Puget Sound Surgical Center v. Aetna Life Insurance Company et al

Filing 97

ORDER re parties' 96 Motion to Dismiss Party. Plaintiffs' claims against Defendants Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC Health and Welfare Plan and Defendant Adobe Systems, Inc. Group Welfare Plan are dismissed, with prejudice and without attorneys' fees or costs to any of the parties. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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PUGET SOUND SURGICAL CENTER P.S.

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NO. 2:17-cv-01190-JLR

Plaintiff,
vs.
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
AETNA, INC., AMTRAK HEALTH CARE
PLAN, ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
ACTIVE EMPLOYEE OPEN CHOICE PPO
MEDICAL PLAN, BECHTEL JACOBS
COMPANY LLC HEALTH AND WELFARE
PLAN, STATE OF ALASKA ALASKACARE
EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN, BANK OF
AMERICA HEALTH CARE PLAN,
NORDSTROM, INC. CLASSIC PLAN,
STARBUCKS HEALTH CARE PLAN,
COSTCO WHOLESALE HEALTH PLAN,
SOUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS TRUST
PLAN, WESTCO HEALTH PLAN,
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
TOTAL HEALTH PLAN, and ADOBE
SYSTEMS, INC. GROUP WELFARE PLAN

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STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS
DEFENDANTS BECHTEL JACOBS
COMPANY LLC HEALTH AND
WELFARE PLAN AND ADOBE
SYSTEMS, INC. GROUP WELFARE
PLAN

Defendants.

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STIPULATION

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Plaintiff Puget Sound Surgical Center P.S. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Aetna Life

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Insurance Company; Aetna Inc. (collectively, “Aetna”); Amtrak Healthcare Plan; Bechtel

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Jacobs Company LLC Health and Welfare Plan; Bank of America Health Care Plan; Nordstrom,
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GORDON REES SCULLY
MANSUKHANI, LLP
701 5th Avenue, Suite 2100
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: [phone]

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Inc. Classic Plan; Starbucks Healthcare Plan; Costco Wholesale Health Plan; Lockheed Martin
Corporation Total Health Plan; and Adobe Systems, Inc. Group Welfare Plan (collectively
referred to herein as “Defendants”) hereby stipulate pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii)
that Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC Health and Welfare
Plan and Defendant Adobe Systems, Inc. Group Welfare Plan are dismissed, with prejudice and
without attorneys’ fees or costs to any of the parties. Plaintiffs and Defendants stipulate and
agree that this dismissal does not affect or in any way impact Plaintiffs’ claims against the
remaining Defendants.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED AND DATED this 5th day of May, 2020.

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GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP
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By:
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/s/ Matthew G. Kleiner
Sarah N. Turner, WSBA # 37748
Matthew G. Kleiner, Pro Hac Vice
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
701 5th Avenue, Suite 2100
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

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AXELROD LLP

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By:

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_s/ Robert J. Axelrod_________
Robert J. Axelrod (Pro Hac Vice)
830 Third Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel.: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorney for Plaintiff

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GORDON REES SCULLY
MANSUKHANI, LLP
701 5th Avenue, Suite 2100
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: [phone]

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ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED this 7th day of May, 2020.

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Honorable Judge James L. Robart

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Presented By and Approved as to Form and
Presentation Waived;

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GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

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By:

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/s/ Matthew G. Kleiner
Sarah N. Turner, WSBA # 37748
Matt G. Kleiner, Pro Hac Vice
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
701 5th Avenue, Suite 2100
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

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AXELROD LLP

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By:

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_s/ Robert J. Axelrod_________
Robert J. Axelrod (Pro Hac Vice)
830 Third Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel.: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorney for Plaintiff

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GORDON REES SCULLY
MANSUKHANI, LLP
701 5th Avenue, Suite 2100
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: [phone]