LAMPRON v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION et al

Filing 35

PROCEDURAL ORDER By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (lrc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
MARK LAMPRON,
Plaintiff
v.
GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND
DISABILITY PLAN OF UNITED
TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
OF BOSTON, and PRATT & WHITNEY,
Defendants.

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Case No. 2:12-cv-197-GZS

PROCEDURAL ORDER
The Court previously entered the Order On Motion To Dismiss, in which Count V of
Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint was dismissed and Defendant Pratt & Whitney was
dismissed as a defendant to Count VI. Accordingly, Counts I through IV of Plaintiff’s First
Amended Complaint remain against Defendant Pratt & Whitney and Count VI remains against
Defendant Group Life Insurance and Disability Plan of United Technologies Corporation and
Defendant Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston. The Court also entered the Order On
Motion To Sever Or Separate Count VI Of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, in which the
Court granted the motion to sever Count VI of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21. In accordance with the above Orders, the Court ORDERS
that the following procedure be followed:
Count VI of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is severed from Lampron v. Group Life
Insurance & Disability Plan of United Technologies Corp., et al., No. 2:12-cv-197-GZS,
pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21.

Counts I through IV of Plaintiff’s First

Amended Complaint against Pratt & Whitney shall proceed under case number 2:12-cv-197-

GZS on the standard track. Defendant Group Life Insurance and Disability Plan of United
Technologies Corporation and Defendant Liberty Life Assurance Company shall be dismissed as
Defendants from case No. 2:12-cv-197-GZS. Count VI against Defendant Group Life Insurance
and Disability Plan of United Technologies Corporation and Defendant Liberty Life Assurance
Company of Boston shall be assigned a new case number, and the filing fee for initiating this
new case shall be waived.
The Clerk’s Office shall initiate a new, severed case with the following documents:
(1) Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint; (2) Answer to Amended Complaint filed by Group Life
Insurance and Disability Plan of United Technologies Corporation and Liberty Life Assurance
Company of Boston; (3) the Corporate Disclosure Statements for Defendants Group Life
Insurance and Disability Plan of United Technologies Corporation and Liberty Life Assurance
Company of Boston; and (4) a copy of this Order. The case shall be initiated as of the date the
above documents are docketed.
After the above documents are filed and docketed as a new case, Count VI of Plaintiff’s
First Amended shall be placed on the ERISA track and a new scheduling order under Local Rule
16.2(c)(4) shall be issued.

SO ORDERED.
/s/ George Z. Singal
United States District Judge

Dated this 21st day of May, 2013.