Rand v. American National Insurance Company

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ORDER extending deadline for ENE session re 70 (tf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/15/2009)

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INGRID M. EVANS (SBN 179094) SUNDEEP R PATEL (SBN 242284) WATERS KRAUS & PAUL 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2080 San Francisco, California 94102 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] ANDREW S. FRIEDMAN (Pro Hac Vice) KIMBERLY C. PAGE (Pro Hac Vice) BONNETT, FAIRBOURN, FRIEDMAN & BALINT P.C. 2901 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1000 Phoenix , Ariz ona 85012 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff DAPHNE P. RAND THOMAS M. HERLIHY (SBN 83615) SHIVANI NANDA (SBN 253891) WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 525 Market Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, California 94105 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] ANDREW J. MYTELKA (Pro Hac Vice) JOSEPH R. RUSSO (Pro Hac Vice) GREER, HERZ & ADAMS, LLP One Moody Plaza, 18th Floor Galveston, Texas 77550 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION DAPHNE P. RAND, by and through DEBRA J. DOLCH, as Conservator of the Person and Estate of DAPHNE P. RAND, Conservatee, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: CV09-0639 SI

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION [N.D. ADR Local Rule 5-5] Honorable Susan Illston

AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Texas corporation, Defendant.

Plaintiff Daphne Rand, by and through Debra J. Dolch, as Conservator of the Person and Estate of Daphne P. Rand, Conservatee, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated ("Plaintiff") and defendant American National Insurance Company ("Defendant") hereby submit this Stipulation to extend the deadline for conducting the Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) session. WHEREAS, the parties scheduled the ENE session for October 13, 2009; WHEREAS, the parties engaged in joint preliminary discussions with the appointed evaluator Charles G. Miller, in which the parties agreed that the ENE session will be most beneficial if it is held after the Court rules on plaintiff's motion for class certification; /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
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WHEREAS, the appointed evaluator Charles G. Miller has agreed to make himself available for an ENE session on a new date if the parties are able to obtain an extension in order to await the Court's order on plaintiff's motion for class certification; IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto that the deadline for conducting the ENE session will be extended to June 15, 2010.

Date: October 12, 2009

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP By: /s/ Thomas M. Herlihy THOMAS M. HERLIHY Attorneys for Defendant AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Date: October 12, 2009

WATERS KRAUS & PAUL

By:

/s/ Ingrid M. Evans INGRID M. EVANS Attorneys for Plaintiff DAPHNE P. RAND

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Good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadline for conducting the ENE session will be extended to June 15, 2010.

Date:

By: HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on October 12, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses denoted on the Electronic Mail Notice List. I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on October 12, 2009.

/ s / Shivani Nanda SHIVANI NANDA WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 525 Market Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, California 94105 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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