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Parties Involved:
Roy Falk
Plaintiff
General Motors Corporation
Defendant
Lee Kratzer
Plaintiff
Barbara McRae
Plaintiff

Document Text:

CASE NO. 07-1731-WHA – STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION 

TO CONTINUE DEADLIEN TO FILE CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION 

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Michael F. Ram (SBN 104805) 

mfr@lrolaw.com 

Karl Olson (SBN 104760) 

ko@lrolaw.com

LEVY, RAM & OLSON

639 Front Street, Fourth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-4949 

Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 

Counsel for Plaintiffs ROY FALK, 

LEE KRATZER and BARBARA 

McRAE, on behalf of themselves 

and all others similarly situated 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROY FALK, LEE KRATZER and BARBARA 

McRAE, on behalf of themselves and all others 

similarly situated, and on behalf of the general 

public, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a 

Delaware corporation, 

Defendant. 

NO. 1C07-1731-WHA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

CONTINUE DEADLINE TO FILE 

CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties that the deadline for 

plaintiffs to file their Motion for Class Certification, currently January 3, 2008, shall be 

continued until February 4, 2008, or until 15 days after the Judicial Panel on Multi-District 

Litigation (MDL panel) rules on defendant General Motors’ pending Motion to Consolidate 

and Transfer these actions to the Western District of Washington, whichever is later. This 

stipulation is entered into because the MDL panel has not yet ruled on GM’s pending motion 

and because judicial economy would be dis-served if the motion was filed before the MDL 

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panel has ruled on GM’s Motion. In addition, the parties have reached a settlement in principle 

of the claims made in this and the pending actions in the Western District of Washington and 

the District of Oregon, and are in the process of drafting the settlement agreement, proposed 

class notice and other related settlement documentation. Plaintiffs contemplate filing a motion 

for preliminary approval of that settlement pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 (e) 

and for provisional certification of a nationwide settlement class in whichever court the MDL 

panel selects for transfer and consolidation of this action and pending actions in the Western 

District of Washington and District of Oregon. 

Dated: December 27, 2007 /s/ Karl Olson 

 Karl Olson 

 ko@lrolaw.com

 LEVY, RAM & OLSON

 639 Front Street, Fourth Floor 

 San Francisco, California 94111 

 Telephone: (415) 433-4949 

 Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 

 Counsel for Plaintiffs 

Dated: December 27, 2007 /s/ Amand K. Mines [w/permission]

 Amand K. Mines 

 amand.mines@sdma.com

 Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold 

 801 South Figueroa Street, 19th Floor 

 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5556 

 Telephone: 213-426-6900 (main) 

 Facsimile: 213-426.6921 

 

Counsel for Defendant GENERAL 

MOTORS CORPORATION 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 The Honorable William H. Alsup 

 Judge, United States District Court 

 Northern District of California 

January 2, 2008

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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DECLARATION

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated 

by a "conformed" signature (/S/) within this e-filed document. 

Dated: December 27, 2007 /s/ Karl Olson 

 Karl Olson 

 ko@lrolaw.com

 LEVY, RAM & OLSON

 639 Front Street, Fourth Floor 

 San Francisco, California 94111 

 Telephone: (415) 433-4949 

 Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 

 Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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