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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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CASE NO. C 06-01945 SBA STIP. RE DEFENDANTS AND 

PROPOSED ORDER THEREON 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH 

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ROSENTHAL LLP 

685

MARKET STREET, 6TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105 

(415) 882-5000 

FRANK N. DARRAS (State Bar. No. 128904) 

MICHAEL B. HORROW (State Bar No. 162917) 

SHERNOFF BIDART & DARRAS, LLP 

3257 E. Guasti Road, Suite 300 

Ontario, CA 91761 

Telephone: (909) 390-3770 

Facsimile: (909) 974-2121 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MAKHETSI G. PHAKOA 

MICHAEL BARNES (State Bar No. 121314) 

STEPHANIE DUCHENE (State Bar No. 234896) 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

685 Market Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 882-5000 

Facsimile: (415) 543-5472 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GE CAPITAL ASSURANCE and 

GENWORTH FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MAKHETSI G. PHAKOA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

GE CAPITAL ASSURANCE and 

GENWORTH FINANCIAL SERVICES, 

INC., 

 Defendants. 

No. C 06-01945 SBA 

STIPULATION RE IDENTITY OF FIRSTNAMED DEFENDANT AND FOR 

DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE OF 

SECOND-NAMED DEFENDANT 

 and 

 ORDER THEREON 

Plaintiff Makhetsi G. Phakoa and defendants GE Capital Assurance and Genworth 

Financial Services, Inc., through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

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CASE NO. C 06-01945 SBA STIP. RE DEFENDANTS AND 

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NATH 

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105 

(415) 882-5000 

WHEREAS plaintiff has commenced this action against defendants GE Capital 

Assurance and Genworth Financial Services, Inc. to recover damages arising from the handling 

of a claim under a certificate of accident insurance; and 

WHEREAS said defendants and their counsel have represented that the entity that 

actually issued plaintiff’s policy is “General Electric Capital Assurance Company,” which is 

now known as “Genworth Life Insurance Company”; and 

WHEREAS the parties desire that the action should properly proceed against the legal 

entity that actually issued plaintiff’s certificate; 

NOW, therefore, it is hereby stipulated and agreed that: 

1. The proper name of defendant “GE Capital Assurance” is now “Genworth Life 

Insurance Company,” and further filings by said defendant shall be in the name of “Genworth 

Life Insurance Company, sued as GE Capital Assurance”; and 

2. Defendant Genworth Financial Services, Inc. shall be dismissed without prejudice, 

with it and plaintiff incurring their own costs and fees incurred as to said defendant. 

IT IS HEREBY SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: May __, 2006 SHERNOFF BIDART & DARRAS LLP 

By /s/ 

MICHAEL B. HORROW 

Attorneys For Plaintiff MAKHETSI PHAKOA 

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Dated: May __, 2006 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

By /s/ 

MICHAEL BARNES 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GE CAPITAL ASSURANCE and GENWORTH 

FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 5/12/06 _________________________________ 

SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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