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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1364 Auto Negligence

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MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612)

United States Attorney

ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348)

Chief, Civil Division

JAMES A. SCHARF (CABN 152171)

Assistant United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 535-5082

FAX: (408) 535-5081

claire.cormier@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant 

United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EC-C, JR., BY AND THROUGH HIS 

GAL, EDWARDO CASTILLO-CASTRO, 

SR., ET AL,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant.

Case No. C 13-03344 EJD 

 [PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 26, 2015, Document 38, the parties, through counsel, 

jointly submit the following stipulated proposed Order for the Court’s approval: 

1. Gross Settlement

The Court has previously approved the settlement of the two minors’ claims by Order filed 

February 26, 2015, Document 38. The gross amount of the total settlement to all Plaintiffs is 

$150,000.00 (“Settlement Amount”), allocated as follows: $145,000.00 for the claim of EC-C, Jr., a 

minor, $4,800.00 for the claim of MC-C, a minor, and $100.00 to each of the adult Plaintiffs, Edwardo 

Castillo-Castro, Sr. and Maria Castro-Castillo, the minors’ parents. 

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2. Litigation Costs

Litigation costs of $24,771.86 incurred by Plaintiffs’ counsel in this action are approved.

3. Medical Liens

EC-C, Jr.’s compromised medical liens shall be paid as follows: $15,000.00 to Athem Blue 

Cross; $1,007.05 to American Medical Response; and $272.00 to Palo Alto Medical Foundation. 

4. Attorneys’ Fees

Attorneys’ fees for Plaintiffs’ counsel in the total amount of 36,250.00 are approved. However, 

Plaintiffs’ counsel has agreed to deposit $5,000.00 of his fee into the block account of EC-C, Jr. 

described in Paragraph 7-B. 

5. Protection of MC-C’s net settlement proceeds

A blocked account shall be created on behalf of MC-C at the Federal Credit Union at 333 Claref 

Street, Capitola, California 95010 and the amount of $4,800.00 shall be deposited therein. No 

withdrawals of principal or interest shall be made from the blocked account or accounts within written 

order under this case name and number, signed by a judge, and bearing the seal of this court, until the 

minors attain the age of 18 years. When the minors attain the age of 18 years, the depository, without 

further order of this court, is authorized and directed to pay directly to the former minors, under proper 

demand, all monies including interest deposited under this order. The money on deposit is not subject to 

escheat. Plaintiffs must deliver to each depository at the time of deposit a copy of this order.

6. Cash Payment to Edwardo Castillo-Castro, Sr. for the benefit of EC-C, Jr.

$10,000.00 shall be disbursed to Edward Castillo-Castro, for the benefit of EC-C, Jr. to purchase 

the following for EC-C, Jr.: a computer, monitor, printer, software, internet connection, monthly 

internet service for 12 months, a computer desk and chair, lessons to learn how to use the computer, a 

large screen television for his bedroom, one pair of Michael Jordan shoes, two pairs of Vans pants, two 

shirts, and airline tickets for one round-trip to and from Michoacan, Mexico. Any unused funds of this 

$10,000.00 cash payment shall be placed into the blocked account described in Paragraph 7-B. 

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7. Protection of the balance of EC-C Jr.’s net settlement proceeds.

A. Purchase of Annuity.

Ringler Associates shall disburse the settlement proceeds in accordance with the terms of this 

Order within five business days after it receives notice from its bank that the Settlement Amount has 

been received into said company’s trust account and legible copies of the birth certificate or social 

security card for EC-C, Jr.. Ringler Associates shall use $50,000.00 to purchase an annuity described 

below from an annuity company rated not less than A+ by A.M. Best Company. The payee is Edwardo 

Castillo-Castro Jr. The terms of payment are: $666.62 payable monthly guaranteed for 9 years 1 month 

starting at age 21 on 08/23/2024 guaranteed through the age 30 on 08/23/2033. In the event the cost of 

the annuity has changed prior to purchase, the benefit payable on or about 08/23/2024 will be adjusted 

upward or downward to whatever payment can be secured for a premium amount no less, and not 

greater than $50,000.00. The annuity contract being purchased will be owned solely and exclusively by 

the United States and will be purchased as soon as practicable following the execution of this 

Agreement. The United States’ only obligation with respect to said annuity contract and any annuity 

payments therefrom is to purchase the annuity contract. The United States does not guarantee or insure 

any of the annuity payments. The United States is released from any and all obligations with respect to 

the funds spent for the annuity contract and the annuity payments upon the purchase of the annuity 

contract. The annuity company that issues the annuity contract shall at all times have the sole obligation 

for making all annuity payments. The obligation of the annuity company to make each annuity payment 

shall be discharged upon the mailing of a valid check, a direct deposit, or an electronic deposit, in the 

amount of such payment to the address or account designated by the party to whom the payment is 

required to be made under this Order. Payments lost or delayed through no fault of the annuity company 

shall be promptly replaced by the annuity company issuing the payment, but the annuity company is not 

liable for interest during the interim. The annuity payments cannot be assigned accelerated, deferred, 

increased or decreased by the parties, that no part of any annuity payments called for herein or any 

assets of the United States are subject to execution or any legal process for any obligation in any 

manner, and that the Plaintiffs shall not have the power or right to sell, assign, mortgage, encumber, or 

anticipate said annuity payments, or any part thereof, by assignment or otherwise. Plaintiffs, heirs, 

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executors, administrators, or assigns do hereby agree to maintain with the annuity company and the 

United States a current mailing address and to notify the annuity company and the United States of the 

death of the minors within 5 days of death. The minor must be alive at the time the annuity contract is 

purchased. In the event of the death of the minors prior to the date the annuity contract is purchased, the

settlement agreement is null and void with respect to the deceased minor. 

B. Blocked Account.

 A blocked account shall be created on behalf of EC-C, Jr., at the Federal Credit Union at 333 

Claref Street, Capitola, California 95010 and the amount of $7,6999.09 shall be deposited therein along 

with the $5,000.00 from Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s fee for a total deposit of $12,699.09. No withdrawals of 

principal or interest shall be made from the blocked account or accounts within written order under this 

case name and number, signed by a judge, and bearing the seal of this court, until the minors attain the 

age of 18 years. When the minors attain the age of 18 years, the depository, without further order of this 

court, is authorized and directed to pay directly to the former minors, under proper demand, all monies 

including interest deposited under this order. The money on deposit is not subject to escheat. Plaintiffs

must deliver to each depository at the time of deposit a copy of this order. 

8. Issuance of Check

Upon the issuance of this Order, counsel for the United States will promptly request the USPS to 

send him a check in the amount of $150,000.00 made payable to Ringler Associates. Upon receipt of that 

check, Ringler Associates will then send a check in the amount of $100,000.00 to Plaintiffs’ Counsel for 

disbursement to Plaintiffs and the lien claimants according to the terms of this Order. Plaintiffs and their 

attorney have been informed that payment of the Settlement Amount may take sixty (60) days or more 

from the date that the Court issues this Order to process. Plaintiff and their attorney shall promptly 

provide to defense counsel any additional information that may be necessary for the payment of the 

Settlement Amount.

9. Continuing Jurisdiction

The Court will have continuing jurisdiction over the minors’ settlements.

10. Authority

Counsel for both parties represent that their respective clients have reviewed and approved 

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the terms of this Order and have authorized counsel to submit it to the Court. 

11. Additional Documentation

Additional document (e.g., proof of litigation costs) will be provided to the Court upon

request. 

12. Dismissal with Prejudice

This action is hereby dismissed with prejudice. 

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, AND FOR GOOD CAUSE, IT IS 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April ___, 2015 ____________________________________ 

HON. EDWARD J. DAVILA 

United States District Judge

Approved as to substance and form: 

Dated: April 24, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD STASKUS

By: /S/ . RICHARD J. STASKUS

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: April 24, 2015 MELINDA HAAG

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

By: /S/ . JAMES A. SCHARF 

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant 

27The Clerk shall close this file. 

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