Lee v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

Filing 64

ORDER granting 60 Defendant's MOTION for Settlement Conference and Request for Order for Amended Pretrial Order. Settlement Conference set for 4/9/2009 03:00 PM in Courtroom A 401 before Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland. Revised Final Pretrial Order due by 4/3/2009, by Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland on 3/25/09. (ebs, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland Civil Action No. 06-cv-02604-PAB-BNB LISA LEE Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ ORDER ______________________________________________________________________________ This matter arises on the defendant's Motion for Settlement Conference and Request for Order for Amended Pretrial Order [Doc. # 60, filed 3/18/2009] (the "Motion"). The parties appeared this morning for a hearing on the Motion. Consistent with the matter discusses at the hearing: IT IS ORDERED the Motion is GRANTED as follows: (1) A settlement conference is set for April 9, 2009, at 3:00 p.m., in Courtroom 401,

4th floor, Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado. All settlement conferences that take place before the magistrate judge shall be confidential. Attorneys and client representatives with full authority to settle the case must be present at the settlement conference in person. (NOTE: This requirement is not fulfilled by the presence of counsel alone. If an insurance company is involved, an adjustor authorized to enter into settlement must also be present.) Each party shall submit a confidential settlement statement to the magistrate judge on or before April 3, 2009, outlining the facts and issues in the case and containing a specific offer of

compromise, including a dollar amount the client will accept or pay in settlement and any other essential terms of a settlement; and (2) The parties are directed to confer and submit a revised final pretrial order on or

before April 3, 2009. In the event the parties are unable to agree and if the case does not settle at the settlement conference, I will consider whether further relief is necessary. Dated March 25, 2009. BY THE COURT: s/ Boyd N. Boland United States Magistrate Judge

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