Thompson v. Group Long Term Disability and Life Plan for Employees of Aixtron, Inc et al

Filing 16

ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 30, 2010. The Case Management Conference is continued to June 4, 2010. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on April 26, 2010. (mmclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/26/2010)

1 Michelle L. Roberts, State Bar No. 239092 Email: [e-mail] 2 Cassie Springer-Sullivan, State Bar No. 221506 Email: [e-mail] 3 SPRINGER-SULLIVAN & ROBERTS LLP 410 - 12th Street, Suite 325 4 Oakland, CA 94607 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff 7 8 9 10 11 PATRICE THOMPSON, 12 vs. 13 14 GROUP LONG TERM DISABILITY AND LIFE PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF 15 AIXTRON, INC.; HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, 16 Defendant. 17 18 19 TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT, THE HONORABLE MAXINE M. Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. C10-00081 MMC NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT; JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 30, 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

20 CHESNEY, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD HEREIN: 21 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Patrice Thompson, and Defendants, Group Long Term Disability

22 and Life Plan for Employees of Aixtron, Inc. and Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company 23 (collectively, "the Parties"), have agreed to a settlement in principle of all claims and causes of 24 action alleged in the above-referenced action; 25 WHEREAS, the Parties are in the process of preparing the settlement documents and

26 anticipate requiring four weeks to finalize and effectuate the terms of the settlement; 27 28 WHEREAS, the Parties are scheduled to appear for a case management conference before NO T ICE OF SE T T LE M EN T ; JO IN T ST IP U LA T IO N AND [PR O P O SE D ] OR D E R CO N T IN U IN G CMC [CA SE N O . C10-00081 MMC]

Page 1

1 this Court on April 30, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.; 2 WHEREAS, counsel for Defendants will have to arrange for transportation from Los

3 Angeles to San Francisco in order to attend the case management conference and in light of the 4 recent settlement in principle, the Parties believe that such expenditure of resources is 5 unnecessary; 6 and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to continue the currently scheduled case management

7 conference to June 4, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. to enable to Parties sufficient time to finalize the 8 settlement and dismiss the case with prejudice; 9 10 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate as follows: The case management conference scheduled for April 30, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. will be

11 continued to June 4, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard by the Court. 12 13 14 Dated: April 23, 2010 15 By: 16 17 Dated: April 23, 2010 18 By: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NO T ICE OF SE T T LE M EN T ; JO IN T ST IP U LA T IO N AND [PR O P O SE D ] OR D E R CO N T IN U IN G CMC [CA SE N O . C10-00081 MMC] /s/ (authorized on 4/23/10) Melissa M. Cowan Attorneys for Defendants /s/ Michelle L. Roberts Attorneys for Plaintiff BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP SPRINGER-SULLIVAN & ROBERTS LLP IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Specifically, the Case Management Conference is CONTINUED to June 4, 2010.

April 26, 2010 Dated: ______________

________________________________ Honorable Maxine M. Chesney United States District Court Judge

Page 2