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Parties Involved:
Astrazeneca Administration Committee
Defendant
Astrazeneca Long Term Disability Insurance Plan
Defendant
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Defendant
Broadspire Administrator Services, Inc.
Defendant
Broadspire Integrated Disability Management
Defendant
Broadspire Services, Inc.
Defendant
High Mark Life Insurance Company
Defendant
Gerald Smalley
Plaintiff

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83377.1 1 

STIPULATION CONTINUING MOTION 

TO PERMIT DISCOVERY; ORDER 

SIMON MANOUCHERIAN (Bar No. 198760) 

SManoucherian@mmhllp.com 

FREDERIC ESRAILIAN (Bar No. 232799) 

FEsrailian@mmhllp.com 

MESERVE, MUMPER & HUGHES LLP 

300 South Grand Avenue, 24th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071-3185 

Telephone: (213) 620-0300 

Facsimile: (213) 625-1930 

Attorneys for Defendants 

HM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, f/k/a 

HIGHMARK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

erroneously sued herein as HIGH MARK LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, ASTRAZENECA 

PHARMACEUTICALS LP; ASTRAZENECA 

LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE 

PLAN; BROADSPIRE SERVICES, INC.; 

BROADSPIRE ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES, 

INC.; 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GERALD SMALLEY, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

ASTRAZENECA 

PHARMACEUTICALS LP; 

ASTRAZENECA LONG TERM 

DISABILITY INSURANCE PLAN; 

ASTRAZENECA ADMINISTRATION 

COMMITTEE; HIGH MARK LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY; 

BROADSPIRE INTEGRATED 

DISABILITY MANAGEMENT; 

BROADSPIRE SERVICES, INC.; 

BROADSPIRE ADMINISTRATOR 

SERVICES, INC., 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:06 CV 02053 GEB (EFB) 

STIPULATION CONTINUING 

MOTION TO PERMIT DISCOVERY 

TO ALLOW PARTIES TO MEDIATE 

AND ADDITIONAL TIME TO MEET 

AND CONFER; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

Date: March 19, 2007 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Complaint Filed: 9/14/2006 

Motion Cutoff: 8/06/2007 

Pretrial Conference: 10/15/2007 

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83377.1 2 

STIPULATION CONTINUING MOTION 

TO PERMIT DISCOVERY; ORDER 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff GERALD SMALLEY (“Plaintiff”) has filed a Motion 

to Permit Discovery (“Motion”), initially set for hearing by the Court on February 

20, 2007; 

WHEREAS, the parties filed a Stipulation to Continue the Hearing on Motion 

to allow the parties to meet and confer, which the Court granted, and set the new 

hearing date on March 19, 2007; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and agreed to attend a 

private mediation with James D. Mart, Esq. of JAMS ADR in Sacramento, CA 

on May 8, 2007; 

WHEREAS, Defendants HM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, f/k/a 

HIGHMARK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; ASTRAZENECA 

PHARMACEUTICALS LP; ASTRAZENECA LONG TERM DISABILITY 

INSURANCE PLAN; BROADSPIRE SERVICES, INC.; and BROADSPIRE 

ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES, INC. (all collectively referred to herein as 

“Defendants”) currently must file their Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Permit 

Discovery (“Opposition”) by March 2, 2007; 

WHEREAS, the parties are hopeful that they can resolve this matter at 

mediation, thereby obviating the need for the preparation of an opposition and the 

hearing on said Motion; 

WHEREAS, the parties also continue to meet and confer regarding possible 

alternatives to resolve their discovery dispute; 

WHEREAS, for the foregoing reasons and other good cause, the parties 

request an extension of the date set for hearing Plaintiff’s Motion to Permit 

Discovery to June 4, 2007, making the Opposition due May 21, 2007, to allow the 

parties sufficient time to attempt to resolve this matter without burdening the 

Court’s docket and incurring additional fees and costs for their clients; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff and Defendants, by 

and through their respective attorneys of record, that the above-mentioned 

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STIPULATION CONTINUING MOTION 

TO PERMIT DISCOVERY; ORDER 

continuance is acceptable, and will allow for sufficient time for the parties to 

attempt a resolution to this matter through private mediation. 

Dated: February 26, 2007 FARMER SMITH LAW GROUP LLP 

 BLANE SMITH 

 By: 

Blane Smith 

Attorneys for Plaintiff GERLAD SMALLEY 

Dated: February 26, 2007 MESERVE, MUMPER & HUGHES LLP 

SIMON MANOUCHERIAN 

FREDERIC ESRAILIAN 

By: 

Frederic Esrailian 

Attorneys for Defendants 

HM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

f/k/a HIGHMARK LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

erroneously sued herein as HIGH 

MARK LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY; ASTRAZENECA 

PHARMACEUTICALS LP; 

ASTRAZENECA LONG TERM 

DISABILITY INSURANCE PLAN; 

BROADSPIRE SERVICES, INC.; 

BROADSPIRE ADMINISTRATOR 

SERVICES, INC. 

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the hearing on the Motion to Permit 

Discovery, currently set for March 19, 2007, is continued to June 11, 2007. 

DATED: February 27, 2007 

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