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Parties Involved:
Delicato Vineyards
Defendant
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company of America
Plaintiff

Document Text:

MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP 

5 RIVER PARK PLACE EAST

FRESNO, CA 93720-1501 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY ACTION PENDING SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS 2:06-CV-2891 

James P. Wagoner, # 058553 

D. Greg Durbin, # 81749 

Lejf E. Knutson, # 771712 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

P.O. Box 28912 

5 River Park Place East 

Fresno, CA 93720-1501 

Telephone: (559) 433-1300 

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300 

John M. Dunn, # 166482 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

Centre Plaza Office Tower 

1150 Ninth Street, Suite 1200 

Modesto, CA 95354 

Telephone: (209) 524-1100 

Facsimile: (209) 524-1188 

Attorneys for Defendant DELICATO VINEYARDS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DELICATO VINEYARDS, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:06-CV-2891 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY 

ACTION PENDING SETTLEMENT 

NEGOTIATIONS BY PLAINTIFF MITSUI 

SUMITOMO AND DEFENDANT DELICATO 

VINEYARDS 

COURTROOM: #2 (Honorable Frank C. 

Damrell, Jr.) 

The following Joint Stipulation is entered into between Plaintiff, Mitsui Sumitomo 

Insurance Company of America (“Mitsui”), and Defendant, Delicato Vineyards (“Delicato”). 

These parties to the above-entitled action by and through their respective counsel of record 

hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 

1. The parties, to date, have engaged in preliminary discussions and believe that the 

within action and the companion action entitled Delicato Vineyards v. Mitsui Sumitomo 

Insurance Company of America, Stanislaus County Action No. 613208, can be resolved and 

desire an opportunity to do so without expending further time or efforts in asserting or defending 

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

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their positions in this litigation or in the companion Stanislaus County Superior Court action. 

Accordingly, THE ABOVE PARTIES, THROUGH THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD 

HEREBY STIPULATE AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN ORDER FROM THE COURT 

STAYING THIS ENTIRE ACTION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS EITHER PARTY ADVISES THE 

COURT THAT THE PARTIES’ ONGOING, INFORMAL ATTEMPTS TO NEGOTIATE AND 

SETTLE THE PRESENT DISPUTE HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED. 

2. This Stipulation may be executed in several identical counterparts, each of which 

shall be deemed an original and which together shall, when executed by or on behalf of all parties 

hereto, constitute a single Stipulation for all purposes. 

3. A facsimile of the signature by or on behalf of any party hereto shall be deemed to 

be an equivalent to the original thereof for all purposes; provided, however, that if the original of 

such signature is required for purposes of filing this document with the Court or for other good 

reason, it shall be promptly produced. 

Dated: July 11, 2007 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, 

 WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By: /s/ James P. Wagoner 

James P. Wagoner 

D. Greg Durbin 

Lejf E. Knutson 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Delicato Vineyards 

Dated: July 10, 2007 MUSICK, PEELER & GARRETT LLP 

By: /s/ David A. Tartaglio 

David A. Tartaglio 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company of 

America 

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ORDER 

The Court having reviewed the Stipulation of the parties and finding good cause, hereby 

Orders as follows: 

THAT this entire action shall be stayed pending the outcome of the ongoing, informal 

settlement negotiations between Plaintiff Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company of America and 

Defendant Delicato Vineyards. In the event the parties are unable to informally resolve and settle 

their dispute, this Court shall lift the present stay upon notice to the Court from either party that 

the parties have exhausted their informal settlement negotiations without resolving the present 

dispute. 

Dated: July 12, 2007 

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