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Parties Involved:
Amber Ginorio
Plaintiff
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Defendant

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STIPULATION, VOLUNTARY REMAND AND [PROPOSED] ORDER – CASE NO. 2:07-CV-01403-MCE-DAD 

ROBERT S. McLAY (SBN 176661) 

CHERIE M. SUTHERLAND (SBN 217992) 

HAYES DAVIS BONINO 

ELLINGSON McLAY & SCOTT, LLP 

770 L Street, Suite 950 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: 916.449.3958 

Facsimile: 916.449.8256 

STEPHEN M. HAYES (SBN 83583) 

HAYES DAVIS BONINO 

ELLINGSON McLAY & SCOTT, LLP

203 Redwood Shores Pkwy., Suite 480 

Redwood City, CA 94065 

Telephone: 650.637.9100 

Facsimile: 650.637.8071 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY 

(erroneously sued as State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMBER GINORIO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE, and DOES 1 through 25, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:07-CV-01403-MCE-DAD 

STIPULATION RE: (1) AMOUNT IN 

CONTROVERSY DOES NOT EXCEED 

$75,000, (2) VOLUNTARY REMAND 

TO SUPERIOR COURT; AND 

 ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by plaintiff Amber Ginorio (“Ginorio”), through her 

attorney of record, Anthony M. Ontiveros of the Arnold Law Firm, and defendant State Farm 

Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”), through its attorneys of record, Robert S. 

McLay of Hayes Davis Bonino Ellingson McLay & Scott, LLP, do hereby agree and stipulate, as 

follows: 

1. In the present action, Ginorio does not now, nor will she at any time in the future in 

any court, seek to recover in excess of $75,000 including, but not limited to, special damages, 

economic damages, general damages, non-economic damages, costs of suit, attorney fees and 

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punitive damages. 

2. Further, Ginorio herein stipulates the amount in controversy does not now, nor will it 

at any time in the future in any court, exceed $75,000. Ginorio and State Farm hereby agree to a 

remand of this action to the Sacramento County Superior Court. 

3. Still further, Ginorio agrees to waive any and all damages awarded, if any, at any time 

in excess of $75,000. 

Dated: March 19, 2008 ARNOLD LAW FIRM 

By /S/ ANTHONY M. ONTIVEROS 

ANTHONY M. ONTIVEROS 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

AMBER GINORIO 

Dated: March 19, 2008 HAYES DAVIS BONINO ELLINGSON McLAY & 

SCOTT, LLP 

By /S/ ROBERT S. McLAY 

ROBERT S. McLAY 

CHERIE M. SUTHERLAND 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

ORDER

Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation, the present action is HEREBY REMANDED to the 

Sacramento County Superior Court. 

Date: 3/28/2008 

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