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Parties Involved:
Leo Wilson Co., Inc.
Plaintiff
Quanta Specialty Lines Insurance Company
Defendant
Wilson Homes, Inc.
Plaintiff

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1 14-CV-01610-DAD-BAM

STIPULATION TO SET SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND ORDER THEREON

LEWI

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WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC

Kurt F. Vote, SB# 167496

Email: kvote@wjhattorneys.com

Jay A. Christofferson, SB# 203878

Email: jchristofferson@wjhattorneys.com

265 E. River Park Circle, Suite 310

Fresno, California 93720

Telephone: 559.233.4800

Facsimile: 559.233.9330

Attorneys for LEO WILSON CO., INC. and WILSON HOMES, INC.

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

LANE J. ASHLEY, SB# 073296

 Email: lane.ashley@lewisbrisbois.com 

KATHLEEN E. HEGEN, SB# 104522

 Email: kathleen.hegen@lewisbrisbois.com

MICHAEL K. JOHNSON, SB# 130193

 E-Mail: michael.johnson@lewisbrisbois.com

333 Bush Street, Suite 1100

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: 415.362.2580

Facsimile: 415.362.2582

Attorneys for Defendant Quanta Indemnity Company as successor by merger to Quanta Specialty 

Lines Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT

FRESNO DIVISION

LEO WILSON CO., INC., a California 

corporation and. WILSON HOMES, INC., a 

California corporation,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

QUANTA SPECIALTY LINES INSURANCE 

COMPANY and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 14-CV-01610-DAD-BAM

The Hon. Magistrate Judge Barbara A. 

McAuliffe 

STIPULATION TO SET 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

ORDER THEREON

Date: June 20, 2016

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Courtroom: 8, 6th Floor

Complaint Filed: October 14, 2014

WHEREAS, the current discovery deadline for this matter was May 16, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the current expert witness disclosure deadline for this matter was July 15, 

2016; 

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WHEREAS, the current dispositive motion deadline for this matter is November 15, 

2016; 

WHEREAS, the current trial date for this matter is May 16, 2017; 

WHEREAS, the parties have set numerous depositions which will be costly in part due 

to travel time and expense, and also required time off work for the party representatives;

WHEREAS, the parties desire a short hiatus from taking depositions to determine if the 

matter can be resolved informally;

WHEREAS, the parties agreed to submit their respective claims to mediation or an 

early settlement conference and submitted on March 21, 2016, a stipulation and proposed 

Order seeking to continue the discovery and expert disclosure deadlines to September 1, 2016 

and November 15, 2016 respectively in order to allow them sufficient time to fully mediate the 

above captioned action (“Request” Dkt#22);

WHEREAS, on March 22, 2016, the Court issued a minute order partially granting the 

Request, continuing the discovery deadline to August 1, 2016 and the expert disclosure deadline to 

September 9, 2016 (Dkt#23);

WHEREAS, on April 27, 2016, the Court issued a minute order stating that a settlement 

conference would be set and directing the parties to meet and confer and to select an available date 

(Dkt#24);

WHEREAS, the parties, counsel and the Court are all available to attend a settlement 

conference on June 20.

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: May 25, 2016 WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC

By: /s/ Jay A. Christofferson

Jay A. Christofferson

Attorneys for LEO WILSON CO., INC. and

WILSON HOMES, INC.

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DATED: May 25, 2016 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

By: /s/ Kathleen E. Hegen

Kathleen E. Hegen

Attorneys for LEO WILSON CO., INC. and 

WILSON HOMES, INC.

ORDER

Pursuant to the above stipulation and good cause showing, the Court sets a settlement 

conference for June 20, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 8. Unless otherwise permitted in advance 

by the Court, the attorneys who will try the case shall personally appear at the settlement 

conference with the parties and the person or persons having full authority to negotiate and settle 

the case, on any terms, at the conference. A Confidential Settlement Conference Statement is 

MANDATORY from each party, and must be submitted to Judge McAuliffe’s chambers, at least 

seven (7) calendar days prior to the Settlement Conference. Confidential Settlement 

Conference Statements are due e-mailed to bamorders@caed.uscourts.gov. This statement should 

neither be filed with the clerk of the Court nor served on any other party.

The settlement statement should not be lengthy but shall include a brief recitation of the 

facts, a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the case, an estimate of the cost and time to 

be expended for further pretrial and trial matters, and the relief sought. The parties are also 

directed to include a candid statement on the party’s position on settlement, including the amount 

which the party will accept to settle, realistic settlement expectations, present settlement 

proposals, and a history of past settlement discussions, offers, demands, and a report on settlement 

efforts to date.

This Court will vacate the settlement conference if the Court finds the settlement 

conference will be neither productive nor meaningful to attempt to resolve all or part of this case. 

As far in advance of the settlement conference as possible, a party shall inform the Court and other 

parties that it believes the case is not in a settlement posture so the Court may vacate or reset the 

settlement conference. Otherwise the parties shall proceed with the settlement conference in good 

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faith to attempt to resolve all or part of the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 31, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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