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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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Adrienne Publicover (State Bar No. 161432)

Email: adrienne.publicover@wilsonelser.com

Sherida A. Stroble, Esq. (State Bar No. 202717)

Email: sherry.stroble@wilsonelser.com

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP

555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2900

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: (213) 443-5100

Facsimile: (213) 442-5101

Attorneys for Defendant,

TRUSTEES OF THE PRINTERS’

LONG-TERM DISABILITY TRUST

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WALTER LYNAM,

Plaintiff,

vs.

TRUSTEES OF THE PRINTERS’ LONGTERM DISABILITY TRUST PLAN;

Defendant.

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Case No.: CV06-00805 WHA

JUDGE: Hon. William H. Alsup

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES RE:

AMENDED COMPLAINT; DISMISSAL

OF THIRD- PARTY COMPLAINT

Plaintiff WALTER LYNAM (“Plaintiff”), Defendant TRUSTEES OF THE PRINTERS’

LONG-TERM DISABILITY TRUST, erroneously sued herein as TRUSTEES OF THE

PRINTERS’ LONG-TERM DISABIILTY TRUST PLAN (“Defendant”), and Cross-Defendant

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (“Cross-Defendant”), by and

through their counsel of record, hereby enter into this Stipulation with reference to the following:

WHEREAS Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP (“Wilson Elser”),

counsel for Cross-Defendant Prudential has conveyed to the parties’ counsel of record that

Prudential will take over the defense of this matter on behalf of the Defendant;

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WHEREAS Wilson Elser and Defendant’s counsel of record, Kenneth L. Perkins, Jr., are

in the process of executing a Notice of Substitution of Counsel for Wilson Elser’s representation

of Defendant to be paid for by Prudential;

WHEREAS the Parties stipulate and agree that: (1) the Complaint shall be amended to

name Prudential as the sole defendant; (2) the newly named defendant, Prudential, will be liable

for any judgment covering the payment or non-payment of disability benefits that may result

from this action as if it were The Plan; and (3) the newly named defendant, Prudential, will not

assert as a defense that it is either an improper party or that failure to include The Plan as a

defendant in this matter is a bar to this action;

WHEREAS Prudential’s provision of the defense of this matter eliminates the need for

the Third Party Complaint in this matter;

THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and propose as follows:

1. That, on or before June 15, 2006, Plaintiff will file an amended Complaint naming

Prudential as the sole defendant;

2. That, upon filing of the Amended Complaint, process of service will be deemed

effected, and Prudential will have 20 days within which to file an Answer to the Amended

Complaint;

3. That, upon the filing of the Amended Complaint naming Prudential as the sole

defendant, the Third-Party Complaint is deemed dismissed without prejudice.

Dated: June 1, 2006 ROBERT J. ROSATI

By: _/s/ Robert J. Rosati________________

Robert J. Rosati

Attorneys for Plaintiff

WALTER LYNAM

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Dated: June 5, 2006 BERRY & PERKINS

By: _/s/ Kenneth L. Perkins, Jr.

Kenneth L. Perkins, Jr.

Attorneys for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff

THE PRINTERS’ DISABILITY TRUST

DATED: June 5, 2006 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP

By: _/s/ Sherida A. Stroble_________________

Adrienne Publicover, Esq.

Sherida A. Stroble, Esq.

Attorneys for Cross-Defendant

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE

COMPANY OF AMERICA

PROPOSED ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, it is hereby ordered that:

1. Plaintiff has leave to file an Amended Complaint, on or before June 15, 2006,

naming The Prudential Insurance Company of America as the sole defendant;

2. Service of the Amended Complaint will be deemed effective as of the date of

filing, and Prudential will have 20 days from the date of filing of the Amended Complaint to file

an Answer to the Amended Complaint;

3. Upon filing of the Amended Complaint naming Prudential as the sole defendant,

the Third-Party Complaint is dismissed without prejudice.

Dated:______, 2006 By: ____________________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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June 6

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge William Alsup

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