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Parties Involved:
Brad Bernadot
Plaintiff
Laura Bernadot
Plaintiff
Southwest Airlines Company
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULE TO ACCOMMODATE VOLUNTARY MEDIATION; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 C 07 2060 MMC 

KEN M. MARKOWITZ (SBN 104674)

KYMBERLY E. SPEER (SBN 121703) 

KENNEY & MARKOWITZ L.L.P. 

255 California Street, Suite 1300 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 397-3100 

Facsimile: (415) 397-3170 

Email: kmarkowitz@kennmark.com

kspeer@kennmark.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LAURA BERNADOT and BRAD 

BERNADOT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY, 

and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, and 

each of them, 

Defendants.

CASE NO. C 07 2060 MMC 

STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE TO 

ACCOMMODATE VOLUNTARY 

MEDIATION; ORDER THEREON 

I. BACKGROUND

This is an “overhead bin case.” Plaintiff alleges that, in the middle of a flight from Las 

Vegas to Boise, the overhead bin above plaintiff Laura Bernadot opened and a briefcase fell onto 

her head. This case is set for trial on June 30, 2008. 

The parties already have begun voluntary mediation, beginning with a preliminary half-day 

session with Judge Ellen Sickles James of JAMS on December 20, 2007. During that session the 

parties agreed on an efficient order of business that would allow the defense the opportunity to 

evaluate plaintiff Laura Bernadot’s current medical condition. Plaintiff Bernadot is scheduled for 

an Independent Medical Examination on January 3, 2008, and plaintiffs are obtaining from 

plaintiff’s Las Vegas physicians the further medical records discussed at the mediation. The 

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parties will return to JAMS for a further mediation session with Judge James on February 6, 2008. 

To avoid unnecessary cost to both sides, the parties have agreed to otherwise stay discovery until 

after their second mediation session with Judge James. 

II. STIPULATION 

For the reasons set forth above, the parties hereby stipulate that the current pretrial 

deadlines be modified as set forth below, and respectfully request this Court’s approval and Order 

to the same effect. The other dates set by this Court’s July 27, 2007 Case Management 

Conference orders remain unchanged by this stipulation, and are as follows: (a) Joint Status 

Conference Statement due April 4, 2008; (b) Status Conference on April 11, 2008; (c) Final PreTrial Conference on June 17, 2008; and (d) trial on June 30, 2008.

The dates to be modified are: 

Event Current Date New Date 

Non-expert discovery cutoff January 18, 2007 April 11, 2008 

Deadline to disclose experts February 8, 2008 April 11, 2008 

Deadline to disclose rebuttal experts February 22, 2008 April 25, 2008 

Expert discovery cutoff March 14, 2008 May 30, 2008 

Last hearing date for dispositive motions March 28, 2008 May 30, 2008 

Settlement Conference with Judge Chen February 8, 2008 Off-calendar pending 

April 11, 2008 status 

conference

So Stipulated: 

DATED: December 28, 2007 O’REILLY & DANKO

 By:____/s/_____________________________ 

 MARY BETH O’CONNOR 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 LAURA BERNADOT AND BRAD 

BERNADOT

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULE TO ACCOMMODATE VOLUNTARY MEDIATION; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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DATED: December 27, 2007 KENNEY & MARKOWITZ L.L.P

 By:___ /s/______________________________ 

 KEN M. MARKOWITZ 

KYMBERLY E. SPEER 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY 

ORDER

Good cause appearing therefore, it is hereby ordered that the following dates set at the July 

27, 2007 Case Management Conference are modified as requested by the parties, with the 

exception that the expert discovery cutoff and the hearing date for dispositive motions is May 23, 

2008, one week earlier than the parties have requested: 

Event New Date 

Non-expert discovery cutoff April 11, 2008 

Deadline to disclose experts April 11, 2008 

Deadline to disclose rebuttal experts April 25, 2008 

Expert discovery cutoff May 23, 2008 

Hearing date for dispositive motions May 23, 2008 

(deadline to file is 

April 18, 2008) 

Settlement Conference with Judge Chen Off-calendar pending 

April 11, 2008 status 

conference, at which 

time conference will 

be reset 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 2, 2008 ___________________________ MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

 United States District Court Judge 

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