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Parties Involved:
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Defendant
Claudia Leed
Mediator
Ernest Marson
Plaintiff

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75005.0021/15267218.1 Case No. 4:19-cv-04737-HSG

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR FACT DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT 

WITNESS INFORMATION

SHARON C. COLLIER (State Bar No. 203450) 

scc@severson.com 

JORDAN M. MEEKS (State Bar No. 311937) 

jmm@severson.com 

SEVERSON & WERSON 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 398-3344 

Facsimile: (415) 956-0439 

Attorneys for Defendant 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ERNEST MARSON, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, 

Does 1 to 20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:19-cv-04737-HSG 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE 

FOR FACT DISCOVERY AND 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT WITNESS 

INFORMATION; ORDER

[San Mateo County Superior Court, Case

No. 19CIV01473]

RECITALS 

The parties to this action, by and through their respective attorneys of record, respectfully 

submit the following Stipulation to Extend the Deadline for Fact Discovery, the Disclosure of 

Expert Witness Information, and Expert Discovery and Depositions: 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff initiated this lawsuit on March 14, 2019; 

WHEREAS, on August 13, 2019 Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco”) removed this 

matter to the Northern District of California; 

WHEREAS, on August 28, 2019 this matter was assigned to the Honorable Haywood S. 

Gilliam, Jr. in the Oakland Division for all proceedings; 

WHEREAS, on October 29, 2019, the parties met and conferred pursuant to Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(f); 

WHEREAS, on November 11, 2019 this Court issued a Scheduling Order, which provided 

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WITNESS INFORMATION

the following deadlines: 

1. Close of Fact Discovery: April 17, 2020;

2. Expert Disclosures: May 2, 2020;

3. Close of Expert Reports: June 1, 2020;

4. Dispositive Motion Hearing: July 16, 2020;

5. Pre-Trial Conference: October 13, 2020;

6. Jury Trial: October 26, 2020.

WHEREAS, on November 11, 2019, Costco served Plaintiff with Requests for

Admissions, Special Interrogatories, and Requests for Production of Documents; 

WHEREAS, due to various trials and other scheduling conflicts, Plaintiff’s counsel 

requested an extension of time to respond to the written discovery on December 16, 2019, 

December 20, 2019, and January 7, 2020; 

WHEREAS, Costco received Plaintiff’s verified responses on January 21, 2020, and 

promptly issued subpoenas to the medical providers Plaintiff identified in his responses to 

Costco’s written discovery; 

WHEREAS, Costco still has not received medical records, bills and other documents in 

response to the subpoenas that is issued; 

WHEREAS, based on the surveillance footage of this accident, counsel for Costco 

suspects that Plaintiff had a pre-existing medical condition which may have caused Plaintiff’s 

accident, and therefore needs to acquire those prior records, and potentially depose Plaintiff’s prior 

treating physicians; 

WHEREAS, Costco has noticed Plaintiff’s deposition for April 7, 2020; 

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2020 the Court selected Mediator Claudia Leed as the 

Mediator assigned to this case 

WHEREAS, due to various scheduling conflicts with Costco’s counsel, Plaintiff’s counsel 

and Mediator Claudia Leed, the parties were forced to schedule the mediation in this matter to 

either June 3, or June 10, which is still being determined; 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to participate in mediation in good faith, and to devote their 

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efforts at resolving this matter at mediation, and, to that end, wish to perform their Expert 

Disclosures after that date so as to preserve those resources for potential resolution; 

WHEREAS, based on Costco’s inability to acquire Plaintiff’s prior medical records and 

bills, Costco’s inability to identify prior treating physicians (and, therefore, depose those 

physicians), and the parties’ inability, through no fault of their own, to schedule Mediation via the 

Court’s Mediation Program until June of 2020, the parties require additional time for conducting 

fact discovery, and additional time to evaluate which experts they will need to retain pursuant to 

F.R.C.P. 26(a)(2)(B), and/or which treating physicians they will present testimony from pursuant 

to F.R.C.P. 26(a)(2)(A); 

WHEREAS, to allow sufficient time to conduct the necessary fact discovery, acquire the 

necessary medical and billing records, and conduct the necessary depositions, the parties have 

agreed to stipulate to extend the fact discovery deadline from April 17, 2020 to June 17, 2020; 

WHEREAS, to allow sufficient time to conduct the necessary fact discovery, acquire the 

necessary medical and billing records, participate in mediation, and conduct the necessary 

depositions, the parties have agreed to stipulate to extend the Expert Disclosure deadline from 

May 2, 2020 to July 2, 2020; 

WHEREAS, to allow sufficient time to conduct the necessary fact discovery, acquire the 

necessary medical and billing records, participate in mediation, and conduct the necessary 

depositions, the parties have agreed to stipulate to extend the Expert Discovery & Depositions 

deadline from June 1, 2020 to August 1, 2020; 

WHEREAS, the parties do not wish to modify any other deadlines in this matter, and 

intend to maintain the currently scheduled dispositive motion hearing deadline of July 16, 2020. 

WHEREAS, the parties will not be prejudiced by an extension of time to conduct fact 

discovery, make their expert disclosures and conduct expert depositions. This is the first such 

continuance requested by the parties. 

STIPULATION 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto 

through their respective counsel of record that the current deadline of April 17, 2020 for fact 

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discovery is extended to June 17, 2020, the current deadline of May 2, 2020 for disclosure of 

expert witness information, including testimony and reports, is extended to July 2, 2020, and the 

current deadline of June 1, 2020 for expert discovery and depositions, is extended to August 1, 

2020. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: March 12, 2020 JENNY & JENNY, LLP 

By: /s/ Scott E. Jenny and /s/ Richard K. Jenny

SCOTT AND RICHARD JENNY 

Attorney for Plaintiff ERNEST MARSON 

DATED: March 12, 2020 SEVERSON & WERSON 

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Jordan M. Meeks

Sharon C. Collier 

Jordan M. Meeks 

Attorneys for Defendant COSTCO WHOLESALE 

CORPORATION 

 ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: 3/13/2020 

HON. JUDGE HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

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