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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN INTERPLEADING 

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ONE WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 22

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017

John E. Peer, CA State Bar No. 95978 

Sean B. Dean, CA State Bar No. 187140 

WOOLLS & PEER 

A Professional Corporation 

One Wilshire Boulevard, 22nd Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90017 

Telephone: (213) 629-1600 

Facsimile: (213) 629-1660 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Merit Life Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MERIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

LIDIA CARRASCO, LIDIA TREJO, 

SORAYA TREJO, JOSHUA DE LA 

GARZA, a minor, DAVID DE LA GARZA, 

ROBERTO DE LA GARZA, JOSE DE LA 

GARZA III, BLANCA ESTELE DE LA 

GARZA, and THE ESTATE OF JOSE DE 

LA GARZA, JR. 

 Defendants. 

New Case No. 1:05-cv-1199 OWW LJO 

Old Case No. 1:05-cv-1199 REC SMS 

Assigned to the Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN 

INTERPLEADER; TRANSFER OF 

PROCEEDS 

 

Filing Date: October 28, 2005 

Trial Date: Not set 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and among plaintiff Merit Life Insurance 

Company (“Merit Life”), defendants Lidia Carrasco, Lidia Trejo and Soraya Trejo 

(collectively the “Carrasco Defendants”), and defendants Joshua De La Garza, David 

De La Garza, Roberto De La Garza, Jose De La Garza III, Blanca Estele De La Garza, 

and The Estate of Jose De La Garza, Jr. (collectively the “De La Garza Defendants”), 

by and through their respective attorneys of record herein, that: 

1. Merit Life properly filed its Complaint in Interpleader herein, and this is 

a proper cause for interpleader; 

2. By reason of the death of Jose De La Garza, Jr. (the “Decedent”) on or 

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about September 23, 2004, the sum of $50,000.00 (the “Insurance Proceeds”) became 

payable under Merit Life accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy 

number D05000000045481 (the “Policy”); 

3. The Carrasco Defendants and the De La Garza Defendants each claim all 

or some portion of the Insurance Proceeds, and no other person or entity has made a 

claim to those Insurance Proceeds; 

4. Having deposited the Insurance Proceeds, plus interest, ($51,201.39) with 

the Clerk of the United States District Court in and for the Eastern District of 

California in September 2005 (which funds now are on deposit with the registry of 

this Court), Merit Life and its agents be released, discharged and acquitted of and 

from any liability of any kind or nature whatsoever under the Policy; 

5. Merit Life be awarded the sum of $4,500.00 for its reasonable attorneys' 

fees and costs incurred in connection with this action and that the Clerk of this Court 

pay such amount, from and out of the funds deposited herein, by check made payable 

to “Merit Life Insurance Company” and delivered to Merit Life’s attorneys of record; 

6. The Carrasco Defendants and the De La Garza Defendants be compelled 

to interplead or settle among themselves their respective rights or claims to the 

remaining Insurance Proceeds; 

7. The Court may enter a Stipulated Judgment in Interpleader and Dismissal 

in the form attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A; 

8. Upon the Court’s payment of the sum described in paragraph 5, above, 

and upon the entry of a Stipulated Judgment in Interpleader and Dismissal in the form 

attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A, Merit Life be dismissed from this action 

without further cost to any party; 

9. Upon the Court’s payment of the sum described in paragraph 5, above, 

the entry of a Stipulated Judgment in Interpleader and Dismissal in the form attached 

hereto and marked as Exhibit A, and the dismissal of Merit Life from this action, this 

action be transferred, or re-filed as a declaratory relief action, with related case 

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number 1:05-cv-05-00846 OWW LJO to/in the California Superior Court in and for 

the County of Kern for all other proceedings. 

10. As to the insurance proceeds of $50,000.00 plus interest deposited with 

the Clerk of the United States District Court described in paragraph 4, above, less the 

payment described in paragraph 5, above, upon transfer of this case number to the 

California Superior Court in and for the County of Kern, the Clerk of the United 

States District Court shall transfer those proceeds plus interest to the following 

account: 

Morgan Stanley Account No. 117-038141-033 

5601 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93309 

Telephone (661) 322-3971 

11. These funds shall be used to purchase United States Treasury Bills in the 

amount so transferred and shall be held in the names of Timothy Lemucchi, State Bar 

No. 038612-0, attorney for the Carrasco defendants, and Jay P. Renneisen, State Bar 

No. 173531, attorney for the De la Garza defendants; 

12. This account shall not be paid out or otherwise distributed without a 

settlement or judgment or order of the Kern County Superior Court. 

13. This stipulation may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of 

which may be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same 

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instrument. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: March 2, 2006 WOOLLS & PEER 

A Professional Corporation 

/S/ Sean B. Dean, Esq. 

_______________________________ 

Sean B. Dean 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Merit Life Insurance 

Company 

DATED: March , 2006 LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY J. 

LEMUCCHI 

/S/ Timothy J. Lemucchi, Esq. 

_______________________________ 

Timothy J. Lemucchi 

Attorneys for Defendants Lydia Carrasco, 

Lidia Trejo and Soraya Trejo 

DATED: March , 2006 LAW OFFICES OF JAY P. RENNEISEN 

/S/ Jay P. Renneisen, Esq. 

_______________________________ 

Jay P. Renneisen 

Attorneys for Defendants Joshua De La 

Garza, David De La Garza, Roberto De La 

Garza, Jose De La Garza III, Blanca Estele 

De La Garza, and The Estate of Jose De La 

Garza, Jr. 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 20, 2006 By: /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

United States District Judge 

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

Merit Life Insurance Company v. Lidia Carrasco, et al. 

Case No. 1:05-CV-1199 OWW LJO 

I, AIDE AVILA, declare: 

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the 

age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is Woolls & Peer, 

A Professional Corporation, One Wilshire Boulevard, 22nd Floor, Los Angeles, 

California 90017. On March 17, 2006, I served the document(s) described as 

Stipulation and Order for Entry of Judgment in Interpleader; Transfer of 

Proceeds on the interested parties in this action as follows: 

ý By placing  ̈ the original ý a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed 

envelope addressed as follows: 

SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 

ý BY MAIL: I am "readily familiar" with this firm's practice for the collection and the 

processing of correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. In the 

ordinary course of business, the correspondence would be deposited with the United States 

Postal Service at One Wilshire Boulevard, 22nd Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017 with 

postage thereon fully prepaid the same day on which the correspondence was placed for 

collection and mailing at the firm. Following ordinary business practices, I placed for 

collection and mailing with the United States Postal Service such envelope at One Wilshire 

Boulevard, 22nd Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017. 

 ̈ OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: I deposited such envelope in a facility regularly maintained by 

 ̈ FEDERAL EXPRESS  ̈ UPS  ̈ Overnight Delivery [specify name of service: ] 

with delivery fees fully provided for or delivered the envelope to a courier or driver of  ̈

FEDERAL EXPRESS  ̈ UPS  ̈ OVERNIGHT DELIVERY [specify name of service: ] 

authorized to receive documents at One Wilshire Boulevard, 22nd Floor, Los Angeles, 

California 90017 with delivery fees fully provided for. 

 ̈ BY FACSIMILE: I sent via facsimile a copy of said document(s) to the following 

addressee(s) at the following number(s) in accordance with the written confirmation of 

counsel in this action. 

ý [State] I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that 

the above is true and correct. 

 ̈ [Federal] I declare that I am employed in the offices of a member of the State Bar of this 

Court at whose direction the service was made. I declare under penalty of perjury under the 

laws of the United States of America that the above is true and correct. 

Executed on March 17, 2006, at Los Angeles, California. 

/S/ Aide Avila 

[Signature] 

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SERVICE LIST 

Timothy J. Lemucchi, Esq. 

Craig A. Edmondston, Esq. 

Law Offices of Timothy J. Lemucchi 

918 Truxtun Avenue 

P. O. Box 2171 

Bakersfield, CA 93303-1100 

Telephone: (661) 324-1100 

Facsimile: (661) 324-1633 

E-mail: tlemucchi@ncinternet.net

Attorneys for Defendants 

LIDIA CARRASCO, LIDIA TREJO, SORAYA 

TREJO 

Robert R. Pohls, Esq. 

Pohls & Associates 

12657 Alcosta Boulevard, Suite 150 

San Ramon, CA 94583 

Telephone: (925) 973-0300 

Facsimile: (925) 937-1763 

E-mail: rpohls@califehealth.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

Jay P. Renneisen, Esq. 

Law Offices of Jay P. Renneisen 

1931 San Miguel Drive, Suite 210 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 280-8900 

Facsimile: (925) 955-1601 

E-mail: jpr@renneisenlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Claimants 

JOSHUA DE LA GARZA, DAVID DE LA 

GARZA, ROBERTO DE LA GARZA, JOSE 

DE LA GARZA III, BLANCA ESTELE DE LA 

GARZA, and THE ESTATE OF JOSE DE LA 

GARZA, JR. 

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