Lima v. CIGNA Group Insurance et al

Filing 20

ORDER RE: TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. The parties are ordered to appear by telephone at the Case Management Conference on August 14, 2009. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on August 10, 2009. (mmclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/10/2009)

1 C o rin n e Chandler, Esq. (SBN 11423) 2 B re n t Dorian Brehm, Esq. (SBN 248983) E-mail b b re h m @ k a n to rla w .n e t 3 K A N T O R & KANTOR, LLP 4 N o rth rid g e , CA 91324
(8 1 8 ) 886-2525 (TEL) 1 9 8 3 9 Nordhoff Street E-mail: [e-mail]

5 (8 1 8 ) 350-6272 (FAX) 6 A tto rn e ys for Plaintiff, 7 8 9 10 11 L A W R E N C E LIMA, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
T h e parties, by and through their respective counsel submit the following Stipulation U N I T E D STATES DISTRICT COURT N O R T H E R N DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ) P l a in tif f , ) ) VS. ) ) C IG N A GROUP INSURANCE; ) C O N N E C T I C U T GENERAL LIFE IN S U R A N C E COMPANY and NORTH ) A M E R IC A N PHILLIPS CORPORATION ) L O N G TERM DISABILITY PLAN, ) ) ) D e f e n d a n ts . ) __________________________________ ) C A S E NO: CV09-01954 MMC S T IP U L A T IO N AND [PROPOSED] O R D E R REGARDING TELEPHONIC A P P E A R A N C E AT CASE M A N A G E M E N T CONFERENCE D a te : A u g u s t 14, 2009 T im e : 10:30 a.m. L aw re n c e Lima

21 a n d [Proposed] Order Regarding Telephonic Appearance at the Case Management 22 C o n f e re n c e set for August 14, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. 23
W H E R E A S , the parties have submitted a joint report in which they materially agree

24 o n the pertinent legal issues and the procedure(s) to bring this case to trial and to resolve 25 th o s e legal issues; 26 28 1
W H E R E A S , the parties have scheduled a mediation in Monterey, California for

27 S e p t e m b e r 18, 2009 which will be attended by counsel for both parties;

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W H E R E A S , counsel for plaintiff is located in Northridge, California and wishes to

2 p ro m o te the efficient expenditure of attorneys fees and costs to the pursuit of a settlement;
T H E R E F O R E , in an effort to promote an efficient and effective settlement discussion,

4 th e parties stipulate to appear telephonically at the Case Management Conference set by the 5 C o u rt for August 14, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 D a te : August 7, 2009 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 D a te : August 10, 2009
B y: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Maxine M. Chesney U.S. District Judge B y: K A N T O R & KANTOR LLP /s / Brent Dorian Brehm C O R I N N E CHANDLER B R E N T DORIAN BREHM A tto rn e ys for Plaintiff L A W R E N C E LIMA [ P ro p o s e d ] Order T h e Court has read and considered the above stipulation of the parties and, for good c a u se showing, grants the parties request to appear telephonically. The Court Orders the p a rtie s to appear by telephone at the Case Management Conference on August 14, 2009 at B y: D a te : August 7, 2009 W IL S O N , ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, E D E L M A N & DICKER LLP /s / Charan M. Higbee S E A N P. NALTY C H A R A N M. HIGBEE A tto rn e ys for Defendants C O N N E C T IC U T GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE C O M P A N Y and NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS C O R P O R A T IO N LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN (s u e d herein as NORTH AMERICAN PHILLIPS C O R P O R A T IO N LONG TERM DISABILITY PLA N ) IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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