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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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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT AS TO SAFEWAY DEFENDANTS AND STIPULATION TO 

STAY AS TO SAFEWAY DEFENDANTS; Case Nos. 3:16-cv-03994-JST; 3:16-cv-04903-JST 

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Trucker 

 Huss

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

R. Bradford Huss, No. 71303

Angel L. Garrett, No. 255682 

Dylan D. Rudolph, No. 278707 

TRUCKER  HUSS 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 788-3111 

Facsimile: (415) 421-2017 

E-mail: bhuss@truckerhuss.com 

agarrett@truckerhuss.com

drudolph@truckerhuss.com 

Joseph C. Faucher, No. 137353 

TRUCKER  HUSS 

A Professional Corporation 

15821 Ventura Blvd., Suite 510 

Los Angeles, California 91463 

Telephone: (213) 537-1016 

Facsimile: (213) 537-1020 

E-mail: jfaucher@truckerhuss.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

THE SAFEWAY DEFENDANTS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO) 

MARIA KARLA TERRAZA, individually and 

on behalf of the SAFEWAY 401(k) Plan,

Plaintiff,

vs.

SAFEWAY INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Related Cases:

No. 3:16-cv-03994-JST

No. 3:16-cv-04903-JST

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT AS TO THE 

SAFEWAY DEFENDANTS; 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO STAY TRIAL DEADLINES

AS TO THE SAFEWAY DEFENDANTS

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar

Trial Date: May 7, 2019

DENNIS M. LORENZ, on behalf of the Safeway 

401(k) Plan, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

SAFEWAY INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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Trucker 

 Huss

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT AND STIPULATION TO STAY 

Pursuant to Northern District Civil Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, 7-12, and 40-1, Plaintiffs Maria 

Karla Terraza (“Terraza”) and Dennis M. Lorenz (“Lorenz”) (Terraza and Lorenz are collectively 

referred to as “Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Safeway Inc., the Safeway Benefit Plans Committee, 

Peter J. Bocian, David F. Bond, Michael J. Boylan, Robert B. Dimond, Laura A. Donald, Dennis J. 

Dunne, Robert L. Edwards, Bradley S. Fox, Bernard L. Hardy, Russell M. Jackson, Peggy Jones, 

Suz-Ann Kirby, Robert Larson, Melissa C. Plaisance, Paul Rowan, and Andrew J. Scoggin 

(collectively, the “Safeway Defendants”) (Plaintiffs and the Safeway Defendants are collectively 

referred to as the “Settling Parties”) file this Notice of Settlement as to the Safeway Defendants and 

Stipulation to Stay All Trial Deadlines as to the Safeway Defendants1in the above-captioned 

lawsuits for ninety (90) days as follows: 

WHEREAS, the Settling Parties have reached an agreement in principle to settle the abovecaptioned lawsuits; 

WHEREAS, the Settling Parties will jointly stipulate for leave to allow Plaintiffs to amend 

their operative complaints to assert class action allegations against the Safeway Defendants under 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs will move, and the Safeway Defendants will not oppose Plaintiffs’ 

motion to certify the class; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs anticipate needing 90 days to file and have heard a motion for 

preliminary approval of the class action settlement; 

WHEREAS, trial in the above-captioned lawsuits is currently set for May 7, 2019; 

WHEREAS, the Settling Parties have conferred and agreed, subject to the Court’s approval, 

to stay the current trial deadlines as to the Safeway Defendants for 90 days; 

WHEREAS, staying the current trial deadlines would avoid unnecessary expenses and fees 

while the Settling Parties finalize their settlement, Plaintiffs seek leave to amend their operative 

complaints to assert class action allegations against the Safeway Defendants, and Plaintiffs prepare 

 

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 Defendant Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting Inc. remains an active defendant in the Terraza 

lawsuit and is not a party to the subject settlement in principle. 

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Trucker 

 Huss

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

a motion for preliminary approval of the class action settlement; 

NOW, THEREFORE, by and through the undersigned counsel, the Settling Parties stipulate 

and agree, subject to the Court’s approval, that all current trial deadlines should be stayed for 90 

days as to the Safeway Defendants only. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: April 23, 2019 TRUCKER  HUSS, APC 

 

By: /s/ R. Bradford Huss 

R. Bradford Huss 

Joseph C. Faucher 

Angel L. Garrett 

Dylan D. Rudolph 

Attorneys for the 

SAFEWAY DEFENDANTS 

DATED: April 23, 2019 SHEPHERD FINKELMAN MILLER & 

SHAH, LLP 

 

By: /s/ James E. Miller 

James E. Miller 

Laurie Rubinow 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MARIA KARLA TERRAZA 

DATED: April 23, 2019 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL 

KONECKY WOTKYNS, LLP

By: /s/ James A. Bloom 

Todd M. Schneider 

Jason H. Kim 

James A. Bloom 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DENNIS M. LORENZ 

I attest that my firm has obtained concurrence in the filing of this document from James E. 

Miller and James A. Bloom.

DATED: April 23, 2019 TRUCKER  HUSS, APC 

By: /s/ R. Bradford Huss 

R. Bradford Huss 

Attorneys for the 

SAFEWAY DEFENDANTS

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San Francisco, California 94111

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the Settling Parties’ Notice of Settlement as to the Safeway Defendants and 

Stipulation to Stay All Trial Deadlines as to the Safeway Defendants, and for good cause shown, the 

Court will stay all trial deadlines as to the Safeway Defendants only for ninety (90) days. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

April 26, 2019

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