Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Garner et al

Filing 19

MOTION by Defendants Jill Garner, Joy L. Mix, Jan A. Mix for judgment, MOTION by Defendants Jill Garner, Joy L. Mix, Jan A. Mix for release of funds (Tepper, Robert)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff v. JILL GARNER, JAN A. MIX, JOY L. MIX and ANGELA L. MANTOVANI, Defendants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No. 08 CV 3227

NOTICE OF MOTION To: Michael J. Smith Smith, von Schleicher & Associates 39 South LaSalle Street Suite 1005 Chicago, IL 60603 [phone] [e-mail] Barrett W. Thies Smith, von Schleicher & Associates 39 S. LaSalle Street Suite 1005 Chicago, IL 60603 312-541-0300 [e-mail] W. Sebastian von Schleicher Smith, von Schleicher & Associates 39 South LaSalle Street Suite 1005 Chicago, IL 60603 [phone] [e-mail]

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 2nd, 2008, at the hour of 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, I shall appear before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall in courtroom 2325, or any other judge who may be sitting in her place and stead, Everett McKinley Dirksen Building, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, and shall then and there present the Motion for Judgment and Turnover order.

____________________________________ Bernard P. Edelman Attorney for Defendants Jill Garner, Jan A. Mix and Joy L. Mix
Robert R. Tepper 111 W. Washington St. Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60602 [phone] Attorney No. 30325 Bernard Edelman 77 W. Washington St. Suite 1514 Chicago, IL 60602-2962 [phone] Attorney No. 02948

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff v. JILL GARNER, JAN A. MIX, JOY L. MIX and ANGELA L. MANTOVANI, Defendants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No. 08 CV 3227

MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AND TURNOVER ORDER Now come Defendants Jill Garner, Jan A. Mix and Joy L. Mix, by counsel, and hereby moves this Honorable Court enter (1) a judgment in their favor for the amount on deposit with the Clerk of the Court less such amounts, if any, as may be awarded to Plaintiff for attorneys' fees and (2) a corresponding turnover order that the Clerk of the Court turn such funds over to Movants, and in support thereof state as follows: 1. This is an interpleader action involving disputed claims to ownership of life insurance

proceeds. 2. The Court has defaulted Defendant Angela Mantovani for failure to have appeared and

responded to the complaint. 3. The remaining Defendants (claimants to the funds on deposit with the Clerk) are in

agreement that they, jointly, should receive such funds. 4. Plaintiff has reserved the right to seek reimbursement of its attorneys' fees from the funds

on deposit.

5.

The Court ought to enter an order entering a judgment in favor of Movants and against

Defendant Angela Mantovani in the amount of $15,739 less the amount, if any, awarded to Plaintiff for its attorneys' fees herein. The Court ought also to order the Clerk to turn such amount over to Movants. Respectfully submitted,

____________________________________ Bernard P. Edelman Attorney for Defendants Jill Garner, Jan A. Mix and Joy L. Mix
Robert R. Tepper 111 W. Washington St. Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60602 [phone] Attorney No. 30325 Bernard Edelman 77 W. Washington St. Suite 1514 Chicago, IL 60602-2962 [phone] Attorney No. 02948

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, the undersigned, a non-attorney certify under penalties of perjury that I caused a copy of the foregoing Notice of Motion and Motion for Judgment and Turnover Order to be served upon: Michael J. Smith Smith, von Schleicher & Associates 39 South LaSalle Street Suite 1005 Chicago, IL 60603 [phone] [e-mail] W. Sebastian von Schleicher Smith, von Schleicher & Associates 39 South LaSalle Street Suite 1005 Chicago, IL 60603 [phone] [e-mail] by causing true and correct copies of same to be sent by electronic mail via the CM/ECF system and a COURTESY COPY by mail to: Angela L. Mantovani 116 S. Columbus St. North Pekin, IL 61554-1075 this 29th day of September, 2008. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on September 29th, 2008. Barrett W. Thies Smith, von Schleicher & Associates 39 S. LaSalle St. Suite 1005 Chicago, IL 60603 312-541-0300 [e-mail]

______________________________ Rebecca Robinson Guinn