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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1002 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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Order re Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Further Production of Documents 

Case No. C 09-0671 CRB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEPHEN ARNOLD, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, et al., 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C 09-0671 CRB 

ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO 

COMPEL FURTHER PRODUCTION OF 

DOCUMENTS 

Plaintiff Stephen Arnold’s Motion to Compel Production of Documents came on for hearing 

before this Court on April 20, 2010. Plaintiff was represented by Katherine O’Neal, Esq. 

Defendants were represented by Horace W. Green, Esq. 

Having reviewed the pleadings and papers on file, and having heard and considered 

arguments of counsel, the court rules as follows: 

1. Defendants shall produce copies of any claims handling procedures or guidelines in 

effect as of November 21, 2008 that concern the application or interpretation of the terms “third 

party settlement” and/or “deductible sources of income,” to the extent such documents have not 

already been produced. 

2. Defendants shall provide a declaration from Katherine Durrell explaining and identifying 

the “procedures” she described in her deposition that govern the allocation or apportionment of a 

“third party settlement” between amounts that may be offset against disability benefits and amounts 

which are not to be offset against disability benefits. Ms. Durrell is to clarify the procedures 

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Order Re Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Further Production of Documents 

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UNUM claims personnel use “to determine what is offset able [sic] and what is not,” with respect to 

"third party settlements." 

3. Defendants shall produce the documents and declaration subject to this order no later 

than fifteen (15) days from the date of this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 26, 2010 ___________________________ 

 Elizabeth D. Laporte 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

 

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