Filed: Apr. 20, 2018
Latest Update: Apr. 20, 2018
Summary: NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT PENDING GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT MOTION; STIPULATION FOR 60-DAY DISCOVERY STAY AND 45-DAY TO 60-DAY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES; ORDER TROY L. NUNLEY , District Judge . Defendant Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company ("Ironshore") and Plaintiff Landmark American Insurance Company ("Landmark") have reached a settlement-in-principle. The settlement is conditional on a good faith settlement determination pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6. The set
Summary: NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT PENDING GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT MOTION; STIPULATION FOR 60-DAY DISCOVERY STAY AND 45-DAY TO 60-DAY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES; ORDER TROY L. NUNLEY , District Judge . Defendant Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company ("Ironshore") and Plaintiff Landmark American Insurance Company ("Landmark") have reached a settlement-in-principle. The settlement is conditional on a good faith settlement determination pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6. The sett..
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT PENDING GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT MOTION; STIPULATION FOR 60-DAY DISCOVERY STAY AND 45-DAY TO 60-DAY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES; ORDER
TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.
Defendant Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company ("Ironshore") and Plaintiff Landmark American Insurance Company ("Landmark") have reached a settlement-in-principle. The settlement is conditional on a good faith settlement determination pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6. The settlement is also conditioned on a 45-day stay of previously served discovery between Ironshore and Landmark, and an extension of deadlines for 45 to 60 days permitting Landmark and Ironshore to conserve money and time until the court rules on the section 877.6 motion. Ironshore intends to file that motion today. Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation ("Liberty") intends to oppose. The requested extension of 45 to 60 days does not include deadlines applicable to the pre-trial conference and trial date. No party seeks to reopen discovery. They seek only to stay certain discovery pending determination of the section 877.6 motion and to extend by 45 to 60 days the time in which the parties may respond to certain previously served discovery, designate experts and rebuttal experts, and file dispositive motions.
The current non-expert discovery deadline is April 30, 2018. In light of the settlement-in-principle and good faith settlement motion, Landmark, Ironshore, and Liberty stipulate and agree as follows.
STIPULATION
Landmark, Ironshore, and Liberty (the "parties") hereby stipulate and agree that discovery between Landmark and Ironshore may be stayed for 45 days. The parties further agree and stipulate to due dates and deadlines, original and extended, as follows:
Outstanding Written From [Set To Due Date
Discovery No.] Extended*
Ironshore [1] Landmark 06/29/2018*
Interrogatories Landmark [2] Ironshore 06/29/2018*
Landmark [1] Liberty 04/22/18
Liberty [1] [2] Landmark 04/17/2018 & 04/18/2018
Liberty [1] [2] Ironshore 04/17/2018 & 04/18/2018
Ironshore [1] Liberty 04/28/18
Ironshore [1] Landmark 06/29/2018*
Requests for Admission Landmark [1] Ironshore 06/29/2018*
Landmark [1] Liberty 04/22/2018
Ironshore [1] Liberty 04/28/2018
Ironshore [2] Landmark 06/29/2018*
Requests for Production of Landmark [2] Ironshore 06/29/2018*
Documents Landmark [1] Liberty 04/22/2018
Liberty [1] [2] Landmark 04/17/2018 & 04/18/2018
Liberty [2] Ironshore 04/17/2018
Ironshore [1] Liberty 04/28/2018
Scheduled 30(b)(6) Noticed By Extended Deadline*
Depositions/ [Original Date Noticed for
Subpoenas/SDTs Deposition]
California Cost Consultants Ironshore [04/16/18] 06/29/2018*
Landmark Ironshore [04/17/18] 06/29/2018*
Mark Lucas (River City Caulking) Ironshore [04/19/18] 06/29/2018*
Liberty Ironshore [04/30/18] 06/29/2018*
Ironshore TPA/COR Liberty [04/26/18] N/A
Experts/Dispositive Motions Extended Deadline*
Expert Disclosures/Reports 08/27/2018*
Rebuttal Expert Designation/Reports 09/14/2018*
Dispositive Motions to be Heard 12/02/2018*
Ironshore, Landmark, and Liberty respectfully request that the Court enter an order approving this stipulation.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED for good cause shown that all discovery between Landmark American Insurance Company ("Landmark") and Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company ("Ironshore") is stayed for 45 days from the date of this Order. The deadline for Landmark and Ironshore to respond to all previously served written discovery between Landmark and Ironshore and for Ironshore to conduct all its previously noticed depositions is extended to June 29, 2018; the deadline to disclose experts and produce expert reports is extended to August 27, 2018; the deadline for rebuttal experts and reports is extended to September 14, 2018; and the deadline for dispositive motions to be heard is extended to December 2, 2018. Landmark and Ironshore shall respond to Liberty's previously served written discovery, and Liberty shall respond to Landmark and Ironshore's previously served discovery, by the original due dates set forth in the foregoing stipulation. Liberty's deposition of Specialty Claims Management shall proceed on April 26, 2018.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
