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

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Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley 

A Professional Corporation 

Redwood City 

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4817-2820-5876.1 STIPULATION DISMISSING LIBERTY MUTUAL 

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CASE NO. 2:16-CV-01451-JAM-GGH 

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

PAMELA E. COGAN (SBN 105089) 

ENRIQUE MARINEZ (SBN 160956) 

1001 Marshall Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94063-2052 

Telephone: (650) 364-8200 

Facsimile: (650) 780-1701 

Email: pamela.cogan@rmkb.com 

 enrique.marinez@rmkb.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JEROMEE LANCASTER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY and DOES 1 through 100, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:16-cv-01451-JAM-GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

DISMISSING DEFENDANT LIBERTY 

MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND 

EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT 

WHEREAS, the above-entitled action arises from a dispute between Plaintiff Jeromee 

Lancaster (“Plaintiff”) and Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company (“Wausau”) with respect to 

an underinsured motorist claim brought under an insurance policy issued by Wausau to Russell 

Warner Inc.; 

WHEREAS, Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutual”) is not the 

insurer of the insurance policy at issue and is not a proper party to this action; 

WHEREAS, Wausau is the insurer of the insurance policy at issue and is the proper 

defendant in this action; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and Wausau are meeting and conferring about the 

sufficiency of Plaintiff’s allegations in support of his breach of contract cause of action, and 

whether such a cause is proper under the specific facts of this case; 

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CASE NO. 2:16-CV-01451-JAM-GGH 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Jeromee Lancaster and 

Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, by and through their respective attorneys of 

record, that Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company shall be and hereby is dismissed from 

this action without prejudice. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company shall be, 

and hereby is, named as the sole defendant in this action and will so be reflected in the caption of 

the pleadings; 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that Defendant Wausau Underwriters Insurance 

Company shall have up to and including August 1, 2016 to file its initial response to Plaintiff’s 

Complaint, in order to permit the parties sufficient time to meet and confer regarding the 

sufficiency of Plaintiff’s allegations in support of the cause of action for breach of contract. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and 

costs directly related to this Stipulation and the dismissal of Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance 

Company. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 131(e), the undersigned hereby attest that all signatories to this 

Stipulation, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the Stipulation’s content and 

have authorized its filing. 

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STIPULATION DISMISSING LIBERTY MUTUAL 

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CASE NO. 2:16-CV-01451-JAM-GGH 

Dated: June 29, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF ALAN M. LASKIN

By: /s/ 

ALAN M. LASKIN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JEROMEE LANCASTER 

Dated: June 29, 2016 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

By: /s/ 

PAMELA E. COGAN 

ENRIQUE MARINEZ 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

ORDER 

Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation, and for good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company shall be, and hereby is, dismissed 

from this action without prejudice. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company shall be, and 

hereby is, named as the sole defendant in this action and will so be reflected in the caption of the 

pleadings. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company 

shall have up to, and including, August 1, 2016 to file its initial response to Plaintiff’s Complaint. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs 

directly related to this Stipulation and the dismissal of Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance 

Company 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 29, 2016 /s/ John A. Mendez

Hon. John A. Mendez 

United States District Court Judge

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