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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1131 E.R.I.S.A. Collection of Delinquent Trust Funds

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Case No. C 05-00225 CW 

Notice of Settlement and Stip to Continue CMC 

Jeffrey Lewis – CA SBN 66587 

Vincent Cheng – CA SBN 230827 

Michelle Roberts – CA SBN 239092 

Lewis, Feinberg, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

jlewis@lewisfeinberg.com 

Marc I. Machiz 

R. Joseph Barton – CA SBN 212340 

Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C. 

1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 500 

Washington, DC 20005-3964 

Telephone: (202) 408-4600 

Facsimile: (202) 408-4699 

mmachiz@cmht.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Class 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES W. SIMPSON, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Defendant, 

and 

FIREMAN'S FUND MEDICAL PLAN, 

Nominal Defendant. 

Case No. C 05-00225 CW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR FILING 

OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 

APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT 

WHEREAS, the parties entered into a signed agreement in principle to settle this class 

action on April 26, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties have exchanged numerous drafts of the Settlement Agreement 

and Exhibits thereto, Notice of Class Settlement, Motion for Preliminary Approval, [Proposed] 

Procedural Order, and [Proposed] Order and Final Judgment; 

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Case No. C 05-00225 CW 

Notice of Settlement and Stip to Extend Deadline 

WHEREAS, the parties reached preliminary agreement on the terms of the settlement on 

or before November 29, 2006; 

WHEREAS, FFIC’s Executive Management Team (“EMT”) which has sole authority to 

approve the agreement on behalf of FFIC did not provide FFIC’s outside counsel with its 

comments and questions regarding the draft of the settlement agreement until Thursday, 

December 6, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the EMT sought additional revisions to the agreement; 

WHEREAS, the parties have continued negotiations and have reached agreement on all 

but one provision of this very complex settlement agreement on December 15, 2006; and 

WHEREAS, the parties anticipate that they will submit the above-described documents to 

the Court, including the Motion for Preliminary Approval of the Settlement, by December 19, 

2006; 

NOW THEREFORE, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THE PARTIES HEREBY 

STIPULATE and AGREE that: 

(a) the parties will submit to the Court the Settlement Agreement and Exhibits thereto, 

Notice of Class Settlement, Motion for Preliminary Approval, [Proposed] 

Procedural Order, and [Proposed] Order and Final Judgment, on or before 

December 19, 2006. 

Dated: December 15, 2006 LEWIS, FEINBERG, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

 s/Michelle Roberts_________________________

 By: Michelle Roberts, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: December 15, 2006 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

 s/Donald P. Sullivan (authorized on Dec. 15, 2006)

 By: Donald P. Sullivan, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December_19, 2006 

Hon. Claudia Wilken 

U.S. District Judge 

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