Fortlage v. Heller Ehrman LLP et al

Filing 26

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE re 25 filed by Unum Life Ins. Co., Heller Ehrman LLP, Heller Ehrman Long-Term Disability Plan. Signed by Judge Vaughn R Walker on 3/4/2009. (cgk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/4/2009)

Case 3:08-cv-03406-VRW

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Filed 03/02/2009

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GREEN & HUMBERT
220 Montgomery Street Suite 1418 San Francisco, CA [phone]

GEOFFREY V. WHITE, SBN 068012 LAW OFFICE OF GEOFFREY V. WHITE 351 California Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff, Patricia Fortlage HORACE W. GREEN, SBN 115699 GREEN & HUMBERT 220 Montgomery Street, Suite 438 San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants HELLER EHRMAN, LLP; HELLER EHRMAN LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN; and UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) HELLER EHRMAN LLP; HELLER ) EHRMAN LONG TERM DISABILITY ) PLAN; and UNUM LIFE INSURANCE CO. ) OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendants. ) ) )

PATRICIA FORTLAGE,

CASE NO.: C 08-03406 VRW STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF HELLER EHRMAN LLP AND UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT PREJUDICE [Rule 41(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]

Plaintiff Patricia Fortlage, and Defendants Heller Ehrman LLP, Heller Ehrman Long Term Disability Plan, and Unum Life Insurance Company of America, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate that Defendants Heller Ehrman LLP and Unum Life Insurance Company be dismissed from this action without prejudice. This
STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER DISMISSING HELLER EHRMAN AND UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT PREJUDICE - Case No. C 08-03406 VRW

Case 3:08-cv-03406-VRW

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Filed 03/02/2009

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GREEN & HUMBERT
220 Montgomery Street Suite 1418 San Francisco, CA [phone]

Stipulation is based on Ninth Circuit authority holding that the Plan is the proper party defendant to a claim for disability benefits brought under ERISA Section 502 (a)(1)(B), 29 U.S.C. Section 1132(a)(1)(B). This Stipulation is further based upon the agreement between the parties that Unum Life Insurance Company shall retain responsibility for satisfaction of any Judgment issued in this action against the Plan pursuant to 29 U.S.C. Section 1132(a)(1)(B).

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March 2, 2009

GREEN & HUMBERT

By: _/s/ Horace W. Green__ Horace W. Green Attorneys for Defendants

DATED:

March 2, 2009

LAW OFFICE OF GEOFFREY V. WHITE

By: ___/s/ Geoffrey V. White___ Geoffrey V. White Attorneys for Plaintiff

ORDER Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants Heller Ehrman LLP and Unum Life Insurance Company be, and hereby are, dismissed from this action without prejudice,
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