United States of American for the use and benefit of The Erection Company, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America et al

Filing 27

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO RELATE CASES by Judge Paul S. Grewal, granting ECF No. 74 in Case No. 5:14-cv-03360-PSG: 5:15-cv-00125-PSG RELATED to Case Nos. 5:14-cv-03360-PSG, 5:14-cv-04401-PSG and 5:14-cv-05600-PSG. (ofr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/1/2015)

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1 HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
ROBERT W. O’CONNOR, SBN 96547
2 [e-mail]
JOHN W. KLOTSCHE, SBN 257992
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500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1500
4 Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: [phone]
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6 Attorneys for FOUGHT & COMPANY, INC.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE DIVISION

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11 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for
the use and benefit of The Erection
12 Company, Inc.,
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Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 5:15-cv-00125-PSG
STIPULATION TO RELATE CASES
[PROPOSED] ORDER

v.

15 TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY
COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut
16 Surety corporation; LIBERTY MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY, a
17 Massachusetts Surety corporation; and
FOUGHT & COMPANY, INC., an Oregon
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Defendants.

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Walsh/DeMaria Joint Venture V, Walsh Construction Company, The Walsh Group

22 Ltd., DeMaria Building Company, Inc., (collectively "Walsh") Travelers Casualty and
23 Surety Company of America ("Travelers"), Liberty Mutual Insurance Company ("Liberty"),
24 J.R. Conkey & Associates, Inc. ("Conkey"), Fought & Company, Inc. ("Fought") and The
25 Erection Company ("TEC") (all collectively referred to as the "Parties"), by and through
26 their respective counsel of record herein, hereby stipulate as follows:
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On or about July 24, 2014, Conkey commenced an action entitled J.R.

28 Conkey v. Walsh DeMaria Joint Venture V. et al. (N.D. Cal.) Case No. 5:14-cv-0336010853499.2

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1 PSG (“Conkey Action”) by filing a complaint in the United States District Court for the
2 Northern District of California, including a cause of action for recovery on Miller Act
3 Payment Bond, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. §§ 3131-3134, relating to monies allegedly owed
4 for work performed at a Veterans Administration (“VA”) hospital in Palo Alto, California
5 (the "Project").
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2.

On or about September 30, 2014, Fought commenced an action entitled

7 Fought v. Walsh DeMaria Joint Venture V. et al. (N.D. Cal.) Case No. 5:14-cv-04401-HRL
8 (“First Fought Action”) by filing a complaint in the United States District Court for the
9 Northern District of California, including a Miller Act Payment Bond claim for relief,
10 pursuant to 40 U.S.C. §§ 3131 et seq., relating to monies allegedly owed for work
11 performed on the Project.
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On or about December 23, 2014, Fought commenced a second action

13 entitled Fought v. Walsh DeMaria Joint Venture V. et al. (N.D. Cal.) Case No. 5:14-cv14 05600-HRL ("Second Fought Action") by filing a complaint in the United States District
15 Court for the Northern District of California, including a Miller Act Payment Bond claim for
16 relief, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. §§ 3131 et seq., relating to monies allegedly owed for work
17 performed on the Project;
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As set forth in the parties' stipulation dated January 8, 2015, the Conkey

19 Action, First Fought Action and Second Fought Action are all related within the meaning
20 of Civil Local Rule 3-12, because the actions concern substantially the same parties and
21 transaction or event. Accordingly, on January 8, 2015, the Court ordered the Conkey
22 Action, First Fought Action, and Second Fought Action related.
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5.

On or about January 9, 2015, TEC commenced an action entitled The

24 Erection Company v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America, et al. (N.D. Cal.)
25 Case No. 5:14-cv-00125-PSG (“TEC Action”) by filing a complaint in the United States
26 District Court for the Northern District of California that included a Miller Act Payment
27 Bond claim for relief, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. §§ 3131 et seq., relating to monies allegedly
28 owed for work performed on the Project.
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Attorneys for WALSH/DEMARIA JOINT
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Attorneys for TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND
SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA and
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

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PROPOSED ORDER

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THE COURT, HAVING REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED THE FOREGOING

4 STIPULATION, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, HEREBY ORDERS that
5 the cases entitled The Erection Company v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of
6 America, et al. (N.D. Cal.) Case No. 5:15-cv-00125-PSG, be deemed related to the cases
7 entitled J.R. Conkey v. Walsh DeMaria Joint Venture V. et al. (N.D. Cal.) Case No. 5:148 cv-03360-PSG, Fought v. Walsh DeMaria Joint Venture V. et al. (N.D. Cal.) Case No.
9 5:14-cv-04401-PSG, and Fought v. Walsh DeMaria Joint Venture V. et al. (N.D. Cal.)
10 Case No. 5:14-cv-05600-PSG, including related counter-claims and cross-claims,
11 pursuant to L.R. 3-12 because the actions concern substantially the same parties,
12 transaction or event and it appears likely that there will be an unduly burdensome
13 duplication of labor and expense or conflicting results if the cases are conducted before
14 different Judges.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal

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