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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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SPRINGER-SULLIVAN & ROBERTS LLP 

MICHELLE L. ROBERTS Bar No. 239092 

mlr@ssrlawgroup.com 

CASSIE SPRINGER-SULLIVAN Bar No. 221506 

css@ssrlawgroup.com 

410 – 12th Street, Suite 325 

Oakland, California 94607 

Telephone: (510) 992-6130 

Facsimile: (510) 280-7564 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Wendy Schramm 

SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

BRUCE D. CELEBREZZE Bar No. 102181 

bruce.celebrezze@sdma.com 

DENNIS G. ROLSTAD Bar No. 150006 

dennis.rolstad@sdma.com 

ERIN A. CORNELL Bar No. 227135 

erin.cornell@sdma.com 

One Market Plaza 

Steuart Tower, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 781-7900 

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CNA Long Term Disability Program (erroneously sued herein as 

CNA Financial Corp. Insured Group Benefits Program) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Plaintiff Wendy Schramm (“Plaintiff”) and defendant CNA Long Term Disability 

Program, erroneously sued herein as CNA Financial Corp. Insured Group Plan, an ERISA long 

term disability plan under which claims were administered and benefits were insured by Hartford 

Life and Accident Insurance Company (“the Plan”), by and through their respective counsel of 

record, hereby submit this Supplemental Joint Case Management Statement. 

WENDY SCHRAMM, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CNA FINANCIAL CORP. INSURED 

GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM, 

Defendant. 

 CASE NO. C 09-03087 CW 

SUPPLEMENTAL JOINT CASE 

MANAGEMENT STATEMENT AND 

ORDER 

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Following the Case Management Conference on October 13, 2009, the parties 

participated in further discussions regarding the legal issues to be presented to the Court. 

Pursuant to these discussions, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that the ERISA standard of 

review that the Court should apply to this case is the de novo standard of review. The parties 

hereby agree that, should there be an appeal of the Court’ s decision on Plaintiff’ s claim for 

benefits, neither party shall argue on appeal that any standard of review other than the de novo 

standard of review should have been applied in this case. This agreement does not affect any 

other case and is not a waiver of any rights to seek or assert in any other case that discretionary 

review is the appropriate standard. 

DATED: January 11, 2010 SPRINGER-SULLIVAN & ROBERTS LLP 

By: s/Michelle L. Roberts 

Michelle L. Roberts 

Cassie Springer-Sullivan 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Wendy Schramm 

DATED: January 11, 2010 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

By: s/Dennis G. Rolstad 

Dennis G. Rolstad 

Erin A. Cornell 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CNA Long Term Disability Program (erroneously sued 

herein as CNA Financial Corp. Insured Group Benefits 

Program) 

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by 

a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. 

 s/Dennis G. Rolstad 

 Dennis G. Rolstad 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

This Court will apply the ERISA de novo standard of review to this matter. 

Dated: __1/14/10_____________ 

 _______________________________ 

 Hon. Claudia Wilken 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

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