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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 ORDER RE LEAVE TO FILE

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

Michael A. Vanic (CA State Bar No.: 73486) 

Joseph C. Faucher (CA State Bar # 137353) Pascal Benyamini (CA State Bar No.: 203883) REISH LUFTMAN REICHER & COHEN 

11755 Wilshire Boulevard, 10th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90025-1539 

Telephone Number: (310) 478-5656 

Facsimile Number: (310) 478-5831 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MASTERSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

TERESA L. JOHNSTON, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MASTERSON COMMUNICATION; 

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA; 

WESTERN GROWERS ASSURANCE 

TRUST; AND DOES 1-50, inclusive; 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO.: C 06-04644-SBA 

Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

STIPULATION RE LEAVE TO 

FILE FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT; ORDER 

THEREON 

The parties hereto, through their respective attorneys of record, Joseph John 

Turri of Insurance Litigators & Counselors, attorney for Plaintiff Teresa L. Johnston; 

Michael A. Vanic of Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen, attorneys for Defendant 

Masterson Communications, Inc. (erroneously sued herein as Masterson 

Communication); John M. LeBlanc, Andrew S. Williams and Justin J. Lowe of Barger 

& Wolen, LLP, attorneys for Defendant California Physicians’ Service dba Blue Shield 

of California (erroneously sued as Blue Shield of California) and Jonathan D. 

Alexander, attorney for Defendant Western Growers Assurance Trust, hereby stipulate 

and agree as follows: 

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant Masterson Communications, Inc. and 

counsel for Plaintiff have met and conferred in an effort to avoid said Defendant filing 

a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) with regard to the Complaint and the 

defects therein as perceived by said Defendant; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant California Physicians’ Service and counsel 

for Plaintiff have also met and conferred in an effort to avoid said Defendant filing a 

Motion to Dismiss pursuant to F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) with regard to the Complaint and the 

defects therein as perceived by said Defendant; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for all parties have agreed that Plaintiff may file a First 

Amended Complaint. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree that Plaintiff may have leave from the 

Court to file a First Amended Complaint, which Plaintiff will file on or before the later 

of November 3, 2006 or two weeks after the date the Court signs and files the Order 

accompanying this Stipulation, and the Defendants shall have twenty (20) days from 

the date on which the First Amended Complaint is filed and served in which to file 

their respective responsive pleadings to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint. 

October 23, 2006 INSURANCE LITIGATORS & COUNSELORS 

 By: /s/ Joseph John Turri 

Joseph John Turri 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

TERESA A. JOHNSTON 

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October 23, 2006 REISH LUFTMAN REICHER & COHEN 

 By: /s/ Michael A. Vanic 

Michael A. Vanic 

Joseph C. Faucher 

Pascal Benyamini 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MASTERSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 

October 23, 2006 BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

 By: /s/ Justin J. Lowe 

John M. Le Blanc 

Andrew S. Williams 

Justin J. Lowe 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS’ SERVICE 

DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA 

October 23, 2006 WESTERN GROWERS ASSURANCE TRUST 

 By: /s/ Jonathan D. Alexander 

Jonathan D. Alexander 

Jason E. Resnick 

Attorneys for Defendant 

WESTERN GROWERS ASSURANCE 

TRUST 

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Teresa A. Johnston shall have leave of 

the Court to file a First Amended Complaint, which First Amended Complaint shall be 

filed by the Plaintiff on or before the later of November 3, 2006 or two weeks after the 

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date this Order is filed. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Defendants shall have twenty (20) days 

from the date on which the First Amended Complaint is filed and served on them in 

which to file their respective responsive pleadings to Plaintiff’s First Amended 

Complaint. 

Dated: _10/23/06 ________________________________ 

 Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong, 

 United States District Judge 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on October 19, 2006, I electronically transmitted the 

attached document to the Clerk’s Office using the CFM/ECF System for filing and 

transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: 

Joseph John Turri – insterminator@aol.com

Jason E. Resnick – jresnick@wga.com

Jonathan D. Alexander – jalexander@wga.com

John M. LeBlanc – jleblanc@barwol.com

Michael A. Vanic – mikevanic@reish.com

A copy of the attached document was sent via Federal Express this 19th day of October 

2006 to: 

Chamber Copy 

Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Judge 

Northern District of California 

1301 Clay Street, 400 South 

Oakland, California 94612-5212 

 By: /s/ Michael A. Vanic 

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