American Fire & Casualty Company v. Ford Motor Company
Plaintiff: American Fire & Casualty Company
Defendant: Ford Motor Company
Case Number: 2:2020cv00116
Filed: January 15, 2020
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of California
Presiding Judge: Kendall J Newman
Referring Judge: William B Shubb
Nature of Suit: Prop. Damage Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 1, 2022 Filing 39 MINUTE ORDER (TEXT ONLY): Pursuant to the #38 Stipulation to Dismiss with Prejudice filed 8/1/2022, THIS ACTION IS TERMINATED, and all pending dates and deadlines are VACATED. CASE CLOSED. (Kirksey Smith, K)
August 1, 2022 Filing 38 STIPULATION to Dismiss with Prejudice by American Fire & Casualty Company. (Kestenbaum, David)
May 20, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 37 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 5/19/22 MODIFYING the pretrial scheduling order as follows: Fact Discovery to be completed by: 6/24/22; Plaintiff's Expert Witness Disclosures by: 8/5/22; Defense Expert Witness Disclosures by: 9/19/22; Expert Discovery to be completed by: 10/28/22. (Kastilahn, A)
May 19, 2022 Filing 36 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING Discovery Deadlines by American Fire & Casualty Company. (Kestenbaum, David) Modified on 5/19/2022 (Kaminski, H).
February 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 35 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 2/28/2022 ORDERING deadlines as follows: Fact Discovery to be completed by 5/27/2022, Plaintiff's Expert Witness Disclosures by: 7/8/2022, Defense Expert Witness Disclosures by 8/19/2022, Expert Discovery to be completed by 9/30/2022, Dispositive Motions to be filed by 11/18/2022, Final Pretrial Conference set for 2/13/2023 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb, and Jury Trial set for 4/4/2023 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. (Huang, H)
February 25, 2022 Filing 34 STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER for Continuing Pre-Trial Discovery Dates by American Fire & Casualty Company. (Kestenbaum, David)
February 24, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 33 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 2/24/2022 ORDERING The court APPROVES in PART the protective order. The Local Rules state that once an action is closed, "unless otherwise ordered, the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of the terms of any protective order filed in that action." Thus, the court will not retain jurisdiction over this protective order once the case is closed, and rejects the portion of par. 21 related thereto.(Reader, L)
February 22, 2022 Filing 32 STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER for Protective Order by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
January 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 31 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 1/4/2022 MODIFYING the Pretrial Scheduling Order as Follows: Fact Discovery completed by 3/25/2022; Plaintiff's Expert Witness Disclosures due by 5/6/2022; Defense Expert Witness Disclosures due by 6/17/2022; and Expert Discovery completed by 7/29/2022. (Donati, J)
December 31, 2021 Filing 30 STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER Continuing Pre-Trial Discovery Dates by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
August 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 29 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 8/10/2021 MODIFYING scheduling order as follows: Designation of Expert Witnesses due by 3/25/2022; Discovery completed by 2/11/2022; Dispositive Motions filed by 9/9/2022; Final Pretrial Conference set for 11/21/2022 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb; Trial set for 1/10/2023 at 09:00 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. (Zignago, K.)
August 9, 2021 Filing 28 STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER for Continuing Trial and Related Dates by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
May 4, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 27 ORDER RE MODIFICATION OF PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 5/3/2021: Fact Discovery to be completed by: 10/8/2021; Plaintiff's Expert Witness Disclosures by : 11/19/2021; Defense Expert Witness Disclosures by: 1/7/2022; Expert Discovery to be completed by: 3/11/2022; Dispositive motions to be filed by: 4/8/2022; Final Pre-Trial Conference: 6/20/2022 at 1:30 p.m; and Jury Trial (5 days): 8/23/2022 at 9:00 a.m. (Becknal, R)
May 3, 2021 Filing 26 STIPULATION for Modification of PreTrial Scheduling Order by American Fire & Casualty Company. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Kestenbaum, David) Modified on 5/4/2021 (Reader, L).
April 27, 2021 Filing 25 ***DISREGARD; SEE DOCKET #26 ***STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER for Modification of PreTrial Scheduling Order by American Fire & Casualty Company. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Kestenbaum, David) Modified on 4/27/2021 (Kaminski, H). Modified on 5/3/2021 (Kirksey Smith, K).
March 16, 2021 Filing 24 NOTICE of CHANGE of ADDRESS by Melina Manetti. (Manetti, Melina)
October 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 23 STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 10/27/20 ORDERING that Discovery due by 8/12/2021. Dispositive Motions filed by 3/10/2022. Final Pretrial Conference set for 5/23/2022 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. Jury Trial set for 7/26/2022 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. (Kaminski, H)
October 26, 2020 Filing 22 MINUTES (Text Only) for proceedings held via video conference before Senior Judge William B. Shubb: STATUS CONFERENCE held on 10/26/2020. Court confers with counsel re pretrial and trial dates, status of discovery and consolidation of this action for trial to be held with case 2:20cv325-WBS. The Court shall issue a separate scheduling order. Plaintiff's Counsel David Kestenbaum present. Defendant's Counsel Howard Law, Scott Richman present. Court Reporter: Jennifer Coulthard. (Kirksey Smith, K)
October 13, 2020 Filing 21 JOINT SCHEDULING REPORT by Ford Motor Company. Attorney Manetti, Melina added. (Manetti, Melina)
July 31, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 7/30/2020 GRANTING #19 Ex Parte Application for Order Continuing the Initial Scheduling Conference. The parties shall, therefore, APPEAR for a joint Initial Scheduling Conference on 10/26/2020, in Courtroom 5 (WBS), before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. A Joint Status Report shall be filed no later than 10/12/2020. (York, M)
July 29, 2020 Filing 19 EX PARTE APPLICATION by Ford Motor Company for to Continue Initial Scheduling Conference. Attorney Law, Howard Grant added. (Attachments: #1 Declaration, #2 Proposed Order)(Law, Howard)
April 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 4/15/2020 GRANTING #16 Joint Request and VACATING the 6/8/2020 scheduling conference. The parties shall appear for a joint Initial Scheduling Conference on 9/28/2020, at 01:30 PM, in Courtroom 5 (WBS), before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. A joint status report shall be filed no later than 9/14/2020. (York, M)
April 15, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 17 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 4/14/2020 CONSOLIDATING this case with 2:20-cv-0325-WBS-KJN for purposes of fact discovery, expert discovery, and dispositive motion practice. The 5/11/2020 Scheduling Conference is VACATED and RESET for 6/8/2020 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. The Parties shall proceed to conduct the required meet and confer for both cases in conjunction with one another, and will submit 1 Joint Status Report and serve 1 set of Initial Disclosures. (Huang, H)
April 14, 2020 Filing 16 JOINT REQUEST to Continue Initial Scheduling Conference and Related Deadlines by Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Burnett, Samantha) Modified on 4/15/2020 (Huang, H).
April 14, 2020 Filing 15 STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER to Consolidate Related Cases and Initial Scheduling Conference by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha) Modified on 4/15/2020 (Huang, H).
February 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 14 RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 2/13/2020 RELATING this case to Paizs v. Ford Motor Co., 2:20-cv-0325-KJM-EFB, and that the related case be reassigned to Senior Judge William B. Shubb and Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman for all further proceedings. Any dates currently set in the reassigned case are VACATED. The Clerk shall make the appropriate adjustments in the case assignment. (Huang, H)
February 12, 2020 Filing 13 NOTICE of RELATED CASE(S) 2:20-cv-00325-KJM-EFB by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
February 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 12 PRO HAC VICE ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 2/5/2020. Added Attorney Scott A. Richman, PHV for Ford Motor Company. (Becknal, R)
February 4, 2020 Filing 11 PRO HAC VICE APPLICATION and PROPOSED ORDER submitted by Ford Motor Company for attorney Scott Alan Richman to appear Pro Hac Vice. (Filing fee $ 225, receipt number 0972-8715633) (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Good Standing)(Burnett, Samantha)
February 3, 2020 Filing 10 DEMAND for TRIAL by JURY by American Fire & Casualty Company. (Kestenbaum, David)
January 29, 2020 Filing 9 CONSENT/DECLINE of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1), this document is restricted to attorneys and court staff only. Judges do not have access to view this document and will be informed of a party's response only if all parties have consented to the referral. (Kestenbaum, David)
January 29, 2020 Filing 8 CERTIFICATION OF INTERESTED ENTITIES by Plaintiff American Fire & Casualty Company. (Kestenbaum, David) Modified on 1/30/2020 (Mena-Sanchez, L).
January 16, 2020 Filing 7 CERTIFICATE of SERVICE by Ford Motor Company re #6 Civil New Case Documents for WBS. (Burnett, Samantha)
January 15, 2020 Filing 6 CIVIL NEW CASE DOCUMENTS ISSUED; Initial Scheduling Conference set for 5/11/2020 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. (Attachments: #1 Consent Form, #2 VDRP) (Reader, L)
January 15, 2020 Filing 5 CERTIFICATE of SERVICE by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
January 15, 2020 Filing 4 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
January 15, 2020 Filing 3 NOTICE of Certification of Interested Entities by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
January 15, 2020 Filing 2 CIVIL COVER SHEET by Ford Motor Company. (Burnett, Samantha)
January 15, 2020 Filing 1 NOTICE of REMOVAL from San Joaquin County Superior Court, case number STKCVUPI201914971 by Ford Motor Company. (Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0972-8671954) (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Samantha K. N. Burnett, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C)(Burnett, Samantha)

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Plaintiff: American Fire & Casualty Company
Represented By: David J. Kestenbaum, NCAED
Represented By: David J. Kestenbaum
Represented By: David Jason Kestenbaum
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Defendant: Ford Motor Company
Represented By: Samantha K.N. Burnett
Represented By: Scott A. Richman, PHV
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Represented By: Howard Grant Law
Represented By: Melina Manetti
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