

CITY ATTORNEY 

Robert S. Maerz – 111796 

Timothy B. McCormick – 130257 

Airport General Counsel 

San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, Airport Division 

P.O. Box 8097 

International Terminal, North Shoulder Building, 5th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94128-8097 

Telephone: (650) 821-5088/ Facsimile: (650) 821-5086 

WULFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMAN 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

H. James Wulfsberg – 046192 

Timothy A. Colvig - 114723 

Kris A. Cox - 136504 

Kaiser Center 

300 Lakeside Drive, 24th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612-3524 

Telephone: (510) 835-9100 

Facsimile: (510) 451-2170 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

City and County of San Francisco 

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LAW OFFICES 

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REESE 

COLVIG 

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FIRSTMAN

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

KAISER CENTER 

300 LAKESIDE DRIVE, 24TH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612-3524 

TELEPHONE (510) 835-9100 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION 

(HOLDINGS) USA, INC and FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, as requested by 

the Court, provide this Further Joint Case Status Statement, requesting that the Court Order a 

30-day continuation of Case Status Conference currently set for March 15, 2007, to allow the 

parties to meet and confer on case management issues and present a proposed Case Management 

Order. 

1. Mediation Efforts: 

The parties held a mediation on March 8, 2007 as ordered by the Court. John Bates of 

JAMS was the mediator. Prior to the Mediation, the parties held several joint conferences and 

focused discovery efforts toward issues central to forwarding the mediation. The parties 

cooperatively undertook further document productions, written discovery, and depositions in an 

effort to establish facts that would be particularly helpful to settlement discussions. The parties 

also exchanged detailed mediation briefs and additional correspondence between the parties, 

setting out their various positions on the issues, to establish the items of dispute and negotiation for 

both the parties and the mediator. The parties prepared and gathered their client/decision teams 

and attended the mediation. In Bombardier’s case, client representatives traveled from Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania to attend the mediation. 

The Mediation continued until approximately 11:00 p.m. in the evening, with the parties 

continuing to discuss the potential for further settlement in the following days with the active 

involvement of the mediator. The parties are all committed to continuing settlement discussions, 

but believe that a course of setting trial, continuing open discovery, and proceeding on a scheduled 

path of litigation is required as set forth in the Case Management Proposal, below, and the attached 

Proposed Case Management Order, attached. 

2. Case Management Proposal: 

Due to the extensive and time-consuming preparation and mediation efforts, which the 

parties hoped would fully resolve the litigation, the parties have been unable to meet and confer 

and present a Joint Case Management Statement that addresses all of the issues required for the 

comprehensive scheduling and trial setting order that the parties propose be entered. The parties 

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LAW OFFICES 

WULFSBERG 

REESE 

COLVIG 

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FIRSTMAN

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

KAISER CENTER 

300 LAKESIDE DRIVE, 24TH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612-3524 

TELEPHONE (510) 835-9100 

have met and conferred on Case Management and believe that a continuance of the Case 

Management Conference should be provided, to allow the parties to undertake this effort. 

Consequently, the parties jointly propose that this honorable Court order a continuance of 

the Case Management Conference currently set for March 15, 2007, for approximately 30 

days, to allow the parties to meet, confer and present, at least 10 days before the scheduled 

conference, a comprehensive Joint Case Management Conference Statement, (supplemented by 

separate statements, if necessary) addressing all of the appropriate issues as identified in Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 16, and Civil Local Rule 16-9 and 16-10, and presenting a Proposed Case 

Management and Scheduling Order. 

DATED: March 12, 2007 WULFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMAN 

 PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

 

 /S/ 

 KRIS A. COX 

 Attorneys For Plaintiff 

 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

DATED: March 12, 2007 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL, LLP 

 

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 GAYLE M. ATHANACIO 

 Attorneys For Defendant 

 BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION (HOLDINGS) 

USA, INC 

DATED: March 12, 2007 FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

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 JOYCE C. WANG

 Attorneys For Defendant 

 FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

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PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

KAISER CENTER 

300 LAKESIDE DRIVE, 24TH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612-3524 

TELEPHONE (510) 835-9100 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

A California Municipal Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Rode Island Corporation; 

BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION 

(HOLDINGS) USA, INC., a Delaware 

Corporation, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 04-5307 PJH 

[PROPOSED] 

ORDER SETTING FURTHER CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

March 15, 2007 

2:30 p.m. 

Hon. P. Hamilton 

Dept 17 

 

DENNIS J. HERRERA – 139669

CITY ATTORNEY 

Robert S. Maerz – 111796 

Timothy B. McCormick – 130257 

Airport General Counsel 

San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, Airport Division 

P.O. Box 8097 

International Terminal, North Shoulder Building, 5th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94128-8097 

Telephone: (650) 821-5088/ Facsimile: (650) 821-5086 

WULFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMAN 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

H. James Wulfsberg – 046192 

Timothy A. Colvig - 114723 

Kris A. Cox - 136504 

Kaiser Center 

300 Lakeside Drive, 24th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612-3524 

Telephone: (510) 835-9100 

Facsimile: (510) 451-2170 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

City and County of San Francisco 

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LAW OFFICES 

WULFSBERG 

REESE 

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PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

KAISER CENTER 

300 LAKESIDE DRIVE, 24TH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612-3524 

TELEPHONE (510) 835-9100 

The Case Management Conference currently set for March 15, 2007 at 2:30 p.m., in Department 

17 of the above-entitled Court is CONTINUED to _________________, 2007 at ________.m., in 

Department 17, before the honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton. 

 The Parties are to meet and confer in good faith and present, no later than 10 days before 

the continued Conference date set above, to the extent possible, a Joint Case Management 

Conference Statement and a Jointly Proposed Case Management Order, addressing all applicable 

issues identified under Civil Local Rule 16-10(b), and such other issues as the parties deem 

appropriate, to allow the Court to set trial and a scheduling order for this matter. The parties may 

present separate statements relating to issues upon which agreement has not been reached. 

DATED: March __, 2007 

 

 

 Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN 

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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