Schaffner v. Crown Equipment Corporation

Filing 224

STIPULATION AND ORDER Pretrial Conference set for 7/10/2012 01:00 PM before Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong. Jury Selection set for 7/16/2012 08:30 AM before Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong. Jury Trial set for 7/16/2012 08:30 AM before Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong.. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 3/14/12. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/14/2012)

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1 2 3 4 KENNETH E. KELLER (SBN: 71450) DANIEL J. SCULLY, JR. (SBN: 94661) kkeller@kksrr.com dscully@clarkhill.com MICHAEL D. LISI (SBN 196974) CLARK HILL P.C. 500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 2500 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Telephone: (313) 965-8468 Facsimile: (313) 965-8252 mlisi@kksrr.com GARTH A. ROSENGREN (SBN 215732) grosengren@kksrr.com KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & ROMAN LLP th 5 555 Montgomery Street, 17 Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 6 Telephone: (415) 249-8330 Facsimile: (415) 249-8333 7 8 Attorneys for Defendant CROWN EQUIPMENT CORP. 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 (OAKLAND DIVISION) 12 FRANK SCHAFFNER, Case No.: C09-00284 SBA 13 Plaintiff, 14 15 16 17 CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION dba CROWN LIFT TRUCKS, NORTHWEST HANDLING SYSTEM, INC., 18 19 20 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE TRIAL DATE v. Defendants. NORTHWEST HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC., Cross-Claimant, 21 22 v. 23 CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION dba CROWN LIFT TRUCKS, and DOES I-X, inclusive, and EACH OF THEM, 24 25 26 27 Cross-Defendants. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP., Lien Claimant. 28 1 _________________________________________________________________________________ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE TRIAL DATE Case No.: C09-00284 SBA 1 WHEREAS on February 10, 2012, the Court entered an order vacating the dates for 2 the pretrial conference and trial in this matter, and set a Case Management Conference for 3 February 29, 2012 for the purpose of re-scheduling those dates; 4 WHEREAS counsel for Plaintiff Frank Schaffner (“Plaintiff”), Defendant Crown 5 Equipment Corporation (“Crown”), and Defendant and Cross-Complainant North West 6 Handling Systems, Inc. (“NWHS”) appeared telephonically for the Case Management 7 Conference on February 29th; 8 9 10 WHEREAS at the Case Management Conference, the Court tentatively set a trial date of June 25, 2012, and the parties raised various concerns regarding scheduling conflicts for counsel and potential witnesses; 11 WHEREAS, in response to those concerns, the Court ordered the parties to meet and 12 confer about a possible alternative date, and if possible, to prepare and file a stipulation and 13 proposed order to re-set the trial and pretrial conference to another date, provided the trial 14 would be concluded by no later than the end of July 2012; 15 WHEREAS, the parties have now met and conferred regarding the respective 16 schedules of counsel and witnesses, and have determined that starting the trial in this matter 17 on July 16, 2012, would allow the parties to resolve all of their scheduling issues, save for 18 Plaintiff’s concern regarding the availability of his expert witness, Dr. Ziernicki; and 19 WHEREAS, in order to accommodate Dr. Ziernicki’s schedule, the parties have 20 further agreed that Dr. Ziernicki may, if necessary, be allowed to testify on July 20, 2012, 21 even if such testimony would occur during a portion of the trial ordinarily reserved for 22 Defendant’s witnesses, unless Dr. Ziernicki’s schedule opens so that he may testify earlier. 23 24 25 26 THEREFORE, IT IS HERBY STIPULATED by and between counsel for Plaintiff, Crown, and NWHS, and subject to approval by the Court: (a) the trial in this matter shall be re-set for July 16, 2012 at 8:30 AM, and the pretrial conference shall be re-set for June 26, 2012 at 1:00 PM; 27 (b) subject to the Court’s ruling on Crown’s motion in limine to exclude portions of 28 Dr. Ziernicki’s testimony, and without waiving any of defendants’ objections to 2 _________________________________________________________________________________ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE TRIAL DATE Case No.: C09-00284 SBA 1 such testimony, Dr. Ziernicki will be permitted to testify not later than July 20, 2 2012, even if such testimony would occur during that portion of the trial reserved 3 for defendants’ witnesses; and 4 (c) if Dr. Ziernicki’s schedule changes and he is available earlier than July 20, 2012, 5 then Dr. Ziernicki’s testimony (if any) will be presented during Plaintiff’s case-in- 6 chief. 7 8 Dated: March 14, 2012 KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & ROMAN LLP 9 By: _______________/s/______________________ Michael D. Lisi Attorneys for Defendant CROWN EQUIPMENT CORP. 10 11 12 13 Dated: March 14, 2012 WELTIN STREB WELTIN LLP 14 15 By: _______________/s/______________________ Daniel R. Weltin Attorneys for Plaintiff FRANK SCHAFFNER 16 17 18 19 Dated: March 14, 2012 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 By: _______________/s/______________________ Nora M. Nachtsheim Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Claimant for NORTH WEST HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC. I hereby attest that I have been authorized by the above counsel to execute on their behalf this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re Trial Date. Executed on this 13th day of March, 2012, at San Francisco, California. _________/s/_________________________ Michael D. Lisi 3 _________________________________________________________________________________ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE TRIAL DATE Case No.: C09-00284 SBA 1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 A seven (7) day jury trial in this matter shall be re-set for July 16, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. 3 and the pretrial conference shall be re-set for July 10, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. 4 5 6 7 Dated: March 14, 2012 ____________________________________________ HONORABLE SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 _________________________________________________________________________________ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE TRIAL DATE Case No.: C09-00284 SBA

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