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Parties Involved:
Cawelo Water District
Defendant
Clarendon America Insurance Company
Defendant
Lexington Insurance Company
Defendant
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Steadfast Insurance Company
Defendant
Vadnais Corporation
Defendant

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Case No. 1:10-cv-01669-LJO-GSA

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

FOR DISMISSAL OF THE ACTION IN ITS ENTIRETY

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THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

A. Eric Aguilera (SBN 192390)

Raymond E. Brown (SBN 164819)

Richard A. Semon (SBN 156510)

650 Town Center Drive, Suite 100

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Telephone: (714) 384-6600

Facsimile: (714) 384-6601

eaguilera@aguileragroup.com

rbrown@aguileragroup.com

rsemon@aguileragroup.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE 

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff, 

 vs.

VADNAIS CORPORATION; CAWELO 

WATER DISTRICT; STEADFAST 

INSURANCE COMPANY;

CLARENDON AMERICA 

INSURANCE COMPANY;

LEXINGTON INSURANCE 

COMPANY; and DOES 1 through 50 inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:10-cv-01669-LJO-GSA

[Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill]

JOINT STIPULATION 

AND ORDER FOR 

DISMISSAL OF THE 

ACTION IN ITS 

ENTIRETY

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Plaintiff St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (“St. Paul”) and 

Defendant Steadfast Insurance Company (“Steadfast”) hereby stipulate and jointly 

request that the Court dismiss Steadfast, from this case, pursuant Fed. Rules Civ. 

Proc. 41(a)(1)(A) (ii), and further, that the Court dismiss the Action in its entirety. In 

support of this request, these parties state: 

1. The remaining parties to this action are liability insurance companies. 

St. Paul commenced this action against certain defendants seeking equitable 

contribution toward the expenditures St. Paul incurred for the defense and indemnity 

of a prior, now-dismissed lawsuit against a mutual insured. 

2. Defendants Vadnais Corporation, Cawelo Water District, Steadfast, 

Clarendon America Insurance Company, and Lexington Insurance Company were 

named and served with the complaint in this action. Vadnais, Cawelo, Clarendon and 

Steadfast filed answers to the complaint. Lexington did not answer the complaint, did 

not appear in the Action, and was dismissed from the action on June 13, 2011. All 

other defendants, except for Steadfast, have been dismissed from the Action. No 

counterclaims, cross-claim or third-party claims were filed by any of the answering 

defendants. 

3. St. Paul and Steadfast reached a settlement in principle, and on or about 

February 23, 2015, and have now fully executed a formal settlement agreement to 

resolve the claims between them in this Action (the “Settlement Agreement”). The 

Settlement Agreement between St. Paul and Steadfast provides, in part, that upon the 

happening of certain conditions, St. Paul will dismiss Steadfast from this action with 

prejudice. The conditions precedent to dismissal of Steadfast have been satisfied. 

5. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, St. Paul and Steadfast agree to 

bear their own costs and fees related to this Action. 

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6. Plaintiff further requests that the entire action be dismissed.

A proposed form of Order is submitted herewith. 

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: May 4, 2015 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

 /s/: A. Eric Aguilera

A. Eric Aguilera, Esq. 

Richard A. Semon, Esq. 

Attorneys for ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE 

INSURANCE COMPANY

Dated: May 4, 2015 SINNOT, PUEBLA, CAMPAGNE & CURET, APLC

 /s/: Randy M. Marmor

Randy M. Marmor, Esq. 

Counsel for STEADFAST INSURANCE 

COMPANY

ORDER

The parties’ joint stipulation for dismissal of the action with prejudice 

regarding defendant Steadfast Insurance Company is granted. The action is further 

dismissed in its entirety. The parties shall bear their own costs of litigation.

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: May 5, 2015

 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

 United States District Judge

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