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September 12, 2007
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The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
United States District Court
844 N. King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Re: Wells Fargo Bank NA. v. Royal, Civil Action No. 02-1294-JJF
Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee of Student Finance Corp. v. Pepper
Hamilton, et al., Civil Action No. 04-1551-JJF
Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee of Student Finance Corp. v.
McGladrey & Pullen LLR et al., Civil Action No. 05-72-JJF
Royal v. Pepper Hamilton, et al., Civil Action No. 05-165-JJF
Dear Judge Farnan:
We write on behalf of Royal Indemnity Company ("RoyaI") to respond to the September
10, 2007 letter from Jolm Shaw to this Court.
For more than two years, these cases have been set for trial starting on October 10, 2007.
The parties to all of these cases, including counterclaim defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
repeatedly have agreed to a series of case management orders providing for an October 10, 2007
trial date. The parties have all pushed hard to be ready for this trial date. Voluminous fact
discovery was completed by the end of April; all parties pressed forward on an aggressive
schedule to complete expert discovery in six weeks; the plaintiffs completed and served their
portions of the pre—trial order a week ago; considerable money has been spent and hard work
performed by all the parties to these actions to be ready for a trial on October 10.
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The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
September l2, 2007
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Wells Fargo alone takes the position that it should not have to proceed to trial on October
l0. Wells asks this Court to depart from the two year old pre-trial schedule in deference to its
summary judgment motion. But the parties are on the same schedule for summary judgment and
trial that all parties, including Wells, agreed to years ago. Nothing has changed now that would
require the postponement of trial pending resolution of Wells Fargo’s summary judgment
motion.
Nor will any meaningful economies be achieved by departing from the trial schedule.
The "substantia1 costs of preparing for trial" referenced by Mr. Shaw have already in large part
been expended in anticipation ofthe October 10 trial date. If anything, full summary judgment
briefing at this late stage will substantially add to the parties’ expense. This is particularly true
because Wells Fargo’s defenses in this case are not capable of disposition on a summary
judgment motion, for the reasons we described in our August 13, 2007 letter to the Court. Royal
will continue to abide by the procedure for summary judgment established by the Court in
Second Amended Case Management Order # l.
Lastly, Mr. Shaw mentions Wells Fargo’s purported adoption of the motion brought by
Pepper Hamilton with respect to the deposition of Royal’s consulting expert Jolm Garvey. We
shortly will be filing a response to this baseless motion. There is no reason why this motion
cannot be quickly decided on the papers and a deposition conducted well before trial if ordered
by the Court.
Royal brought its counterclaims against Wells Fargo in April, 2003. Four and a half
years later, Royal should have its day in Court, and this case should be brought to a resolution.
Royal respectfully submits that there is no reason to deviate from Second Amended Case
Management Order # 1. REDACTED
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Philm Trainer, Jr.
Philip Trainer, I r. (#2788)
cc: Counsel of record on attached service list
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William H. Sudell, Jr., Esquire David E. Wilks, Esquire
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tumiell Reed Smith LLP
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Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 Wihnington, DE 19801
Michael R. Lastkowski, Esquire John W. Shaw, Esquire
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Wilmington, DE 19801 Wilmington, DE 19899
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