Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America v. Hunt et al

Filing 64

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 10/12/17 ORDERING that Travelers' representative, Keith Flanagan, be allowed to telephonically attend the Settlement Conference at 9:00am on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, in Courtroom 25 before the Honorable Kendall J. Newman. Mr. Flanagan is instructed to call 5 minutes prior to the hearing into the conference line 1-888-363-4734 and use the access code 1245690 plus # and security code 4223 plus # when prompted. (Becknal, R)

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1 2 3 James D. Curran, Esq. (SBN 126586) WOLKIN · CURRAN, LLP 111 Maiden Lane, 6th Floor San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: (415) 982-9390 E-mail: JCurran@wolkincurran.com 4 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SACRAMENTO DIVISION 10 11 12 TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut corporation, 13 REQUEST OF TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA TO ALLOW CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE AT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE; AND ORDER THEREON Plaintiff, 14 Case No. 2:15-cv-00336-TLN-DB v. 15 KENNETH W. HUNT, an individual; KAREN M. DUNMORE, an individual, 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 20 21 Plaintiff TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA 22 (“Travelers”) hereby applies for an order allowing a telephonic appearance by Travelers’ 23 representative at the October 24, 2017 Settlement Conference. 24 25 26 The Court set this case for a Settlement Conference at 9:00am on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, in Courtroom 25 before the Honorable Kendall J. Newman. Travelers’ representative in this case, Keith Flanagan, resides and works in Chicago, 27 Illinois. Mr. Flanagan is employed by Travelers as a Sr. Claim Counsel. He works within 28 the Recovery Management Unit in Travelers. 1. REQUEST OF TRAVELERS TO ALLOW CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00336-TLN-DB 1 Mr. Flanagan and his wife have two small children. His wife is away on business the 2 entirety of the week of the Settlement Conference. Neither Mr. Flanagan nor his wife has 3 any family in the Chicago area that would be able to care for their two small children. 4 Consequently, Mr. Flanagan is unable to personally attend the Settlement Conference. 5 On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, Travelers’ attorney, James D. Curran, discussed 6 these circumstances with Daniel Karalash, the attorney for the sole remaining Defendant in 7 the case, Defendant KAREN DUNMORE. Given the circumstances, Mr. Curran asked that 8 Travelers’ representative, Keith Flanagan, be allowed to telephonically attend the Settlement 9 Conference. Mr. Karalash stated that he would not oppose Travelers’ request. 10 Travelers hereby requests this Court to Order that Travelers’ representative, Keith 11 Flanagan, be allowed to telephonically attend the Settlement Conference at 9:00am on 12 Tuesday, October 24, 2017, in Courtroom 25 before the Honorable Kendall J. Newman. 13 Dated: October 12, 2017 14 WOLKIN · CURRAN, LLP /s James D. Curran James D. Curran Attorneys for Plaintiff, TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Approved as to form and content. Dated: October 12, 2017 STRATEGIC LAW COMMAND (as authorized on 10/12/17) /s/ Daniel M. Karalash Daniel M. Karalash Attorneys for Defendant, KAREN M. DUNMORE 23 24 25 26 27 28 2. REQUEST OF TRAVELERS TO ALLOW CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00336-TLN-DB 1 ORDER 2 Based on the above Request and good cause appearing therefore, 3 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Travelers’ representative, Keith Flanagan, be 4 allowed to telephonically attend the Settlement Conference at 9:00am on Tuesday, October 5 24, 2017, in Courtroom 25 before the Honorable Kendall J. Newman. Mr. Flanagan is 6 instructed to call 5 minutes prior to the hearing into the conference line 1-888-363-4734 and 7 use the access code 1245690 plus # and security code 4223 plus # when prompted. 8 Dated: October 12, 2017 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3. REQUEST OF TRAVELERS TO ALLOW CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00336-TLN-DB

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