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Parties Involved:
Central Valley Lift Truck, Inc.
Defendant
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
Craig Kurotori
Defendant
Robin Kurotori
Defendant

Document Text:

Joint Stipulation and Order -1- Case No.: 2:15-CV-00254-JAM-KJN

 

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CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

MARK D. POTTER, ESQ., SBN 166317 

PHYL GRACE, ESQ., SBN 171771 

Mail: P.O. Box 262490 

San Diego, CA 92196-2490 

Deliveries: 9845 Erma Road, Suite 300 

San Diego, CA 92131 

Phone: (858) 375-7385 

Fax: (888) 422-5191 

phylg@potterhandy.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff SCOTT JOHNSON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

CRAIG KUROTORI; 

ROBIN KUROTORI; 

CENTRAL VALLEY LIFT TRUCK, INC., a 

California Corporation; and Does 1-10,

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Case No.: 2:15-CV-00254-JAM-KJN

(1) Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding Defendants’ Financial Wherewithal;

(2) Joint Stipulation Regarding Defendants’ Discovery Responses; (3) Order Thereon. 

JOINT STIPULATION 

 The following terms, phrases, and definitions will be applied in this stipulation and are 

intended to conform to the usage given in the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines: 

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ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines 

found at 28 C.F.R. Part 36.

ACCESSIBLE: Complying with the technical requirements of the ADAAG. 

SUBJECT PROPERTY: Central Valley Lift Truck located at or about 2080 E 

Fremont Street, Stockton, California. 

READILY ACHIEVABLE: Shall have the same definition as that found at 42 U.S.C. § 

12181(9). 

BARRIER: Any architectural or configuration element of the subject 

property that does not comply with the technical provisions 

found in the Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines and/or Title 24 of the California Code of 

Regulations, and which is identified in the Plaintiff’s 

complaint. 

PLAINTIFF SCOTT JOHNSON AND DEFENDANTS CRAIG KUROTORI, ROBIN 

KUROTORI, AND CENTRAL VALLEY LIFT TRUCK, INC., BY AND THROUGH THEIR 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE: 

WHEREAS Plaintiff has propounded written discovery to assist him in determining the 

ability of the Stipulating Defendants to undergo “readily achievable” barrier removal and to 

support Plaintiff’s damages assessment; and 

WHEREAS such discovery information is of a personal and confidential nature and, 

therefore, the Stipulating Defendants have a legitimate concern about unnecessarily 

producing such information; 

The Plaintiff and the Stipulating Defendants enter into the following stipulation: 

Plaintiff: Plaintiff will currently forbear from propounding any discovery that seeks 

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information concerning the financial status, ability, or wherewithal of the Stipulating 

Defendants. Plaintiff also withdraws all discovery already propounded concerning this 

information, including but not limited to: Interrogatories, Set One, nos. 4, 13 and 14 and 

Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, nos. 9, 11 and 12. 

Stipulating Defendants: The Stipulating Defendants hereby declare that in determining 

whether the removal of a BARRIER is READILY ACHIEVABLE, factors such as the (1) 

Stipulating Defendant’s financial resources; (2) the facility’s financial resources; (3) the 

“effect on expenses and resources”; and (4) impact on finances, shall NOT be raised by 

STIPULATING DEFENDANTS as a defense as to why the Stipulating Defendant cannot 

remedy and/or remove those alleged BARRIERS. Defendants further stipulate to respond 

fully to all discovery requests not concerning the financial status, ability, or wherewithal of the 

Stipulating Defendants within 14 days of the Court’s Order. 

NOTE: Stipulating Defendants are not stipulating (A) liability to the Plaintiff; (B) that the 

above identified barrier removals are required by law; (C) that the above referenced barriers 

exist; or (D) that they are subject to the ADA or related state disability access laws. 

NOTE: The parties understand that the Plaintiff reserves his right to seek financial 

information in support of a claim for punitive damages. However, Plaintiff will forbear from 

seeking that information until Plaintiff believes that further discovery information warrants the 

prosecution of a punitive damages claim against the Stipulating Defendants. Even if Plaintiff 

reaches a decision that a punitive damages claim should be prosecuted, Plaintiff will, 

nonetheless, wait until the end of the discovery window to request such information so as to 

allow maximum opportunity for resolution of the case. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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Dated: May 19, 2015 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

 

 By: /s/ Amanda Lockhart 

 AMANDA LOCKHART 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: May 19, 2015 MICHAEL D. WELCH ASSOCIATES 

 

 By: /s/ Michael D. Welch 

 MICHAEL D. WELCH 

 Attorney for Defendants

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CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

MARK D. POTTER, ESQ., SBN 166317 

PHYL GRACE, ESQ., SBN 171771 

Mail: P.O. Box 262490 

San Diego, CA 92196-2490 

Deliveries: 9845 Erma Road, Suite 300 

San Diego, CA 92131 

Phone: (858) 375-7385 

Fax: (888) 422-5191 

phylg@potterhandy.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff SCOTT JOHNSON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

CRAIG KUROTORI; 

ROBIN KUROTORI; 

CENTRAL VALLEY LIFT TRUCK, INC., a 

California Corporation; and Does 1-10,

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 2:15-CV-00254-JAM-KJN

Order Regarding Joint Stipulation of Fact 

and Discovery 

ORDER 

 Having read the Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding Defendants’ Financial 

Wherewithal and Discovery Responses, the Court hereby orders Defendant to respond to all 

outstanding discovery requests not withdrawn by Plaintiff within 14 days. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 5/28/2015 /s/ John A. Mendez__________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

 

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