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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: CONSECO LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY LIFE TREND INSURANCE

MARKETING & SALES PRACTICE 

LITIGATION

THIS CASE RELATES TO ALL CASES

Case No. 10-md-02124-SI 

ORDER TERMINATING MDL ACTION

For Case Nos.:

10-cv-0652-SI, McFarland

08-cv-5746-SI, Brady

10-cv-0689-SI, Muldrow

12-cv-5906-SI, Burnett

In February 2010, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL Panel”), pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, issued an order that three actions against defendant Conseco Life Insurance 

Company be transferred to this Court. Dkt. No. 1. In March 2010, this Court consolidated the 

actions, and a nationwide class was certified in October 2010, with a subclass certified in 

December 2010. Dkt. Nos. 21, 111, 138. The parties agreed to a settlement and this Court issued 

final approval of the class action settlement on November 8, 2013. Dkt. No. 526. This Court 

issued a final judgment in the class action case that same day. Dkt. No. 527.

A separate action was filed in the Central District of California. See Burnett v. Conseco 

Life Ins. Co., Case No. 12-1715 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 5, 2012). The MDL Panel transferred the case as 

a tag-along to this Court in November 2012. Dkt. No. 413. On April 9, 2015, this Court granted 

defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint without leave to amend and entered judgment against 

plaintiffs. Dkt. Nos. 717, 718. 

At the present time, all actions under case number 10-md-2124 have been closed. 

Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS that this MDL action be terminated. In accordance 

with this order, the Clerk of the Court shall terminate the MDL action, including each 

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underlying case, and close the file in each case. In addition, the Clerk of the Court shall 

transmit a copy of this order to the MDL Panel. See Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 

Rule 10.1(a) (“Where the transferee district court terminates an action by valid order, including 

but not limited to . . . judgment of dismissal . . ., the transferee district court clerk shall transmit a 

copy of that order to the Clerk of the Panel. The terminated action shall not be remanded to the 

transferor court . . . unless the transferee judge or the Panel directs otherwise.”).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 8, 2015

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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