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Parties Involved:
Billy Fisher
Defendant
Caeden Fisher
Defendant
Wilma Fisher
Defendant
Harry Gill
ThirdParty Defendant
Grange Insurance Association
Counter Defendant
JKG Insurance Agency
ThirdParty Defendant
Gulzar Sran
Counter Claimant

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET

FRESNO, CA 93720

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard,

Wayte & Carruth LLP

David L. Emerzian, #222930

 david.emerzian@mccormickbarstow.com

Ben Nicholson, #239893

 ben.nicholson@mccormickbarstow.com

7647 North Fresno Street

Fresno, California 93720

Telephone: (559) 433-1300

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300

Attorneys for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff 

GULZAR SRAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

GRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

GULZAR SRAN, CAEDEN FISHER, a 

minor, by and through his Guardians ad Litem, 

BILLY FISHER and WILMA FISHER,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-CV-00526-SAB

STIPULATION TO FILE 

COUNTERCLAIM AND ORDER 

THEREON 

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION. 

Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff GULZAR SRAN (“Sran”), Defendant CAEDEN FISHER, 

by and through his Guardians ad Litem, BILLY FISHER and WILMA FISHER (“Fisher”), Plaintiff 

GRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (“Grange Insurance”) and Third-Party Defendants JKG 

INSURANCE AGENCY and HARRY GILL (“JKG”), by and through their respective attorneys, enter 

into the following stipulation. 

I.

RECITALS

1. On April 2, 2015, Grange filed the instant complaint for Declaratory Relief and 

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET

FRESNO, CA 93720

Equitable Reimbursement against Sran and Fisher. Both Mr. Sran and Mr. Fisher have filed answers 

in this matter.

2. On June 11, 2015 Sran filed his Answer to the Complaint. 

3. On June 25, 2015 Sran filed his Third Party Complaint for Professional Negligence, 

Negligent Misrepresentation, Breach of Contract, Indemnity and Contribution against JKG Insurance 

and Harry Gill.

4. A trial date has been set in this matter for January 24, 2017. 

5. Sran believes that he has additional claims against Grange Insurance that have not yet 

been stated and wishes to file a counterclaim against Grange Insurance in the form attached hereto as 

Exhibit “A”. 

6. The parties agree that allowing Sran leave to file the counterclaim would not be unduly 

prejudicial and Sran’s attempt to file the counterclaim is not in bad faith or for a dilatory motive.

II.

STIPULATION

Based on the foregoing Recitals, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff GULZAR SRAN shall have ten days from entry of 

the order on this stipulation to file a Counterclaim against Grange Insurance in the form attached 

hereto as Exhibit “A”.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED.

Dated: January 14, 2016 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD,

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP

By: /s/ Ben Nicholson

David L. Emerzian

Ben Nicholson

Attorneys for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff 

GULZAR SRAN

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP

7647 NORTH FRESNO STREET

FRESNO, CA 93720

Dated: January 13, 2016 WILKINS, DROLSHAGEN & CZESHINSKI LLP

By: /s/ James H. Wilkins

James H. Wilkins

Attorneys for Defendant CAEDEN FISHER,

by and through his Guardians ad Litem, BILLY 

FISHER and WILMA FISHER

Dated: January 13, 2016 WOLKIN CURRAN, LLP

By: /s/ Brandt L. Wolkin

Brandt L. Wolkin

Attorneys for Plaintiff GRANGE INSURANCE 

ASSOCIATION 

Dated: January 13, 2016 WOOD, SMITH, HENNING & BERMAN LLP

By: /s/ Summit S. Dhillon

Gregory P. Arakawa

Summit S. Dhillon 

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendants JKG 

INSURANCE AGENCY and HARRY GILL 

ORDER

Pursuant to the above Stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS ORDERED 

THAT: 

1. Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff GULZAR SRAN shall have ten days from entry of 

the order on this stipulation to file a Counterclaim against Plaintiff GRANGE INSURANCE 

ASSOCIATION in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 15, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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