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Parties Involved:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Defendant
Colleen Jaeger
Plaintiff
William Jaeger
Plaintiff

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JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS;

BRIEF; DECLARATION OF PAUL ASFENDIS; [PROPOSED] ORDER

SEDGWICK LLP

Mario Horwitz (Bar No. 110965)

mario.horwitz@sedgwicklaw.com

801 South Figueroa Street, 19th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017-5556

Telephone: 213.426.6900

Facsimile: 213.426.6921

GIBBONS PC

Kim Catullo (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

kcatullo@gibbonslaw.com

Paul Asfendis (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

pasfendis@gibbonslaw.com

One Pennsylvania Plaza, 37th Floor 

New York, New York 10119-3701 

Telephone: (212) 613-2000

Facsimile: (212) 290-2018

Attorneys for Defendant, Howmedica Osteonics Corp 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COLLEEN JAEGER and WILLIAM JAEGER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-00164-HSG

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

HEARING AND BRIEFING DATES ON 

DEFENDANT HOWMEDICA 

OSTEONICS CORP’S MOTION FOR 

JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS, OR, 

ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

DECLARATION OF PAUL ASFENDIS; 

AND ORDER

Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-2(a), Plaintiffs and Defendant, by and through their 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree Defendant Howmedica Osteonics Corp's (“HOC”)

current deadline of August 15, 2016 to re-file its Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, be 

extended to October 10, 2016. 

As good cause for the requested extension, the parties represent to the Court that counsel 

for both plaintiffs and defendant in this CerviCoreTM action are counsel of record in other 

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pending CerviCoreTM cases across the country, and that they have scheduled and attended 

mediation sessions in this and other CerviCoreTM cases on June 2, 2016 and August 10, 2016 in 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before Hon. Diane M. Welsh. The parties hope to resolve this and 

the other CerviCoreTM cases at that time and avoid the need for further motion practice. 

A brief summary of the relevant history follows:

 On February 10, 2016, the Court granted HOC’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ 

First Amended Complaint, but granted Plaintiffs leave to amend the pleadings. 

(ECF Doc. No. 75.) 

 On March 8, 2016, a case management conference was held, and pursuant to the 

deadlines set during that conference, on March 15, 2016, Plaintiffs filed a Second 

Amended Complaint. (ECF Doc. No. 85.) 

 On April 14, 2016, HOC filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, seeking 

dismissal of the Second Amended Complaint. (ECF Doc. No. 86.) 

 On April 22, 2016, having agreed to participate in global mediation of this and 

other CerviCoreTM matters pending around the country, the parties stipulated to 

extend briefing deadlines for the motion until after mediation in June and August 

2016, or in the alternative, for HOC to terminate the motion with leave to file 

after the August 10, 2016 mediation session. (ECF Doc. No. 88.)

 On April 22, 2016, the Court granted the stipulation to terminate the motion and 

allowed HOC to refile by August 15, 2016. (ECF Doc. No. 89.) 

Following the Court’s April 22nd Order, the parties attended global mediation sessions on 

June 2nd and August 10th. The mediation sessions were productive and led to the mediator 

framing a global settlement proposal for both sides to consider. She allotted 30 days for this 

process, so if the parties are able to reach a global resolution, it will be within the next 30 to 45 

days. 

The parties believe that re-filing and briefing the merits of HOC’s Motion would be 

disruptive to the global settlement process and an impediment to resolving this case. Moreover, 

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the parties do not wish to consume Court resources or waste time in researching and briefing

HOC’s motion should this matter resolve, which the parties are hopeful will be the outcome. 

Accordingly, the parties request that HOC’s time to re-file its Motion for Judgment on the 

Pleadings be extended to October 10, 2016. 

DATED: August 15, 2016 SEDGWICK LLP

 By: /s/ Mario Horwitz

 Mario Horwitz

Attorneys for Defendant, Howmedica Osteonics 

Corp.

DATED: August 15, 2016 ZOLL & KRANZ, LLC 

 By: /s/ James O’Brien James O’Brien (SBN 308239) Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 5

Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5-1(i)(3) of the Northern District of California, I attest that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatories to this 

document. 

By: /s/ Mario Horwitz

 Mario Horwitz

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BRIEF; DECLARATION OF PAUL ASFENDIS; [PROPOSED] ORDER

DECLARATION OF PAUL ASFENDIS

I, Paul Asfendis declare:

1. I am an attorney at law, and am admitted to practice in this action pro hac vice

for Defendant Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (“HOC”) I am counsel who is primarily 

responsible for the representation of Defendant HOC in the above-entitled action. I have 

personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein and, if called upon to testify, could and 

would testify competently thereto. I submit this Declaration in compliance with Local Civil 

Rule 6-2(a).

2. I am also counsel of record for Defendant HOC in the other pending 

CerviCoreTM cases across the country. Counsel of record for Plaintiffs Colleen and William 

Jaeger, James O'Brien, is also counsel of record for plaintiffs in the other pending CerviCoreTM 

cases across the country. 

3. The parties, through counsel of record, have attended mediation sessions for this 

and other CerviCoreTM matters on June 2, 2016 and August 10, 2016 in Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania before Hon. Diane M. Welsh (Ret.).

4. Significant progress was made at mediation, and it is hoped that the parties will 

be able to report a settlement of this matter within the next 30 to 45 days. I have conferred 

with plaintiffs’ counsel, Mr. O'Brien, concerning re-filing of Defendant's Motion for Judgment 

on the Pleadings. We have discussed that re-filing and briefing of this Motion will be

disruptive to the settlement process and to the progress made at the mediation sessions.

5. We have both agreed that, in order to conserve the Court's resources and not 

waste the Court's time in researching and briefing this motion should this matter resolve, an 

extension to October 10, 2015 to re-file HOC’s motion is appropriate and warranted. 

6. Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, there have previous time modifications in this case. 

The Court granted the Joint Stipulation by the parties to continue the Initial Case Management 

Conference from April 21, 2015 to May 5, 2015 [ECF Doc. No. 54], and the Court granted 

Defendant a four (4) day extension of time to file its Reply Brief in support of its Motion to 

Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint. [ECF Doc. No. 64] The Court also granted 

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plaintiffs additional time to file their Second Amended Complaint. [ECF Doc. Nos. 75 & 83] 

The Court also held a status conference on March 8, 2016 in which the docket entry stated: "In 

the event the case moves beyond the dismissal state, the Court will hold a further case 

management conference regarding the remainder of the case schedule." [ECF Doc. No. 83] 

I declare under penalty of perjury, pursuant to the laws of the United States, that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on August 15, 2016 at New York, New York. 

/s/ Paul Asfendis 

Paul Asfendis 

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JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS;

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE JOINT STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

1. Defendant’s time to re-file the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings shall be 

extended to October 10, 2016.

DATED: August 16, 2016 _____________________________________________

The Honorable Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge

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