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Parties Involved:
L. Stephen Endsley
Plaintiff
Endsley Kiernan, L.P.
Plaintiff
Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Company
Defendant

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ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION;

Case No. 1:14-CV-00346-LJO-GSA Related Case: 1:14-CV-00671-LJO-GSA

FORAN 

GLENNON 

PALANDECH 

PONZI 

&

RUDLOFF PC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

2000 POWELL STREET, SUITE 900

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA 94608

(510) 740-1500

G. EDWARD RUDLOFF, JR. (State Bar No. 56058)

EDWARD P. MURPHY (State Bar No. 182778)

JENNIFER N. WAHLGREN (State Bar No. 249556)

FORAN GLENNON PALANDECH

PONZI & RUDLOFF PC

2000 Powell Street, Suite 900

Emeryville, CA 94608

Telephone: (510) 740-1500

Facsimile: (510) 740-1501

E-mail: erudloff@fgppr.com

emurphy@fgppr.com

jwahlgren@fgppr.com

Attorneys for Defendant TRAVELERS 

PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

L. STEPHEN ENDSLEY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

TRAVELERS PROPERTY 

CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:14-CV-00346-LJO-GSA

Related Case: 1:14-CV-00671-LJOGSA

ORDER APPROVING 

STIPULATION RE PARTIAL 

RESOLUTION OF DISPUTED 

ISSUES

(ECF No. 30)

Discovery Cut-off Date: 07/01/15

Pretrial Conference Date: 12/23/15

Trial Date: 02/23/16 

The Court, having considered the Stipulation re Partial Resolution of Disputed 

Discovery Issues and Outstanding Disputed Discovery re Travelers’ Motion to 

Compel Discovery Responses from Plaintiffs1(the “Stipulation”) filed by Plaintiffs L. 

STEPHEN ENDSLEY and ENDSLEY KIERNAN, L.P. (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant 

 

1 A fully executed copy of which is located on the docket as ECF No. 30.

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ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION;

Case No. 1:14-CV-00346-LJO-GSA Related Case: 1:14-CV-00671-LJO-GSA

FORAN 

GLENNON 

PALANDECH 

PONZI 

&

RUDLOFF PC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

2000 POWELL STREET, SUITE 900

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA 94608

(510) 740-1500

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (“Travelers”), 

by and through their respective counsel, and good cause appearing, orders as follows:

1. The Stipulation is granted;

2. Plaintiffs will amend their responses to Travelers’ interrogatories and 

document requests directed to Plaintiffs’ claim for attorneys’ fees; 

specifically, Plaintiffs will amend their responses to Travelers’ 

Interrogatories, Set One, Interrogatory number 22, directed to Plaintiff L. 

Stephen Endsley and Travelers’ Interrogatories, Set One, Interrogatory 

number 17 directed to Plaintiff Endsley Kiernan, L.P.; and Plaintiffs will 

further amend their responses and produce documents to Travelers’ 

Request for Production of Documents, Set One, Request Numbers 21 and 

22, directed to L. Stephen Endsley and Request for Production of 

Documents, Set One, Request Numbers 22 and 23, directed to Endsley 

Kiernan, L.P; 

3. Plaintiffs will produce a copy of their fee agreement with any attorneys for 

which they are claiming attorneys’ fees;

4. Plaintiffs will also produce copies of their attorneys’ billing records 

reflecting the attorneys’ fees they are seeking from Travelers as damages 

for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing;

5. Plaintiffs will produce the attorneys’ billing records with sufficient detail 

to allow Travelers to ascertain the services rendered, the time spent, and 

the amount claimed;

6. Plaintiffs will also produce supplemental attorneys’ billing records every 

60 days, as needed, to reflect changes to the amounts being claimed as 

attorneys’ fees;

7. Plaintiff Endsley Kiernan, LP will amend its responses to Travelers’ 

document requests directed to its financial condition; specifically, Plaintiff 

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ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION;

Case No. 1:14-CV-00346-LJO-GSA Related Case: 1:14-CV-00671-LJO-GSA

FORAN 

GLENNON 

PALANDECH 

PONZI 

&

RUDLOFF PC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

2000 POWELL STREET, SUITE 900

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA 94608

(510) 740-1500

Endsley Kiernan, L.P. will amend its responses and produce documents to 

Travelers’ Request for Production of Documents, Set One, Request 

Numbers 16 through 21, directed to Endsley Kiernan, L.P.; 

8. Where necessary, Plaintiffs will also provide a privilege log with the 

documents produced; 

9. Travelers and Plaintiffs will execute a stipulated protective order agreeable 

to both Travelers and Plaintiffs regarding the production of billing records 

and Endsley Kiernan, L.P.’s financial documents to address Plaintiffs’ 

privacy concerns; and

10. Plaintiffs will provide their amended responses to the discovery and 

documents by June 1, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 13, 2015 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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