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MATHEW & MATHEW, P.C. IVAN K. MATHEW (SBN: 011610) 3300 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1730 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Tel: (602) 254-8088 / Fax: (602) 254-2204 E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants RICKY LEE HANCOCK, BRENDA HANCOCK, RICK HANCOCK HOMES, L.L.C. and RLH DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, formerly d/b/a Meritage Corporation, Hancock-MTH Builders, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Hancock-MTH Communities, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and currently d/b/a Meritage Homes Construction, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Ricky Lee Hancock and Brenda Hancock, husband and wife; Gregory S. Hancock and Linda Hancock, husband and wife, Rick Hancock Homes L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; RLH Development, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; and J2H2, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company, Defendants. _________________________________________ Rick and Brenda Hancock, Defendants, Counterclaimants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, CASE NO. CV-04-0384-PHX-ROS STIPULATION
(Assigned to the Hon. Roslyn O. Silver)
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Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, formerly d/b/a Meritage Corporation, Hancock-MTH Builders, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Hancock-MTH Communities, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and currently d/b/a Meritage Homes Construction, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., an Arizona corporation; Steven J. Hilton and Suzanne Hilton, husband and wife; John R. Landon and Debi Landon, husband and wife; Scott Keeffe and Vicky Keeffe, husband and wife; Roger Zetah and Jane Doe Zetah, husband and wife; and James Arneson and Zane Arneson, husband and wife, Third-Party Defendants.
Plaintiffs, Meritage Homes Corporation, Hancock-MTH Communities, Inc., Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., collectively "Meritage", represented by Snell & Wilmer, Defendants, Ricky Lee Hancock, Brenda Hancock, Rick Hancock Homes, LLC, RLH Development, LLC, collectively "Rick Hancock Defendants", represented by Mathew & Mathew, hereby stipulates as follows: 1. Barbara Sorget-Stanton has been retained as an expert witness by Rick Hancock
Defendants. Meritage desires and seeks to take the deposition of Barbara Sorget-Stanton. Meritage and Rick Hancock Defendants seek to avoid unnecessary involvement of the Court in a discovery/disclosure dispute and have no objection allowing the additional discovery to go forward. 2. Meritage and Rick Hancock Defendants agree that Meritage may depose
Barbara Sorget-Stanton on issues relating to or arising out of her expert report at some point later than seven (7) calendar days from the date in which Meritage provides Rick Hancock Defendants with its rebuttal expert witness report regarding Barbara Sorget-Stanton's report or upon a mutually agreeable date after Meritage informs Rick Hancock Defendants that it will not be utilizing a rebuttal expert witness.
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To the extent that Meritage discloses a rebuttal expert witness relating to the
subject of Ms. Sorget-Stanton's expert report, that rebuttal expert witness may be deposed at any time thirty (30) days after disclosure by Meritage. 4. If Meritage chooses to supplement any briefing on the Motions for Summary
Judgment, based upon the information in paragraphs 2 and 3 above, Rick Hancock Defendants may file a responsive memorandum ten (10) days later. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 1st day of March, 2007. MATHEW & MATHEW, P.C By: s/Ivan K. Mathew Ivan K. Mathew, Attorneys for Defendants Rick Hancock and Rick Hancock Homes, Inc.
SNELL & WILMER, LLP By: s/Adam Lang Adam Lang, Attorneys for Plaintiff Meritage Homes Corporation and Third Party Defendants
GRANT WOODS, P.C. By: s/Grant Woods Grant Woods, Attorneys for Plaintiff Meritage Homes Corporation and Third Party Defendants
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Meritage v. Hancock, et al. Case No. CV 04 00384 ROS
I hereby certify that on March 1, 2007, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Dan W. Goldfine Richard G. Erickson Adam Lang Snell & Wilmer, LLP One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants and Third Party Defendants Steve Hilton and John Landon Timothy J. Burke Fennemore & Craig, P.C. 3003 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Third Party Defendant, Snell & Wilmer, LLP Robert M. Frisbee Frisbee & Bostock 1747 E. Morten Avenue, Suite 108 Phoenix, AZ 85020 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant Gregory Hancock
Grant Woods Grant Woods, P.C. 1726 N. Seventh Street Phoenix, AZ 85006 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants and Third Party Defendants Steve Hilton and John Landon
s/Karen Gawel