ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' REQUEST TO WAIVE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF REPRESENTATIVE AT MSC

(Removed from Stanislaus County Superior Court, Case No. 2021278)

MICHAEL J. SENG, Magistrate Judge.

This matter has been set for a Mandatory Settlement Conference ("MSC") on December 7, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. with United States Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng.

Defendant Lowe's Home Centers, LLC is being defended and indemnified by Defendant Electrolux Home Products, Inc. so no consent to settle is required. As such, this defendant requests that it be excused from attending the MSC.

Defendant Electrolux Home Products, Inc. further requests that its representative be excused from personal attendance at the Mandatory Settlement Conference in the above-referenced matter due to the fact that Electrolux Home Products, Inc. has its principal place of business in North Carolina.

Defendant Electrolux Home Products, Inc. represents that its representative, with authority to settle this matter, will be available by telephone for the entire duration of the Mandatory Settlement Conference.

Having considered the foregoing and the Court's conviction that a productive Settlement Conference is in the best interests of both parties and the Court and that the likelihood for a productive conference is substantially enhanced by having all essential parties personally present throughout the conference, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

IT IS SO ORDERED.