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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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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF CIGNA CORPORATION WITH PREJUDICE /

CASE NO. C 05-01234 SBA

PILLSBURY & LEVINSON LLP

Arnold R. Levinson (SBN: 66583)

600 Montgomery Street, 31st Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 433-8000

Facsimile: (415) 433-4816

E-mail: alevinson@pillsburylevinson.com

KRAFCHICK LAW FIRM

Steven P. Krafchick (Washington SBN: 13542)

2701 First Avenue, #340

Seattle, Washington 98121

Telephone: (206) 374-7370

Facsimile: (206) 374-7377

E-mail: klf@krafchick.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DEBRA KENWRIGHT

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

Carolyn A. Knox (SBN: 181317)

Jonathan A. Glass (SBN: 218122)

560 Mission Street, Suite 3100

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 397-2823

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549

Email: cknox@seyfarth.com; jglass@seyfarth.com

Attorneys for Defendants

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA,

CIGNA, INC. and STATE FARM MUTUAL

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY EMPLOYEE LONG

TERM DISABILITY PLAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEBRA KENWRIGHT, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH 

AMERICA; CIGNA, INC.; and STATE

FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE COMPANY EMPLOYEE 

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN,

Defendants.

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Case No. C 05-01234 SBA

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF 

DISMISSAL OF CIGNA 

CORPORATION WITH PREJUDICE

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF CIGNA CORPORATION WITH PREJUDICE /

CASE NO. C 05-01234 SBA

On May 18, 2005, Plaintiff Debra Kenwright (“Plaintiff”) filed a First Amended 

Complaint alleging a failure to pay benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan governed by 

the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) against Defendants Life

Insurance Company of North America, CIGNA, Inc.1, and State Farm Mutual Automobile 

Insurance Company Employee Long Term Disability Plan. The parties hereto have met and 

conferred and hereby agree and stipulate to the dismissal with prejudice of CIGNA Corporation 

and CIGNA, Inc. from this action. CIGNA Corporation waives costs.

DATED: June 20, 2005 KRAFCHICK LAW FIRM

By__________/s/ Steven P. Krafchick___

Steven P. Krafchick

Attorney for Plaintiff

DEBRA KENWRIGHT

DATED: June 20, 2005 PILLSBURY & LEVINSON, LLP

By__________/s/ Arnold R. Levinson____

Arnold R. Levinson

Attorney for Plaintiff

DEBRA KENWRIGHT

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1 No such entity exists. Although CIGNA Corporation’s agent for service of process, CT Corporation, incorrectly 

accepted service of process in Connecticut (not California) on behalf of CIGNA, Inc., the parties agree that both 

CIGNA Corporation and CIGNA, Inc. are dismissed with prejudice.

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF CIGNA CORPORATION WITH PREJUDICE /

CASE NO. C 05-01234 SBA

DATED: June 20, 2005 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

By__________/s/ Carolyn A. Knox _____

Carolyn A. Knox

Attorneys for Defendants

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

NORTH AMERICA,

CIGNA, INC. and STATE FARM 

MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 

COMPANY EMPLOYEE LONG TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 7/25/05 _s/Saundra B. Armstrong 

Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong

GENERAL ORDER 45 ATTESTATION

I, Jonathan A. Glass, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO DISMISSAL OF CIGNA CORPORATION 

WITH PREJUDICE on behalf of all of the parties. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B, I 

hereby attest that Carolyn A. Knox, Arnold R. Levinson, and Stephen P. Krafchick have 

concurred in this filing.

__________/s/ Jonathan A. Glass_____________

Jonathan A. Glass

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