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Parties Involved:
Acceptance Casualty Insurance Company
Defendant
National Interstate Insurance Company
Plaintiff

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JOINT STATUS REPORT CONCERNING STAY OF LITIGATION PENDING ARBITRATION 

MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE & 

CARRUTH LLP 

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET 

FRESNO, CA 93720 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

Nicholas H. Rasmussen, #285736 

 nrasmussen@mccormickbarstow.com 

Graham A. Van Leuven, #295599 

 graham.vanleuven@mccormickbarstow.com 

7647 North Fresno Street 

Fresno, California 93720 

Telephone: (559) 433-1300 

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300 

Attorneys for NATIONAL INTERSTATE 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

Robert J. Romero, #136539 

 rromero@hinshawlaw.com 

Peter J. Felsenfeld, #260433 

 pfelsenfeld@hinshawlaw.com 

Robert G. Levy, #81024 

 rlevy@hinshawlaw.com 

50 California Street, Suite 2900 

San Francisco, Ste. 2900 

Telephone: (415) 362-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 834-9070 

Attorneys for ACCEPTANCE CASUALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ACCEPTANCE CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

 Case No. 2:22-CV-02127-TLN-KJN 

JOINT STATUS REPORT CONCERNING 

STAY OF LITIGATION PENDING 

ARBITRATION; ORDER 

Complaint Filed: November 29, 2022 

 

Plaintiff National Interstate Insurance Company (“NIIC”) and Defendant Acceptance 

Casualty Insurance Company (“ACIC”), by and through their attorneys of record (together, the 

“Parties”), previously stipulated to a 60-day stay of the present litigation, which request this Court 

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JOINT STATUS REPORT CONCERNING STAY OF LITIGATION PENDING ARBITRATION 

MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE & 

CARRUTH LLP 

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET 

FRESNO, CA 93720 

granted. The parties now provide the Court with the following Status Report concerning their 

ongoing negotiations. 

Following the Court’s entrance of the stay on April 4, 2024, the Parties, having previously 

reached an agreement in principle to arbitrate this dispute, have been working together to: (1) choose 

an Arbitrator with reasonable near-term availability to hear and decide this matter; and (2) draft an 

appropriate comprehensive governing Arbitration Agreement. During the course of the stay, the 

Parties have made inquiries to arbitrator candidates, engaged in decisions regarding the arbitration 

procedure, and are in the process of drafting a formal comprehensive Arbitration Agreement subject 

to necessary client approvals. 

The Parties can assure the Court that this process is proceeding smoothly and is on track. 

The Parties have contacted multiple potential arbitrators but those arbitrators have not been available 

to schedule an arbitration until approximately February 2025. Accordingly, the Parties are balancing 

the priority of an expedient arbitration with discussed and potentially preferred arbitrators. 

As such, the Parties respectfully request that the current stay of the litigation be continued 

for an additional sixty-day period, in order that this process can be completed, i.e., an Arbitrator 

selected, and an Arbitration Agreement finalized, approved and executed by the Parties. 

Dated: May 29, 2024 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, 

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By: /s/ Nicholas H. Rasmussen 

 Nicholas H. Rasmussen 

Graham A. Van Leuven 

Attorneys for NATIONAL INTERSTATE 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

Dated: May 29, 2024 HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 

By: /s/ Robert G. Levy

 Robert J. Romero 

Peter J. Felsenfeld 

Robert G. Levy 

Attorneys for ACCEPTANCE CASUALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE & 

CARRUTH LLP 

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET 

FRESNO, CA 93720 

ORDER 

The Court has considered the foregoing stipulation and the facts set forth therein, and FOR 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING: 

1. The Parties’ request for a further 60 day stay of proceedings is GRANTED;

2. The Parties shall promptly report to the Court if a binding arbitration agreement is 

reached between them; and 

3. If no binding agreement to arbitrate has been reached between them, the Parties 

shall provide the Court with a further Status Report concerning their efforts prior to 

the expiration of the stay granted herein. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 29, 2024 

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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