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Parties Involved:
Group Long Term Disability and Life Plan for Employees of Aixtron, Inc
Defendant
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
Defendant
Patrice Thompson
Plaintiff

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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT;

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CMC

[CASE NO. C10-00081 MMC] Page 1

Michelle L. Roberts, State Bar No. 239092

 Email: mlr@ssrlawgroup.com

Cassie Springer-Sullivan, State Bar No. 221506

 Email: css@ssrlawgroup.com

SPRINGER-SULLIVAN & ROBERTS LLP

410 - 12 Street, Suite 325 th

Oakland, CA 94607

Tel: 510.992.6130 

Fax: 510.280.7564

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PATRICE THOMPSON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

GROUP LONG TERM DISABILITY AND

LIFE PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF

AIXTRON, INC.; HARTFORD LIFE AND

ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

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Case No. C10-00081 MMC

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT;

JOINT STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 30, 2010

TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT, THE HONORABLE MAXINE M.

CHESNEY, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD HEREIN:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Patrice Thompson, and Defendants, Group Long Term Disability

and Life Plan for Employees of Aixtron, Inc. and Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company

(collectively, “the Parties”), have agreed to a settlement in principle of all claims and causes of

action alleged in the above-referenced action;

WHEREAS, the Parties are in the process of preparing the settlement documents and

anticipate requiring four weeks to finalize and effectuate the terms of the settlement;

WHEREAS, the Parties are scheduled to appear for a case management conference before

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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT;

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CMC

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this Court on April 30, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.;

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendants will have to arrange for transportation from Los

Angeles to San Francisco in order to attend the case management conference and in light of the

recent settlement in principle, the Parties believe that such expenditure of resources is

unnecessary;

and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to continue the currently scheduled case management

conference to June 4, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. to enable to Parties sufficient time to finalize the

settlement and dismiss the case with prejudice;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate as follows:

The case management conference scheduled for April 30, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. will be

continued to June 4, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard by the Court.

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED.

Dated: April 23, 2010 SPRINGER-SULLIVAN & ROBERTS LLP

By: /s/

Michelle L. Roberts

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: April 23, 2010 BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP

By: /s/ (authorized on 4/23/10)

Melissa M. Cowan

Attorneys for Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________ ________________________________

Honorable Maxine M. Chesney

United States District Court Judge

Specifically, the Case

Management Conference is CONTINUED to June 4, 2010.

April 26, 2010

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