Free Objection - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Jay M. Mann (No. 005823) MANN, BERENS & WISNER, LLP 2929 North Central Avenue, Suite 1600 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Phone: (602) 258-6200 Facsimile: (602) 258-6212 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE ) Use and Benefit of QMAX, Co., an Arizona ) ) corporation, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) ) EPC CORPORATION, an Arizona ) ) corporation; and FIDELITY AND ) GUARANTY INSURANCE CO., a ) Wisconsin corporation, ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) Case No. CIV 04-0153PHX DGC

DEFENDANTS' OBJECTION TO SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT OF FACTS FILED BY PLAINTIFF ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2005

On July 26, 2005 this Court issued its Order asking the parties to submit Supplemental Statement of Facts as to certain factual matters that were not clear from the record. Defendants followed the Court's Order and submitted a Supplemental Statement of Facts strictly limited to the event of EPC discovering the nonconforming materials supplied by Qmax and requesting that Qmax remove and replace the nonconforming materials. Plaintiff's Supplemental Statement of Facts clarified the question asked in the Court's Order as to the time of performance by Qmax. But then Plaintiff spends pages

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arguing that Qmax's nonconforming materials did not cause damage to the underground
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tanks ­ a point which is hotly contested by EPC and contrary to the expert testimony in the arbitration hearing between the parties. The arbitrator Merton Marks, Esq. ruled in favor of EPC on this issue, and Defendants are confident that the fact finder in the next trial will again rule for EPC. But argument as to causation of tank damage has no place in this summary judgment procedure. Accordingly, EPC objects to any statements in Plaintiff's Supplemental Statement of Facts (see paragraphs 3 and 4) which discuss causation of tank damage.

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 6th day of September, 2005. MANN, BERENS & WISNER, LLP

By:
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s/Jay M. Mann Jay M. Mann, Esq. 2929 N. Central Avenue, #1600 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Defendants

ORIGINAL of the foregoing filed electronically this 6th day of September, and a copy hand-delivered the 7th day of September, 2005 to: Honorable David G. Campbell c/o Clerk of the United States District Court Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse 401 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85003-2158

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COPY of the foregoing mailed this 6th day of September, 2005, to: David L. Abney, Esq. SKOUSEN, SKOUSEN, GULBRANDSEN & PATIENCE, P.C. 414 East Southern Avenue Mesa, AZ 85204-4993 Attorneys for Plaintiff

s/Gabrielle M. Dorsey
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