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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits

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500 SO UTH G RA ND AVENUE, SUITE 1200

L O S A NG ELES, CALIF O RNIA 90071-2624

TELEPHONE: (213) 629-8800

GALTON & HELM LLP 

MICHAEL B. BERNACCHI, State Bar No. 163657 

500 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1200 

Los Angeles, California 90071-2624 

Telephone: (213) 629-8800 

Facsimile: (213) 629-0037 

Attorneys for HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION 

JOANNE LECZNAR, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

E.F. HUTTON & COMPANY, INC. 

AND DESIGNATED AFFILIATES' 

GROUP LTD EMPLOYEES 

BENEFITS PLAN; E.F. HUTTON & 

COMPANY, INC. AND 

DESIGNATED AFFILIATES' GROUP 

LIFE INSURANCE PLAN, 

Defendant. 

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COMES NOW, Defendant E.F. Hutton & Company and Designated 

Affiliates' Long Term Disability Employees Benefits Plan (the "LTD Plan") and 

Plaintiff Joanne Lecznar ("Plaintiff") by and through their respective counsel and 

stipulate as follows: 

1. WHEREAS, Plaintiff became disabled from her employment at E.F. 

Hutton and Company in or around 1982 due to a diagnosis of relapsing and 

remitting multiple sclerosis. 

2. WHEREAS, Plaintiff submitted a claim under the LTD Plan and was 

paid disability benefits by the LTD Plan from 1982 through 2003. 

3. WHEREAS, Plaintiff's claim was terminated by the LTD Plan or about 

March 5, 2003 and as a result of said termination of benefits, plaintiff filed the 

present lawsuit. 

4. WHEREAS, the parties now wish to settle this lawsuit by stipulating 

and agreeing as follows: 

A. Defendant agrees to reinstate Plaintiff's disability benefits under 

the LTD Plan and pay all back benefits due to her under the LTD Plan from 

February 28, 2003 through September 28, 2005 (plus interest) on the basis that she 

has met the requirements for disability under the terms of the LTD Plan; 

B. Plaintiff's claim will be remanded back to the LTD Plan's 

administrator (Hartford Life Insurance Company) for processing and she will be 

paid future LTD benefits so long as she remains eligible under the terms of the LTD 

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Plan and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"); and, 

C. Each side to bear its own costs and attorneys' fees in this action. 

DATED: __________, 2005 ROBERT J. ROSATI, ATTORNEY AT LAW 

By: /S/ Robert J. Rosati 

ROBERT J. ROSATI 

Attorneys for Plaintiff JOANNE LECZNAR 

DATED: __________, 2005 GALTON & HELM LLP 

MICHAEL B. BERNACCHI 

By: /S/ Michael B. Bernachi 

MICHAEL B. BERNACCHI 

Attorneys for HARTFORD LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

O R D E R

Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. Defendant reinstate Plaintiff's disability benefits under the LTD Plan 

and pay all back benefits due to her under the LTD Plan from February 28, 2003 

through September 28, 2005 (plus interest) on the basis that she has met the 

requirements for disability under the terms of the LTD Plan; 

2. Plaintiff's claim for future LTD benefits under ERISA will be 

remanded back to the LTD Plan's administrator (Hartford Life and Accident 

Insurance Company) and she will be paid future LTD benefits so long as she 

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remains eligible under the terms of the LTD Plan and the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"); and, 

3. Each side to bear its own costs and attorneys' fees in this action. 

4. The Judgment attached to this stipulation as Exhibit "A" will be entered 

by the Clerk forthwith. 

DATED: October 25, 2005__ /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

United States District Court Judge 

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