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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1132 E.R.I.S.A.

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Stip and Order to Dismiss Sutter Health

(No. 05-CV-02574 LKK GGH) 

NICOLE A. DILLER, State Bar No. 154842 

DONALD P. SULLIVAN, State Bar No. 191080 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SUTTER HEALTH AND THE SUTTER HEALTH 

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEANA FICK, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SUTTER HEALTH, SUTTER HEALTH 

LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS 

PLAN, UNUM LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 05-CV-02574 LKK GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

DISMISSING THE ACTION AGAINST 

DEFENDANT SUTTER HEALTH 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Deana Fick (“Plaintiff”) served Defendant Sutter Health with her 

Complaint Regarding Denial of Disability Benefits under an Employee Welfare Benefits Plan 

(“Complaint”) in case number 2:05-CV-02574 LKK GGH (the “Action”) on or about December 

29, 2005; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff alleges in her Complaint that her benefits under the Sutter Health 

Long Term Disability Plan (“Plan”) were improperly terminated after twenty-four months and 

that the twenty-four month benefit limitation in the Plan for mental illness and self-reported 

symptoms is inapplicable to her; 

WHEREAS, all benefits payable under the Plan are provided by an insurance policy 

issued by Defendant UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (“UNUM”); 

WHEREAS, UNUM made the decision to terminate Plaintiff’s benefits under the Plan 

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Stip and Order to Dismiss Sutter Health

(No. 05-CV-02574 LKK GGH) 

after twenty-four months; 

WHEREAS, UNUM has appeared in this action; and 

WHEREAS, Sutter Health does not need to be a party in this action for Plaintiff to recover 

the relief she is seeking by way of her Complaint in the Action. 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is stipulated and agreed by and between the parties hereto, that: 

1. Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Deana 

Fick dismisses Defendant Sutter Health from this Action without prejudice. If Defendant Sutter 

Health is not re-joined in this Action before a final judgment is entered or the Action is settled, 

the dismissal will become a dismissal with prejudice. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: April 18, 2006 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: S/ Donald P. Sullivan 

Donald P. Sullivan 

Attorneys for Sutter Health 

Dated: April 18, 2006 JESSE S. KAPLAN 

By: S/ Jesse S. Kaplan 

Jesse S. Kaplan 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: April 18, 2006 KELLY, HERLIHY & KLEIN 

By: S/ Sean P. Nalty 

Sean P. Nalty 

Attorneys for UNUM Life Insurance 

Company of America 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: April 24, 2006 /s/Lawrence K. Karlton

Lawrence K. Karlton 

Senior Judge 

U.S. District Court 

1-SF/7362551.1 

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