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Parties Involved:
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC
Defendant
Linda D. Jones
Plaintiff
Mona R. Vekas,
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF LINDA JONES AND MONA VEKAS 

IVERSON, YOAKUM, 

PAPIANO & HATCH

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ARNOLD D. LARSON, Esq., (S.B. #77118) MARY P. LIGHTFOOT, Esq., (S.B. #137477) 

DARREN M. BALLAS, Esq., (S.B.# 198584) IVERSON, YOAKUM, PAPIANO & HATCH 

624 South Grand Avenue, 27th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Tel.: (213) 624-7444 / Fax: (213) 629-4563 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE NORTH 

AMERICAN TIRE, LLC, successor to 

BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., formerly 

known as “The Firestone Tire & Rubber 

Company”) and erroneously sued herein as 

“Firestone Tire & Rubber Company”, and BFS RETAIL & COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, LLC 

dba FIRESTONE TIRE & SERVICE CENTERS, 

erroneously sued herein as “Firestone Tire & 

Service Center” 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LINDA D. JONES and MONA R. 

VEKAS, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER 

COMPANY, FIRESTONE TIRE & 

SERVICE CENTER; and , DOES 1 

through 100, Inclusive, 

 Defendants.

CASE NO.: 1:05-CV-01525 DLB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

RE: MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS 

OF LINDA JONES AND MONA 

VEKAS 

[FRCP Rules 26 & 35] 

Complaint filed : September 19, 2005 

Defendants BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE NORTH AMERICAN TIRE, 

LLC, successor to BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., and BFS RETAIL & 

COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, LLC (collectively “Defendants”), on the one 

hand, and Plaintiffs LINDA JONES and MONA VEKAS (hereafter “Plaintiffs”), 

on the other hand, agree to the following: 

WHEREAS, Defendants have requested that Plaintiffs attend individual 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF LINDA JONES AND MONA VEKAS 

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Medical Examinations to be conducted by Steven Graboff, M.D. at 17752 Beach 

Blvd., Suite 202, in Huntington Beach, CA 92647, under Rule 35 of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure; and 

WHEREAS Defendants and Plaintiffs agree that the damages alleged by 

Plaintiffs have placed the subject(s) of such Medical Examinations at issue; and 

WHEREAS Defendants and Plaintiffs desire to cooperate in good faith and 

avoid the necessity of costly and time consuming law & motion; 

 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT 

 1. Plaintiffs will submit to the aforementioned Medical Examinations on 

September 21, 2006, with the Medical Examination of LINDA JONES 

commencing at 8:00 a.m., and the Medical Examination of MONA VEKAS to 

follow immediately after the completion of the examination of LINDA JONES; 

 2. Upon tender of receipts for their expenses, Defendants will reimburse 

Plaintiffs for the cost of gasoline, lodging, and food, so that Plaintiffs may travel to 

and stay in the vicinity of Dr. Graboff’s office the night before the examinations, 

and said reimbursement shall not exceed the total sum of $500.00; 

 3. If an examination date is required to be changed in consideration of 

Plaintiffs’ and the examining doctor’s schedules, Plaintiffs and Defendants stipulate 

to extending the expert designation deadline and any rebuttal deadline to allow the 

Defendants’ examining doctor a reasonable time period to prepare his expert 

reports, if such deadlines are not already extended based on any other stipulation 

and proposed order; 

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 4. This Stipulation may be executed in counterparts and a facsimile 

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signature shall be effective as an original signature. 

SO STIPULATED:

Dated: August __, 2006 IVERSON, YOAKUM, PAPIANO & HATCH 

 By: ______/s/ Signature on File 

 DARREN M. BALLAS 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE NORTH 

AMERICAN TIRE, LLC, successor to 

BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., 

formerly known as “The Firestone Tire & 

Rubber Company”) and erroneously sued 

herein as “Firestone Tire & Rubber 

Company”, and BFS RETAIL & 

COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, LLC dba 

FIRESTONE TIRE & SERVICE CENTERS, 

erroneously sued herein as “Firestone Tire & 

Service Center” 

Dated: August __, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF JAMES E. NORIEGA 

 By: ______/s/ Signature on File 

 JAMES E. NORIEGA 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

LINDA JONES and MONA VEKAS 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

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 1. Plaintiffs will submit to Medical Examinations on September 21, 2006, 

with the Medical Examination of LINDA JONES commencing at 8:00 a.m., and the 

Medical Examination of MONA VEKAS to follow immediately after the 

completion of the examination of LINDA JONES; and 

 2. Upon tender of receipts for their expenses, Defendants will reimburse 

Plaintiffs for the cost of gasoline, lodging, and food, so that Plaintiffs may travel to 

and stay in the vicinity of the examining physician’s office the night before the 

examinations, and said reimbursement shall not exceed the total sum of $500.00. 

DATED: September 7, 2006 _____/s/ Dennis L. Beck_____________ 

 Dennis L. Beck 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 

 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over 

the age of eighteen and not a party to the within action; my business address is: 624 South Grand Avenue, 27th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017. 

On the date specified herein below, I served the foregoing document, described herein, on all interested parties in this action by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in sealed envelope(s), Los Angeles, California, addressed as 

follows: 

[Please see attached Service List]

Date of Service: September 6, 2006

Document Served: STIPULATION REGARDING MEDICAL 

 EXAMINATION OF LINDA JONES AND MONA VEKAS 

 __ (REGULAR MAIL) I caused such envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid to be placed in the United States mail at Los Angeles, California. 

 I am "readily familiar" with the firm's practice of collection and processing correspondence for mailing. It is deposited with U.S. postage service on that same day in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of 

party served, service is presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or 

postage meter date is more than 1 day after date of deposit for mailing in affidavit. 

 X BY E-Filing/E-Serve I caused such document to be e-filed, by which a copy 

 will be electronically transmitted to the recipient. 

 BY FACSIMILE By sending a copy of said document by facsimile machine for instantaneous transmittal via telephone line to the offices of the addressee(s) listed on the attached service list using the facsimile number(s) listed on the service list. 

 (STATE) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. 

 X (FEDERAL) I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the 

bar of this court at whose direction the service was made. 

 Executed at Los Angeles, California on this date, September 6, 2006. 

 ________/s/ Signature on File 

 Maria C. Dimas 

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SERVICE LIST 

JONES, et al. vs. BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE, et al.

FILE NO.: 1701-1427 

JAMES E. NORIEGA, ESQ. 

LAW OFFICES OF JAMES E. NORIEGA 

3300 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 350 

Bakersfield, CA 93301 

Tel: (661) 322-7900/ Fax (661) 322-3930 Attorney for Plaintiff’s LINDA JONES and MONA R. VEKAS 

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