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Parties Involved:
American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company
Plaintiff
American Motorists Insurance Company
Plaintiff
David L. Carothers
Defendant
Terri L. Carothers
Defendant
Carothers Construction, Inc.
Defendant

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

JAMES P. DIWIK (Bar No. 164016) 

JOEL M. LONG (Bar No. 226061) 

One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 781-7900 

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company 

and American Motorists Insurance Company 

CASSINAT LAW CORPORATION 

JOHN E. CASSINAT (Bar No. 131214) 

RONALD L. CARELLO (Bar No. 179238) 

4815 Laguna Park Drive, Suite C 

Elk Grove, California 95758 

Telephone: (916) 393-3030 

Facsimile: (916) 393-4238 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Carothers Construction, Inc., David L. Carothers 

and Terri L. Carothers 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Pursuant to Local Rule 83-143, and for good cause shown below, plaintiffs American 

Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company and American Motorists Insurance Company and 

defendants Carothers Construction, Inc. (“Carothers Construction”), David L. Carothers and 

Terri L. Carothers stipulate to the revised pretrial schedule set forth below and respectfully 

request that the Court approve the same. 

AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS 

MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 

et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CAROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC., 

et al., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:05-CV-00122-MCE-GGH 

STIPULATION RE: REVISED PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULE AND ORDER APPROVING 

SAME 

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In support of this Stipulation, the parties state as follows: 

1. The parties previously believed that they had reached a “global” settlement that 

included both this action and certain tangential state court litigation involving plaintiffs and 

defendant Carothers Construction, Inc. As such, the parties previously requested and were 

granted two consecutive 75-day stays of this action for the purpose of permitting the parties to 

attempt to satisfy certain conditions precedent to the “global” settlement, the first by a stipulation 

and proposed order filed on January 18, 2006, and approved by Court order dated January 20, 

2006 (Documents Nos. 21 and 22 on the Court’s docket, respectively), and the second by a 

stipulation and proposed order filed on April 3, 2006, and approved by Court order dated April 

12, 2006 (Document Nos. 23 and 24 on the Court’s docket, respectively). 

2. On June 19, 2006, the parties filed a joint status report and proposed revised 

pretrial scheduling order (Document No. 25 on the Court’s Docket) (the “Joint Status Report”) in 

which they explained that, despite diligent and good-faith efforts, they were unable to finalize the 

“global” settlement referenced above. Specifically, although they were able to resolve some of 

the tangential state court litigation, they were unable to resolve certain other matters, including 

this action. Thus, it was and remains necessary that this action proceed. 

3. The Joint Status Report did not include an express request for the Court to 

approve the proposed revised pretrial schedule set forth therein, and the parties have not been 

notified to date as to whether the schedule has been adopted by the Court. 

4. Accordingly, the parties stipulate to the updated revised pretrial schedule set forth 

below and respectfully request that the Court adopt the same. The structure of the schedule is 

largely the same as the schedule contained in the Joint Status Report, except that the dates have 

been advanced by approximately 45-60 days to account for the passage of time between the filing 

of the Joint Status Report and the filing of this Stipulation and other scheduling issues going 

forward. 

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PROPOSED REVISED PRETRIAL SCHEDULE

• Deadline to Complete Pending Fact Discovery – October 31, 20061

• Deadline to Disclose Expert Witnesses – November 28, 2006

(with the deadline to serve supplemental expert witness lists 20 days thereafter) 

• Deadline to Hear Dispositve Motions – February 19, 2007

• Deadline to File Joint Pretrial Statement – April 16, 2007

• Final Pretrial Conference – April 30, 2007

• Deadline to Submit Trial Exhibits – June 7, 2007

• Trial – June 14, 2007

5. The parties do not presently anticipate seeking any further modification of the 

pretrial schedule in this matter. 

6. Counsel for the parties have met and conferred in connection with the preparation 

of this Stipulation and the creation of the proposed revised pretrial schedule above and believe 

that the schedule is in the best interest of the parties and will permit the parties to complete 

pending discovery, bring dispositive motions and, if necessary, bring the case to trial in a timely, 

orderly and efficient manner. 

Based on the foregoing Stipulation, the parties respectfully request that the Court approve 

the proposed pretrial scheduling order above. 

 

1 Pending fact discovery between the parties includes plaintiffs’ first request for production of 

documents and interrogatories to each defendant and defendants’ responses thereto, defendants’ 

first requests for production of documents and interrogatories to each plaintiff and plaintiffs’ 

responses thereto, defendants’ depositions by plaintiffs, plaintiffs’ depositions by defendants, and 

any motion practice that may be necessary regarding any of the foregoing. Insofar as plaintiffs’ 

responses to defendants’ written discovery were not due and therefore had not been served as of 

the date of the initial stay of this matter, the parties agree that plaintiffs’ responses shall be served 

no later than 30 days following the Court’s approval of this Stipulation. 

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DATED: July 31, 2006 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

By: s/Joel M. Long 

Joel M. Long 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company and 

American Motorists Insurance Company 

DATED: July 31, 2006 CASSINAT LAW CORPORATION 

By: s/Ronald L. Carello 

Ronald L. Carello 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Carothers Construction, David L. Carothers and Terri L. 

Carothers 

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION: I, Joel M. Long, counsel for plaintiffs, attest that concurrence in 

the filing of this document has been obtained by Ronald L. Carello, Esq., counsel for defendants 

as set forth above. 

By: s/Joel M. Long 

Joel M. Long 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company and 

 American Motorists Insurance Company 

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IT IS SO ORDERED: 

The Court orders the following revised pretrial schedule: 

• Deadline to Complete Pending Fact Discovery – October 31, 2006

• Deadline to Disclose Expert Witnesses – November 28, 2006

(with the deadline to serve supplemental expert witness lists 20 days thereafter) 

• Deadline to Hear Dispositve Motions – February 12, 2007 at 09:00 a.m. 

• Deadline to File Joint Pretrial Statement – April 09, 2007

• Final Pretrial Conference – April 23, 2007 at 01:30 p.m. 

• Deadline to Submit Trial Exhibits – June 6, 2007 by 03:00 p.m. 

• Trial – June 13, 2007 at 09:00 a.m. 

Dated: August 8, 2006 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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