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Parties Involved:
General Trailer, Inc.
Defendant
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
D. Panella
Defendant
Robert A. Panella
Defendant

Document Text:

Joint Stipulation -1- Case No.: 2:14-CV-02083-JAM-AC 

 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

ROBERT A. PANELLA; 

D PANELLA; 

GENERAL TRAILER, INC., a California 

Corporation; and Does 1-10, 

 

 

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Case No.: 2:14-CV-02083-JAM-AC 

Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding 

Defendants’ Financial Wherewithal and 

Readily Achievable Barrier Removal. 

JOINT STIPULATION 

 The following terms, phrases, and definitions will be applied in this stipulation and are 

intended to conform to the usage given in the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines: 

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Joint Stipulation -2- Case No.: 2:14-CV-02083-JAM-AC 

 

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ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines found 

at 28 C.F.R. Part 36. 

ACCESSIBLE: Complying with the technical requirements of the ADAAG. 

SUBJECT PROPERTY: General Trailer, located at or about 2150 E. Freemont Street, 

Stockton, California. 

READILY ACHIEVABLE: Shall have the same definition as that found at 42 U.S.C. § 

12181(9). 

BARRIER: Any architectural or configuration element of the subject 

property that does not comply with the technical provisions 

found in the Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines and/or Title 24 of the California Code of 

Regulations, and which is identified in the Plaintiff’s complaint. 

PLAINTIFF SCOTT JOHNSON AND DEFENDANTS ROBERT A. PANELLA, D PANELLA, 

and GENERAL TRAILER, INC., BY AND THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, 

HEREBY STIPULATE: 

WHEREAS Plaintiff has propounded written discovery to assist him in determining the 

ability of the Stipulating Defendants to undergo “readily achievable” barrier removal and to support 

Plaintiff’s damages assessment; and 

WHEREAS such discovery information is of a personal and confidential nature and, 

therefore, the Stipulating Defendants have a legitimate concern about unnecessarily producing such 

information; 

The Plaintiff and the Stipulating Defendants enter into the following stipulation: 

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Joint Stipulation -3- Case No.: 2:14-CV-02083-JAM-AC 

 

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Plaintiff: Plaintiff will currently forbear from propounding any discovery that seeks information 

concerning the financial status, ability, or wherewithal of the Stipulating Defendants. Plaintiff also 

withdraws all discovery already propounded concerning this information. 

Stipulating Defendants: The Stipulating Defendants hereby declare that in determining whether the 

removal of a BARRIER is READILY ACHIEVABLE, factors such as the (1) Stipulating Defendant’s 

financial resources; (2) the facility’s financial resources; (3) the “effect on expenses and resources”; 

and (4) impact on finances, shall NOT be raised by STIPULATING DEFENDANTS as a defense as 

to why the Stipulating Defendant cannot remedy and/or remove those alleged BARRIERS. 

Furthermore, Defendants hereby stipulate that it is READILY ACHIEVABLE for the defendants to 

provide a properly marked disabled parking van accessible parking spot with 36” delineated access to 

the store at the SUBJECT PROPERTY.

NOTE: Stipulating Defendants are not stipulating (A) liability to the Plaintiff; (B) that the above 

identified barrier removals are required by law; or (C) that they are subject to the ADA or related state 

disability access laws. 

NOTE: The parties understand that the Plaintiff reserves his right to seek financial information in 

support of a claim for punitive damages. However, Plaintiff will forbear from seeking that information 

until Plaintiff believes that further discovery information warrants the prosecution of a punitive 

damages claim against the Stipulating Defendants. Even if Plaintiff reaches a decision that a punitive 

damages claim should be prosecuted, Plaintiff will, nonetheless, wait until the end of the discovery 

window to request such information so as to allow maximum opportunity for resolution of the case. 

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Joint Stipulation -4- Case No.: 2:14-CV-02083-JAM-AC 

 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 6, 2015 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

 

By:/s/ Isabel Masanque 

 ISABEL MASANQUE 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: April 6, 2015 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 

 

By:/s/ Shane Singh 

As authorized on 4/6/15 (original on file with counsel) 

SHANE SINGH 

 Attorney for Defendants

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 7, 2015 

 

 

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