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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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CASE NO. CV 09-05668 JL

(PROPOSED) ORDER FOR DISCHARGE & 

DISMISSAL W/PREJUDICE OF HARTFORD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GEOFFREY V. WHITE, an 

individual; LAW OFFICE OF 

GEOFFREY V. WHITE; 

LORRAINE BURKE, an individual; 

DOES 1 through 10, 

Defendant. 

Case No. CV 09-05668 JSW 

(PROPOSED) ORDER FOR 

DISCHARGE AND DISMISSAL 

WITH PREJUDICE OF HARTFORD 

LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE 

COMPANY ONLY 

Upon good cause appearing and based on the Stipulation for Discharge and 

Dismissal of Plaintiff Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”) 

submitted by the parties, the Court hereby orders: 

1. Plaintiff Hartford filed this Complaint in Interpleader on the grounds 

that it received competing claims from Defendants Geoffrey V. White and Law 

Office of Geoffrey V. White (“White”) and Defendant Lorraine Burke (“Burke”) to 

a portion of Burke’s long-term disability (“LTD”) insurance benefits that have been 

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paid and may be paid by Hartford under group disability insurance policy number 

GLT22176 (“the LTD policy”). 

2. Hartford is hereby and shall be discharged from liability to Defendants 

to the full extent permitted by law with respect to Defendants’ competing claims for 

that portion of (1) Burke’s benefits that it has previously paid under the LTD 

policy, and (2) such future benefits that it may pay to Burke under the LTD policy 

subject to this Court’s final order of distribution. 

3. Defendants are hereby restrained from taking, or proceeding with or 

commencing any action against Hartford for or on account of any transaction, 

matter, happening or thing in any way arising out of or relating to the rights and 

obligations of the parties with respect to Defendants’ competing claims to that 

disputed portion of Burke’s LTD benefits which White seeks to recover for alleged 

attorneys’ fees. 

4. Hartford is dismissed with prejudice from this lawsuit. This Court 

shall retain jurisdiction over Hartford for enforcement of its order(s) regarding the 

disputed portion of the LTD benefits to be paid to Burke under the Hartford LTD 

policy. Defendants White and Burke will remain in the case to litigate their 

competing claims to those disputed funds. 

5. Hartford shall not recover its attorneys’ fees and costs from 

Defendants, nor shall Defendants recover their fees and costs from Hartford in 

connection with this Interpleader. 

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6. This order shall not be construed as a determination that Burke is 

entitled to ongoing benefits under the LTD Policy, nor does it impact Hartford’s 

ongoing evaluation of whether Burke is entitled to benefits under the LTD policy. 

Such issues are not part of this Interpleader action. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ______________ _____________________________________ 

 Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Court Judge 

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