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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

Document Text:

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STIPULATION TO RELEASE AND DISCHARGE UNDERTAKINGS OF CORPORATE SURETY

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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, plaintiffs American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance 

Company and American Motorists Insurance Company and defendants Carothers Construction, 

Inc., David L. Carothers and Terri L. Carothers stipulate to the release and discharge of the 

following Undertakings of Corporate Surety deposited by plaintiffs with the Clerk of Court on or 

about January 26, 2007: 

AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS 

MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 

et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CAROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC., 

et al., 

Defendants. 

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

STIPULATION TO RELEASE AND 

DISCHARGE UNDERTAKINGS OF 

CORPORATE SURETY; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

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• Bond Number 70NGP 183974 issued on behalf of American Manufacturers 

Mutual Insurance Company; and 

• Bond Number 70NGP 183975 issued on behalf of American Motorists Insurance 

Company. 

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

1. On January 5, 2007, plaintiffs filed Applications for Right to Attach Orders and 

Writs of Attachment with respect to specified assets of defendants. 

2. On January 25, 2007, in order to satisfy the requirements of California Code of 

Civil Procedure section 489.220 (requiring a $10,000 undertaking in support of such 

applications) and Local Rule 65.1-151(c), plaintiffs submitted two Undertakings of Corporate 

Surety in the amount of $10,000 by overnight mail to the Clerk of Court (the “Undertakings”). 

See plaintiffs’ January 25, 2007 Notice of Filing of Undertakings of Corporate Surety in Support 

of Plaintiffs’ Applications for Right to Attach Orders and Writs of Attachment. (Document No. 

49 on the Court’s Docket). 

3. By Order dated September 19, 2007, the Court denied plaintiffs’ Applications for 

Right to Attach Orders and Writs of Attachment. (Document No. 224 on the Court’s Docket.) 

4. The purpose of undertakings such as those posted by plaintiffs is to protect parties 

subject to attachment in the event that the attachment is determined to be wrongful once the 

attaching party’s claims are adjudicated. See California Code of Civil Procedure section 

489.210. 

5. Here, no attachment occurred, as the Court denied plaintiffs’ Applications for 

Right to Attach Orders and Writs of Attachment. Accordingly, there is no reason for plaintiffs’ 

Undertakings to remain posted with the Court. 

6. Unless the Undertakings are released and discharged, plaintiffs will be required to 

pay a renewal premium on the Undertakings in the very near term. The Court’s grant of the 

instant stipulation will avoid this unnecessary expense. 

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

stipulation and direct the Clerk of Court to release and discharge the Undertakings. 

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DATED: January 9, 2008 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: January 9, 2008 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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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO RELEASE AND DISCHARGE

UNDERTAKINGS OF CORPORATE SURETY

The Court has considered the parties’ January 9, 2008 Stipulation to Release and 

Discharge Undertakings of Corporate Surety (the “Stipulation”) and orders as follows: 

 1. The Stipulation is granted. 

 2. The following Undertakings of Corporate Surety deposited by plaintiffs with the 

Clerk of Court on or about January 26, 2007 (the “Undertakings”), are hereby released and 

discharged: 

• Bond Number 70NGP 183974 issued on behalf of American Manufacturers 

Mutual Insurance Company; and 

• Bond Number 70NGP 183975 issued on behalf of American Motorists Insurance 

Company. 

 3. The Clerk of Court shall return forthwith the original signed and notarized 

Undertakings to counsel of record for plaintiffs as follows: 

Joel M. Long, Esq. 

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP 

One Market Plaza 

Steuart Tower, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 15, 2008 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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