Abunadi v. Life Insurance Company Of North America

Filing 19

ORDER ON STIPULATION Granting 17 Stipulation to Stay Case. Signed by Judge Lloyd D. George on 11/16/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ASB)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kym S. Cushing, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 4242 Aryn M. Fitzwater, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 8802 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 300 South 4th Street, 11th Floor Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel.: (702) 727-1400 Fax: (702) 727-1401 Kym.Cushing@wilsonelser.com Aryn.Fitzwater@wilsonelser.com Attorneys for Defendant LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA Jesse M. Sbaih, Esq. Ines Olevic-Saleh, Esq. JESSE SBAIH & ASSOCIATES, LTD. The District at Green Valley Ranch 170 S. Green Valley Pkwy., Suite 280 Henderson, Nevada 89012 702-896-2529 702-896-0529 fax Attorneys for Plaintiff ISAM ABUNADI 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 17 ISAM ABUNADI, CASE NO. 2:11-cv-01492-LDG-GWF 23 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 24 Plaintiff Isam Abunadi ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Life Insurance Company of North 25 America (“LINA”), erroneously sued herein as "Life Insurance Company of North America doing 26 business as CIGNA Group Insurance (Plaintiff and LINA referred to hereinafter as "the Parties"), by 27 and through their respective undersigned counsel of record, hereby submit the following stipulation 28 for an order staying proceedings for 90 days for good cause as follows: 18 Plaintiff, 19 20 21 v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA doing business as CIGNA GROUP INSURANCE, DOES I to X, inclusive, 22 Defendants. STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES FOR AN ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS FOR 90 DAYS 1 STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES FOR AN ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS FOR 90 DAYS 767223.1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LINA is in the process of adjudicating plaintiffs claims for benefits. Therefore, LINA has asserted that Plaintiff's lawsuit is not ripe. On the other hand, Plaintiff contends that the lawsuit is indeed ripe. Nonetheless, at this time, the Parties have stipulated to a 90 day continuance of the proceedings to give LINA time to conclude its review of the claims, and if necessary, conduct an appeal of the decision. The Parties believe a stay of proceedings will preserve both litigation and judicial resources. Therefore, the Parties respectfully request that this Court issue an order staying the proceedings for 90 days from the date of said order. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 10 11 DATED this 7th day of November, 2011. DATED this 7th day of November, 2011. WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP JESSE SBAIH & ASSOCIATES, LTD. ___/s/ Aryn M. Fitzwater____________ KYM CUSHING Nevada Bar No. 4242 ARYN M. FITZWATER Nevada Bar No. 8802 300 South 4th Street, 11th Floor Las Vegas, NV 89101-6014 (702) 727-1400; Fax (702) 727-1401 Michael.Edwards@wilsonelser.com Aryn.Fitzwater@wilsonelser.com Attorneys for Defendants Life Insurance Company of North America and National Employee Benefit Companies, Inc. ___/s/ Jesse M. Sbaih__________ JESSE M. SBAIH, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7898 Ines Olevic-Saleh Nevada Bar No. 11431 The District at Green Valley Ranch 170 S. Green Valley Pkwy., Suite 280 Henderson, Nevada 89012 702-896-2529 702-896-0529 fax 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED: 24 25 _____________________________________ DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 26 DATED:_____________________________ 27 28 2 STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES FOR AN ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS FOR 90 DAYS 767223.1

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