Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Bambi Gicana et al

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PLAINTIFF-IN-INTERPLEADER METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYS DISCHARGE AND DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE; PERMANENT INJUNCTION; AND RECOVERY OF REASONABLEATTORNEYS FEES filed by Judge Ronald S.W. Lew. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: That Metropoli tan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) is dischargedof any and all liability with respect to the Plan Benefits and the underlying group policy and any and all claims that Defendants-in-Interpleader Gicana and Maloney may have regarding the Plan Benefit s and the underlying group policy; That Defendants-In-Interpleader Gicana and Maloney and their respective agents, attorneys and/or assigns are enjoined and perpetually restrained from instituting any suit at law or equity, or action of any kind what soever, againstMetLife and/or its parent companies, subsidiary companies, agents, affiliates,representatives or attorneys with respect to the Plan Benefits and the underlying group policy; That MetLife will recover its attorneys fees and costs from the stake on deposit in the amount of $4,068.7. Said funds are to be payable to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. That MetLife is dismissed from this action entirely with prejudice. (shb)

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CC: FISCAL SECTION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew

Plaintiff-in-Interpleader,

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Case No. 2:16-cv-08317 RSWL (RAOx)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION
FOR

vs.

1. PLAINTIFF-IN-INTERPLEADER
METROPOLITAN LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY’S
DISCHARGE AND DISMISSAL
WITH PREJUDICE;
2. PERMANENT INJUNCTION;
AND
3. RECOVERY OF REASONABLE
ATTORNEYS’ FEES

BAMBI GICANA; and ARACELI
MALONEY,

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Defendants-in-Interpleader.

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[Stipulation submitted concurrently]

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Complaint Filed: Nov. 8, 2016

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Having reviewed the Stipulation of the parties, and for good cause appearing
therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
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That Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) is discharged

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of any and all liability with respect to the Plan Benefits and the underlying group

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policy and any and all claims that Defendants-in-Interpleader Gicana and Maloney

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may have regarding the Plan Benefits and the underlying group policy;

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON
633 West 5th Street, 47th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2043
213-680-2800

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That Defendants-In-Interpleader Gicana and Maloney and their

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respective agents, attorneys and/or assigns are enjoined and perpetually restrained

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from instituting any suit at law or equity, or action of any kind whatsoever, against

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MetLife and/or its parent companies, subsidiary companies, agents, affiliates,

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representatives or attorneys with respect to the Plan Benefits and the underlying

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group policy;

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That MetLife will recover its attorneys’ fees and costs from the stake

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on deposit in the amount of $4,068.7. Said funds are to be payable to Metropolitan

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Life Insurance Company and sent to MetLife’s counsel of record Misty A. Murray,

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Esq., Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 633 West Fifth Street, 47th Floor, Los Angeles,

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California 90071; and

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That MetLife is dismissed from this action entirely with prejudice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 4/28/ 2017

s/ RONALD S.W. LEW
HONORABLE RONALD S.W. LEW
SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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HINSHAW & CULBERTSON
633 West 5th Street, 47th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2043
213-680-2800

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