Selina Bryant v. Cigna Healthcare of California, Inc. et al

Filing 78

JUDGMENT REGARDING ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS by Judge R. Gary Klausner. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Bryant is entitled to recover from Defendant Connecticut General Life Insurance Company the sums of $73,740.00 in attorneys' fees and $4,346.56 in costs, for a total of $78,086.56 (Docket No.76)., (bp)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - EASTERN DIVISION

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SELINA BRYANT

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Plaintiffs,
vs.
CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF
CALIFORNIA, INC.; SOUTHWEST
CARPENTERS HEALTH &
WELFARE TRUST, and DOES 1
through 10, inclusive

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Defendants.

Case No.: 10-CV-09560 RGK (RZx)
Action Filed : 12/15/2010
Trial Date: 11/08/2011
[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT
REGARDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES
AND COSTS
[Filed Concurrently With:
- Notice of Lodging [Proposed]
Judgment Regarding Attorneys’ Fees
and Costs]

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Following the October 28, 2013 Mandate by the United States Court of

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Appeal for the Ninth Circuit (Docket No. 65), this Court issued an “Order on

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Remand re: Plaintiff’s and Defendants’ Request for Attorney’s Fees” (Docket No.

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66). In the Order, this Court denied Defendants’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, with

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prejudice. With respect to Plaintiff Selina Bryant’s (“Bryant”) entitlement to

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attorneys’ fees and costs, this Court denied Bryant’s motion without prejudice,

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pending the filing of a properly noticed motion for attorneys’ fees and costs.

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After considering the parties’ filings with respect to Bryant’s request for

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attorneys’ fees and costs, and having GRANTED Bryant’s Motion after a finding

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that Bryant was the prevailing party,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Bryant

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is entitled to recover from Defendant Connecticut General Life Insurance Company

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the sums of $73,740.00 in attorneys’ fees and $4,346.56 in costs, for a total of

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$78,086.56 (Docket No. 76).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: February 07, 2014
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Hon. R Gary Klausner
United States District Court Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I am employed in the County of Orange, State of California. I am over the
age of 18 and not a party to the within action; my business address is 20321
SW Birch St., #200, Newport Beach, California 92660; Fax [phone]; E-mail
address: xx@ mckennonlawgroup.com.
I hereby certify that on February 4, 2014, I served the foregoing documents
described as: on the interested parties as follows:
William P. Donovan, Jr.
Attorney for: Defendants
Matthew D. Caplan
CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE
DLA PIPER LLP (US)
INSURANCE COMPANY (sued as
2000 Avenue of the Stars,
CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF
Suite 400, North Tower
CALIFORNIA) and SOUTHWEST
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6023
CARPENTERS HEALTH &
WELFARE TRUST
Tel: [phone]
Registered participant of ECF.
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
cc:
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail]

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ECF/CM: I caused a true and correct copy thereof to be electronically filed
using the Court’s Electronic Court Filing (“ECF”) System and service was
completed by electronic means by transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing on the
registered participants of the ECF System. I served those parties who are not
registered participants of the ECF System as indicated below.
I placed the
original
a true copy thereof enclosed in sealed envelope(s)
to the notification address(es) of record and caused such envelope(s) to be
FIRST-CLASS MAIL
OVERNIGHT DELIVERY.
delivered by
BY E-MAIL: I electronically transmitted a true and correct copy thereof to
the notification electronic mail address(es) of record before close of business for the
purpose of effecting service and the transmission was reported as complete and
without error.
FACSIMILE: Based on
courtesy
court order
agreement of the
parties, I caused a true copy thereof to be served by transmitting via facsimile
machine to the notification facsimile number(s) of record before close of business.
The transmission was reported as complete, without error.
PERSONAL DELIVERY: I caused
the original
a true copy thereof to
be delivered by hand to the notification address(es) of record by an employee or
independent contractor of a registered process service.
I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose
direction the service was made. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of
the Unites States of America and the State of California that the above is true and
correct. Executed at Newport Beach, California on February 4, 2014.
NAME: Brent L. Vossler

(Signature)
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