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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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MANATT, PHELPS &

PHILLIPS, LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

LOS ANGELES

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE MEDIATION 

COMPLETION DATE 

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP 

MARGARET LEVY (Bar No. CA 066585) 

S. NANCY WHANG (Bar No. CA 211389) 

11355 West Olympic Boulevard 

Los Angeles, CA 90064-1614 

Telephone: (310) 312-4000 

Facsimile: (310) 312-4224 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF COLUMBUS (Aflac) erroneously named and sued herein as AMERICAN FAMILY 

LIFE ASSURANCE OF COLUMBUS 

LAW OFFICES OF LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

Laurence F. Padway (Bar No. CA 083914) 1516 Oak Street, Suite 109 

Alameda, CA 94501 

Telephone: (510) 814-6100 

Facsimile: (510) 814-0650 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SHIRLEY RIVERS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHIRLEY RIVERS, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AMERICAN LIFE ASSURANCE OF 

COLUMBUS; and DOES 1 through 

100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV 05-03167 CW (JL) 

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION 

TO CONTINUE COURTCONNECTED MEDIATION 

COMPLETION DATE 

TO THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN, UNITED STATES 

DISTRICT JUDGE: 

IT IS STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Shirley Rivers (“Plaintiff”) 

and Defendant American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac) 

(“Defendant”) (collectively the “parties”), through their respective counsels of 

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record, that the last day to conduct court-connected mediation be continued from 

February 28, 2006, to April 30, 2006. 

This Stipulation is based on the following: 

1. Pursuant to the December 13, 2005 Scheduling Order, the parties were 

ordered to complete their court-connected mediation by or before February 28, 

2006 (or as soon thereafter as the mediator’s schedule permits). 

2. The parties agreed that before a mediation is conducted, Defendant 

was entitled to receive and would need to review Plaintiff’s medical records so that 

Defendant could evaluate whether Plaintiff’s claim should be paid. Plaintiff agreed 

to secure these records for Defendant’s review. 

3. On or about January 16, 2006, Plaintiff requested the medical records 

from various medical providers, including Kaiser Permanente Hospital. On or 

about January 20, 2006, Plaintiff was informed that it would take Kaiser 

Permanente Hospital approximately 5 weeks to produce its records, which is 

approximately 3 days before February 28, 2006, the mediation completion date. 

4. In late January 2006, Plaintiff was hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente 

Hospital for congestive heart failure. Plaintiff has been released from the hospital 

and is now recuperating. However, it is unclear whether Plaintiff will be physically 

able to attend a mediation before February 28, 2006. 

5. Defendant wanted to take Plaintiff’s deposition before the mediation 

but after it had an opportunity to review Plaintiff’s medical records. Due to 

Plaintiff’s medical condition and the delay with Kaiser’s records, Defendant was 

unable to schedule the deposition before the mediation completion cut-off date. 

Plaintiff’s deposition has now been set for March 23, 2006. 

6. Given the delays in Kaiser’s ability to provide Plaintiff’s medical 

records as well as Plaintiff’s medical condition and the delay in taking Plaintiff’s 

deposition, the parties and the mediator agreed to hold the mediation on April 6, 

2006, at 10:00 a.m. The April 6, 2006 date gives the parties sufficient time to 

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secure and review the relevant medical records. 

7. Based on the foregoing, the parties request that the court-connected 

mediation completion date be continued to April 30, 2006. 

Dated: February 14, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP 

MARGARET LEVY 

S. NANCY WHANG 

By: /s/ S. Nancy Whang 

 S. NANCY WHANG 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF COLUMBUS (AFLAC) 

Dated: February 14, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

LAW OFFICES OF LAURENCE F. 

PADWAY 

By: /s/ Laurence F. Padway 

 LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SHIRLEY RIVERS 

 Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, S. Nancy Whang hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED: 

 2/22/06 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

Dated: ____________________ ___________________________________ 

 Claudia Wilken 

 United States District Judge 

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