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Parties Involved:
Covanta Energy Corporation
Defendant
Covanta Pasco, Inc.
Defendant
Covanta Power Pacific, Inc.
Defendant
Richard Duffy
Plaintiff
Pacific Oroville Power, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD DUFFY, a resident of Maine,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COVANTA ENERGY CORPORATION, a

Deleware Corporation; COVANTA POWER

PACIFIC, INC., a California Corporation;

PACIFIC OROVILLE POWER, INC, a

California Corporation; and COVANTA

PASCO, INC., a Florida Corporation

Defendants.

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Case No.: 2:06-CV-00426-MCE-DAD

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DISCOVERY AND DISCOVERY CUTOFF;

 PROPOSED ORDER 

The parties to this litigation Stipulate as follows:

1. Plaintiff Richard Duffy, a Maine resident, was recently deposed and

testified that he currently has an open workers compensation claim. He has not been

found “permanent and stationary” under his workers compensation claim. Mr. Duffy is

seeking further treatment for the injuries he sustained as a result of this accident, although

it is unknown as to whether workers compensation will cover this further treatment. 

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2. Initially, Plaintiff Duffy suffered injuries to the tips of his left index and

middle fingers. While the injury to his middle finger has resolved, there appears to have

been complications with the index finger which has resulted in the index finger being

removed through successive surgeries. Mr. Duffy continues to complain of pain that runs

up the entirety of his arm. Defendants wish to determine Mr. Duffy’s prognosis. 

Additional discovery is necessary on this point, including the depositions of his most

recent principal treating providers.

3. All of the witnesses, and Plaintiff Richard Duffy, are out of state residents. 

The litigation has necessitated depositions be taken in Florida and Oregon. Plaintiff

Duffy himself is a Maine resident, and it is likely that depositions in Maine will need to

take place with Mr. Duffy’s medical providers.

4. This Stipulation is the second request by the parties to continue the

discovery cutoff date, and the first to continue the trial date. Good cause exists for the

continuance due to the complexity of discovery and the distance between counsel and

witnesses

5. Accordingly, and pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rules 16(b),

26(d) 29 and 34, the parties hereby stipulate that the following dates be continued:

A. The discovery cutoff be continued to October 1, 2007. 

B. The expert disclosure date be continued to October 1, 2007.

C. The Joint Final Pretrial Statement be filed by no later than January 2, 2008.

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D. The Final Pretrial Conference be continued from November 16, 2007 to

January 16, 2008.

E. The trial date be continued from December 17, 2007 to February 17, 2008.

Dated: July 27, 2007 BRADLEY & GMELICH

By: /S/ 

Robert A. Crook, Esq

Attorneys for Defendants, COVANTA

ENERGY CORPORATION, a Delaware

Corporation; COVANTA POWER

PACIFIC, INC., a California Corporation;

PACIFIC OROVILLE POWER, INC, a

California Corporation; and COVANTA

PASCO, INC., a Florida Corporation.

Dated: July 27, 2007 KERSHAW, CUTTER & RATINOFF,

LLP

By: /S/ 

 C. Brooks Cutter, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff RICHARD

DUFFY.

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ORDER

Good Cause appearing, and upon the Stipulation of all parties through their

respective counsel, the following is hereby ordered:

A. The discovery cutoff be continued to October 1, 2007. 

B. The expert disclosure date be continued to October 1, 2007.

C. The Joint Final Pretrial Statement be filed by no later than January 11, 2008. 

D. The Final Pretrial Conference be continued from November 16, 2007 to

January 25, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3. 

E. The trial date be continued from December 17, 2007 to February 25, 2008

at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3. 

Dated: August 1, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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PROOF OF SERVICE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

I am an employee in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the

age of 18 and not a party to the within action; my business address is 535 N. Brand

Boulevard, 9 Floor, Glendale, CA 91203. th

On July 27, 2007, I served the foregoing document, described as STIPULATION

TO EXTEND TIME FOR DISCOVERY AND DISCOVERY CUTOFF;

 PROPOSED ORDER on all interested parties in this action by placing a true copy thereof

enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed as follows:

C. Brook Cutter, Esq.

KERSHAW, CUTTER & RATINOFF, LLP

980 9 Street, Suite 1900 th

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 448-9800; Facsimile (916) 669- 4499

Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Duffy

Alan L. Cantor, Esq.

Swartz & Swartz

10 Markshall Street

Boston, MA 02108

Telephone: (617) 742-1900; Facsimile: (617) 367-7193

Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Duffy

 X (BY EMAIL) I personally emailed this document to the listed email addresses as

follows: acantor@swartzlaw.com; bcutter@kcrlegal.com

 X (BY ELECTRONIC MAIL) I sent such document via facsimile mail to the

number(s) noted above and the transmission was reported as complete and without

error.

 X (FEDERAL) I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of

this court at whose direction the service was made.

Executed this July 27, 2007, at Glendale, California.

 

DENISE ADAIR LEWIS

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