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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER

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CHARLES B. PERKINS #126942

FLYNN, ROSE & PERKINS

59 North Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite Q

Los Gatos, California 95030

(408) 399-4566

Email: cbperk@earthlink.net

Attorney for Plaintiff

TERREL HOFFMAN

PAMELA E. COGAN (SBN 105089)

pcogan@rmkb.com

KATHRYN C. CURRY (SBN 157099)

kcurry@rmkb.com

JENNIFER A. WILLIAMS (SBN 244707)

jwilliams@rmkb.com

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

1001 Marshall Street, Suite 300

Redwood City, CA 94063

Telephone: (650) 364-8200

Facsimile: (650) 780-1701

Attorneys for Defendant

LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

OF BOSTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TERREL HOFFMAN,

Plaintiff,

vs.

LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

OF BOSTON; SYNOPSYS, INC.

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN,

Defendants.

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Case No. C08 00301 JF

STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER

DISMISSING DEFENDANT SYNOPSYS, INC.

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN

Plaintiff TERREL HOFFMAN and Defendant LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE

COMPANY OF BOSTON (“Liberty Life”) hereby stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff has filed her Complaint in this action seeking recovery of Long-Term

Disability Benefits from Liberty Life and Defendant Synopsys, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan

(“the Plan”);

WHEREAS, Liberty Life has filed an Answer denying liability in this action;

WHEREAS, notwithstanding its denial of liability, Defendant Liberty Life stipulates and

agrees that it will be liable for any judgment concerning payment or non-payment of Long-Term

Disability Benefits, interest, attorney’s fees and/or costs that may result from this action, both

individually and as if it were the Plan;

WHEREAS, Liberty Life further agrees that at no time during the course of this litigation

will it contend that the action has been rendered defective as the result of the Plan having been

dismissed from this action;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their

respective counsel, that Defendant Synopsis, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan may be dismissed

from this action.

Dated: May 8, 2008 FLYNN, ROSE & PERKINS

By /s/ Charles B. Perkins 

 CHARLES B. PERKINS

 Attorney for Plaintiff

 TERREL HOFFMAN

Dated: May 8, 2008 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

By /s/ Jennifer A. Williams 

 PAMELA E. COGAN

 KATHRYN C. CURRY

 JENNIFER A. WILLIAMS

 Attorneys for Defendant

 LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE

 COMPANY OF BOSTON

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, it is hereby ordered that Defendant Synopsis, Inc. Long-Term

Disability Plan is dismissed from this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May , 2008 THE HONORABLE JEREMY D. FOGEL

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