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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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Stip. Re: Proper Party; [Prop.] Order 1

DOUGLAS K. deVRIES (SB#70633)

deVRIES LAW FIRM

1792 Tribute Road, Suite 480

Sacramento, CA 95815

Tel: (916) 473-4343

Fax: (916) 473-4342

ROBERT K. SCOTT (SB#67466)

LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT K. SCOTT

7700 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 605

Irvine, CA 92618

Tel: (949) 753-4950

Fax: (949) 753-4949

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ADRIENNE C. PUBLICOVER (SB#161432)

REBECCA LABAT CROSBY (SB#221241)

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP

525 Market Street, 17 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94105-2725

Tel: (415) 433-0990

Fax: (415) 434-1370

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDALL W. YOUNG,

 

 

Plaintiff,

vs.

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY

OF AMERICA

 

Defendants. 

 

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Case No.: 2:06-CV-00243-LKK-DAD

STIPULATION RE: PROPER PARTY - 29

U.S.C. § 1132(d); [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Trial Date: May 22, 2007

Judge: Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton

 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiff Randall W. Young (“Young”)

and defendant The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”), by and through

their respective counsel, as follows:

Although Prudential denies that it or the subject ERISA long-term disability plan are 

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Stip. Re: Proper Party; [Prop.] Order 2

liable for any of the claims asserted by Young, Prudential agrees that it is the proper, and only

necessary, party-defendant in this action, and that it does not contend that the action is defective

as a result of the absence of any other party. 

As authorized by ERISA - 29 U.S.C. § 1002(1) - Young’s employer, Kraco Enterprises,

Inc. (“Kraco”) is the “contract holder” of Group Contract No. G-97169 issued by Prudential to

provide long-term disability insurance coverage for employees of Kraco, including Young. The

subject ERISA long term disability plan is not specifically identified by a formal plan name, but

rather is referred to as the “Prudential Long Term Disability Coverage” or the “Group Program”

in a combined Booklet and Certificate of Coverage.

Prudential, as the insurer and plan administrator, agrees that in the event of a

determination of liability in this action it is the proper party that will be liable for, and pay, any

judgment relating solely to the actions of Prudential in discharging its obligations under the plan

for disability benefits, interest, or attorney fees entered in this action, if any, both individually

and as if it were the plan pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(d)(1) and (2).

Dated: May 5, 2006 deVRIES LAW FIRM

LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT K. SCOTT

By: /s/ Douglas K. deVries 

DOUGLAS K. deVRIES

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: May 5, 2006 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN &

DICKER, LLP

By: /s/ Rebecca Labat Crosby 

 REBECCA LABAT CROSBY

Attorney for Defendant

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2006. /s/Lawrence K. Karlton

Lawrence K. Karlton

Senior Judge

United States District Court

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