Travelers Property Casualty Company of American v. Centex Homes et al

Filing 187

ORDER re 186 Status Report filed by Centex Homes. Joint Status Report due by 6/16/2016. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 5/31/2016. (beS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/3/2016)

PAYNE & FEARS LLP
1 Scott S. Thomas, Bar No. 106720
[e-mail]
2 J. Kelby Van Patten, Bar No. 167553
[e-mail]
3 Jeffrey M. Hayes, Bar No. 246511
[e-mail]
4 Attorneys at Law
Jamboree Center, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100
5 Irvine, California 92614
Telephone: [phone]
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7 Attorneys for Defendants CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership;
NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California limited liability partnership
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
[phone]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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PAYNE & FEARS LLP

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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12 TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY
COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut
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Case No. 3:12-cv-00371-CRB
[Consolidated for Trial with Case No. 3:13-cv00088-CRB]

Plaintiff,
Honorable Charles R. Breyer
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16 CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership;
NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California
17 limited liability partnership; RGL, Inc., a
California corporation, dba RGL
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inclusive,
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Defendants.
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JOINT STATUS UPDATE AND
ORDER

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On April 25, 2016, Travelers Property Casualty Company of America (“Travelers”),

2 Centex Homes (“Centex”) and Newmeyer & Dillion (“Newmeyer”) stipulated to stay this case.
3 (Docket No. 184.) RGL, Inc. (“RGL”) did not request the stay, but did not object to the stay
4 requested by Travelers, Centex and Newmeyer (the “Parties”). The Parties entered the stipulation
5 to stay in order to facilitate settlement negotiations for the dozens of cases pending between them
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The Court signed the stipulation, and entered the stay, on April 28, 2016. (Docket No.

9 185.) The Court’s order requested that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than May

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
[phone]

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

10 24, 2016, following the conclusion of an MSC that was to be held before the Honorable John A.
11 Kronstadt of the Central District of California to discuss a global resolution of the cases pending
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During the course of the May 10, 2016, MSC, the Parties reached a tentative settlement as

15 to most of the cases pending between them; however, the Parties did not discuss this particular
16 case. Instead, the Parties agreed to hold a mediation on May 31, 2016, before a neutral in Nevada
17 in order to continue settlement discussions about the cases that remain pending between them. The
18 Parties request the Court leave the stay in place and they further propose that the Court enter an
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20 indicating whether a continued stay is warranted or whether the stay should be lifted.
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DATED: May 24, 2016

PAYNE & FEARS

By:

/s/ Jeffrey M. Hayes
J. KELBY VAN PATTEN
JEFFREY M. HAYES

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Attorneys for Centex Homes and Newmeyer &
Dillion, LLP

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DATED: May 24, 2016

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THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

By:

/s/ Rebecca Hunter
A. ERIC AGUILERA, ESQ.
RAYMOND E. BROWN, ESQ.
REBECCA HUNTER, ESQ.

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ERICKSEN ARBUTHNOT

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
[phone]

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

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By:

/s/ Andrew P. Sclar
ANDREW P. SCLAR
Attorneys for RGL, Inc.

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ORDER

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that this case will remain stayed

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than

7 June 16, 2016, following the conclusion of the mediation that will be held on May 31, 2016,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
[phone]

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

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Dated:
Hon. Charles R. Breyer
Judge, United States District Court

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