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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1335 Interpleader Action

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STIPULATED SETTLEMENT; ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION FOR DISTRIBUTION 

OF INTERPLED FUNDS AND DISMISSAL OF ACTION- 1

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Mitchell S. Ostwald, Esq. (#127937) 

Anne Marie Flaherty, Esq. (#99665) 

LAW OFFICES OF MITCHELL S. OSTWALD 

3001 I Street, Suite 300 

Sacramento, California 95816 

Telephone: (916) 388-5100 

Fax: (916) 388-5134 

Attorney for Defendants, Larry Painter 

and Ryan Painter 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SACRAMENTO) 

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, a Main Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

LARRY PAINTER, an individual; 

LEONARD ERMATINGER, an individual; 

and RYAN PAINTER, an individual, 

 Defendants. 

 

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CASE NO.: 2:09-CV-00732-FCD-EFB 

STIPULATED SETTLEMENT; 

ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION FOR 

DISTRIBUTION OF INTERPLED FUNDS 

AND DISMISSAL OF ACTION 

 

 

Defendants LARRY PAINTER and RYAN PAINTER (“Painters”) and 

Defendant LEONARD ERMATINGER (“Ermatinger”) through their respective 

attorneys, agree and stipulate as follows: 

 1. On March 17, 2009 Plaintiff UNUM Life Insurance Company of 

America (“UNUM”) filed a complaint in interpleader naming the Painters 

and Ermatinger as Defendants. As part of UNUM’s Complaint, funds in 

the amount of $88,935.45 were deposited with the Court. On December 

21, 2009 the parties entered into a Stipulation and Order for Partial 

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Dismissal of Action with Prejudice thereby dismissing UNUM from this 

action. The complaint arises out of a life insurance policy on 

Jacqueline Painter, through her employer Conway, Inc. All parties 

made a claim for the life insurance. The parties wish to finally 

settle and resolve all of these issues on the terms set forth in the 

Settlement Agreement and Release attached as Exhibit “A”, the terms of 

which are incorporated in full into this Stipulation. 

 2. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and Release, the 

parties stipulate that the entire amount of funds interpled and on 

deposit with the clerk in this matter be disbursed as follows: 

1. The interpleader funds on deposit with the Court in 

the amount of $88,935.45 plus any interest shall be disbursed in full 

to Defendant Larry Painter c/o his of attorney The Law Offices of 

Mitchell S. Ostwald. Said check shall be made payable to the Mitchell 

S. Ostwald Trust Account FBO Painter. 

2. Larry Painter shall make payment to Ermatinger in the 

amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500.00), payable 

within 10 days of receipt of the funds that are currently interplead 

with the court in this matter. 

DATED: May __, 2010 THE LAW OFFICES OF 

 MITCHELL S. OSTWALD 

 By:___/s/______________________ 

 MITCHELL S. OSTWALD 

 Attorney for Defendants 

Larry Painter and Ryan 

Painter 

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DATED: May __, 2010 C. KRISTINE WHITE 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

 By:___/s/_______________________ 

 C. KRISTINE WHITE 

 Attorney for Defendant 

Leonard Ermatinger 

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS ORDERED THAT the entire amount of 

funds interpled and remaining on deposit with the clerk of the court 

in this matter be disbursed immediately as follows: 

1. The interpleader funds on deposit with the Court in the 

amount of $88,935.45 plus any interest shall be disbursed in full to 

Defendant Larry Painter c/o his of attorney The Law Offices of 

Mitchell S. Ostwald. Said check shall be made payable to the Mitchell 

S. Ostwald Trust Account FBO Painter. 

2. Larry Painter shall make payment to Ermatinger in the 

amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500.00), payable 

within 10 days of receipt of the funds that are currently interplead 

with the court in this matter. 

3. That this matter be dismissed with prejudice and that all 

matters pending before this court concerning this case are dropped 

from the court’s calendar. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 13, 2010 ________________________________ 

 FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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