Ortiz v. Harris Corporation

Filing 14

ORDER granting 13 Motion to Substitute Party. The Harris Employee Benefits Committee and the Harris Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan are substituted for Harris Corporation in Counts I and II. Signed by Magistrate Judge Thomas B. Smith on 5/21/2013. (Smith, Thomas)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
DEBORAH ORTIZ,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 6:13-cv-519-Orl-28TBS

HARRIS CORPORATION,
Defendant.
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ORDER
Pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Stipulation for Substitution of
Certain Parties (Doc. 13). The parties jointly stipulate to the following: (1) Defendant
Harris Corporation shall be removed as a defendant in Counts I and II of this action;
and (2) the Harris Employee Benefits Committee (“the EBC”), as the Plan
Administrator for the Harris Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan (the “LTD Plan”)
and the LTD Plan shall be substituted for Harris Corporation in Counts I and II.
Stephanie Segalini, Esq. and Allison Gallagher, Esq.of the law firm of Akerman
Senterfitt will represent the EBC and the LTD Plan as to Counts I and II, and they will
continue to represent Harris Corporation as to Count III. The parties have also agreed
that service of the EBC and the LTD Plan is unnecessary and that their time period for
responding to Plaintiff’s complaint shall be consistent with that of Harris Corporation.
The Court construes the joint stipulation as a motion, upon due consideration, it
is GRANTED and:
(1) Defendant Harris Corporation is REMOVED as a defendant in Counts I and
II of this action.

(2) The Harris Employee Benefits Committee (“the EBC”), as the Plan
Administrator for the Harris Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan (the “LTD Plan”)
and the LTD Plan shall be SUBSTITUTED for Harris Corporation in Counts I and II of
Plaintiff’s complaint.
(3) Attorneys Stephanie Segalini and Allison Gallagher will represent the EBC
and the LTD Plan as to Counts I and II, and they will continue to represent Harris
Corporation as to Count III.
(4) Service of the EBC and the LTD Plan is unnecessary. Their time period for
responding to Plaintiff’s complaint shall be consistent with that of Harris Corporation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DONE AND ORDERED in Orlando, Florida, on May 21, 2013.

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