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Parties Involved:
Allied Insurance
Defendant
Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company
Defendant
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Defendant
Nate Worth
Plaintiff

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4813-3825-5909.1 2:14-CV-02068-GEB-AC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO COMPLETE MEDIATION 

PURSUANT TO COURT’S VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

Julian J. Pardini, Esq. SB# 133878

E-Mail: Julian.Pardini@lewisbrisbois.com

Stephen J. Liberatore, Esq. SB# 129772

E-Mail: Stephen.Liberatore@lewisbrisbois.com

333 Bush Street, Suite 1100

San Francisco, California 94104-2872

Telephone: 415.362.2580

Facsimile: 415.434.0882

Attorneys for Defendant

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, sued herein as “NATIONWIDE 

AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY”

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATE WORTH,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE 

COMPANY, AN IOWA CORPORATION 

QUALIFIED TO DO BUSINESS IN 

CALIFORNIA AKA NATIONWIDE MUTUAL 

INSURANCE AKA ALLIED INSURANCE AND 

DOES 1 THROUGH 100 INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:14-CV-02068-GEB-AC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO 

COMPLETE MEDIATION PURSUANT 

TO COURT’S VOLUNTARY DISPUTE 

RESOLUTION PROGRAM

Complaint Filed: July 28, 2014

Plaintiff NATE WORTH (“Plaintiff”) and NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, sued herein as “NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY”

(“Defendant”), and collectively referred to hereinafter as “the Parties,” by and through their 

respective counsel of record stipulate as follows:

RECITALS

1. On May 18, 2015, the Parties agreed by stipulation to participate in mediation 

pursuant to the Court’s “Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program” (“VDRP”).

2. On May 18, 2015, the Court ordered the Parties to participate in VDRP mediation.

3. On June 4, 2015, the Court appointed Richard Caufield to act as the neutral 

attorney with respect the Parties’ VDRP mediation.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO COMPLETE MEDIATION 

PURSUANT TO COURT’S VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM

4. Per the Court’s Local Rule 271(j)(1), the Parties were to complete the VDRP 

mediation no later than September 3, 2015.

5. However, due to the Parties’ respective counsel’s trial calendars and Mr. Caufield’s 

request that the mediation be held on a Friday, the Parties cannot complete the mediation prior to 

the September 3, 2015. In consultation with Mr. Caufield, counsel for the Parties are endeavoring 

to schedule the mediation for Friday, October 2, 2015, or Friday, October 16, 2015.

STIPULATION

WHEREFORE, the Parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby 

stipulate as follows:

That the Parties, jointly, by and through their respective counsel of record, request that the 

Court extend the deadline for the Parties to complete mediation pursuant to VDRP, presently set 

for September 3, 2015, an additional 90 days to December 2, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July __, 2015 Law Office of James L. Brunello 

By 

James L. Brunello

Karen Pine

Attorneys for Plaintiff

NATE WORTH

Dated: July __, 2015 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

By ____________________ 

Julian J. Pardini

Stephen J. Liberatore

Attorneys for Defendant

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, sued herein as “NATIONWIDE 

AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY”

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO COMPLETE MEDIATION 

PURSUANT TO COURT’S VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM

ORDER

Having read and considered the Parties’ stipulation, set forth above, 

THE COURT HEREBY ORDERS that the deadline for the Parties to complete 

mediation pursuant to the Court’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program be, and hereby is, 

EXTENDED to December 2, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 28, 2015

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