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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Housing Discrimination

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LaRELL FRANKLIN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ALLSTATE CORPORATION et al.,

Defendant

 /

No. C-06-1909 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

RECONSIDER; APPROVING MINORS’

COMPROMISE INCIDENT TO

SETTLEMENT OF ACTION AGAINST

ALLSTATE DEFENDANTS; VACATING

HEARING

Before the Court is petitioner Dorothy Sewell’s administrative motion filed February

5, 2008, in which petitioner requests reconsideration of the Court’s order of February 5,

2008, vacating the Court’s order approving the minors’ compromise. 

In a declaration filed in support of such motion, petitioner clarifies she seeks to have

each minor’s settlement funds placed in a “blocked account.” (See Declaration of Dorothy

Sewell in Support of Administrative Motion ¶ 5.) Petitioner further explains she currently

maintains such an account in each minor’s name, which accounts were opened in

connection with the distribution of funds to each minor in a state probate proceeding. (See

id. ¶ 4.)

In light of the supplemental information provided by petitioner, the Court hereby

GRANTS IN PART petitioner’s motion for reconsideration, and, upon reconsideration, rules

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 The February 8, 2008 hearing on the matter is hereby VACATED.

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as follows.1

The Court finds it is in the best interests of the minors that the claim be settled for

the amounts stated in the Second Amended Petition of Dorothy Sewell for Approval of

Minors' Compromise Incident to Settlement of Action Against Allstate Defendants ("Second

Amended Petition"), brought on behalf of minors Deaneer Mona Franklin and Coti

Alexander Franklin. Accordingly, good cause appearing,

1. The Second Amended Petition is GRANTED.

2. The settlement agreement is APPROVED with respect to the minors'

compromise contained therein.

3. The share of Deaneer Mona Franklin after payment of attorney fees shall be

$11,250 and the share of Coti Alexander Franklin after payment of attorney fees shall be

$11,250.

4. Said funds shall be held in individual blocked accounts in the names of Deaneer

Mona Franklin and Coti Alexander Franklin, respectively, with petitioner Dorothy Sewell as

custodian. Said accounts shall be separate and distinct from any other account maintained

on behalf of said minors. Upon deposit of said funds, petitioner shall file with the Court a

completed “Receipt and Acknowledgment of Order for the Deposit of Money into Blocked

Account” (“Receipt”). See California Judicial Council Form MC-356.

5. A status conference with respect to the deposit of the minors’ settlement funds is

hereby set for March 7, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. No appearance is required if a completed

Receipt is filed on or before February 29, 2008.

6. Allstate Insurance Company, Kathi Pardi, Richard Reney, Andrew Aspergren and

Nicki Nicolai, and any of their present or former subsidiaries, parents, agents, employees

and representatives (collectively the "Allstate Defendants") shall be fully RELEASED AND

DISCHARGED from all claims by plaintiffs arising from the facts set forth in the Second

Amended Complaint, in exchange for the payment of $150,000.00, payable to Petitioner's

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attorney's Interest On Lawyer's Trust Account ("IOLTA") account No. 1-543-0075-9193, in

the name of Cotter & Del Carlo at US Bank, 4610 Mission Street, San Francisco 94112.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 6, 2008 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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