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Parties Involved:
Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation
Defendant
Public Service Mutual Insurance Co.
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET

FRESNO, CA 93720

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard,

Wayte & Carruth LLP

Patrick Fredette, #207284

 patrick.fredette@mccormickbarstow.com

Timothy R. Sullivan, #128467

 timothy.sullivan@mccormickbarstow.com

7647 North Fresno Street

Fresno, California 93720

Telephone: (559) 433-1300

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300

Attorneys for Defendant LIBERTY SURPLUS 

INSURANCE CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

PUBLIC SERVICE MUTUAL INSURANCE 

CO.,

Plaintiff,

v.

LIBERTY SURPLUS INSURANCE 

CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:14-CV-00226-MCE-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE MANDATORY 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

By way of a signed stipulation submitted July 10, 2015 (ECF No. 18), the parties stipulated to 

the following:

Plaintiff Public Service Mutual Insurance Company (“Public Service”) and Defendant Liberty 

Surplus Insurance Corporation (“Liberty Surplus”) previously participated in mediation efforts in 

relation to the underlying liability action (Balfour v. Fair Oaks Fountains, LLC, et al., Sacramento 

County Superior Court Case No. 34-2010-00082562). Those mediation efforts did not resolve the 

dispute between Public Service and Liberty Surplus. Based on the parties’ continued discussions, they 

believe that the mandatory settlement conference scheduled for July 30, 2015, should be postponed to 

a date in October that will accommodate the Court’s schedule. Because of the dispute between the 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

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SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET

FRESNO, CA 93720

parties, and past mediation efforts, the parties believe that a settlement conference will be more 

productive after the parties file respective motions for summary judgment, which one or both parties 

are in the process of preparing and conferring regarding dates. The parties believe that a settlement 

conference will be an unproductive use of the Court’s time, as well as the parties’ time, prior to the 

filing of the motions for summary judgment. 

In light of the foregoing, the parties stipulate to request the Court continue the Mandatory 

Settlement Conference currently set for July 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., to a date and time to be selected 

by the Court in October 2015. 

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ signed stipulation (ECF No. 18), it is hereby ORDERED that the

Mandatory Settlement Conference scheduled for July 30, 2015 is VACATED. Although the parties 

requested that the settlement conference before the Honorable Edmund F. Brennan be held in October 

2015, Judge Brennan is not available for a settlement conference in that month; the earliest he is 

available thereafter is November 19, 2015. Accordingly, the Mandatory Settlement Conference shall 

be held on November 19, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 8 before the Honorable Edmund F. 

Brennan. 

Dated: July 17, 2015

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