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Parties Involved:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Defendant
Cherie Porter
Plaintiff
Daniel P. Porter
Plaintiff
United Airlines Retiree Medical Plan
Defendant
VDRP
Neutral

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE ADR/DISCOVERY 

Lisa S. Kantor, (State Bar No. 110678), lkantor@kantorlaw.net 

Elizabeth K. Green (State Bar No. 199634), egreen@kantorlaw.net 

KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

19839 Nordhoff Street 

Northridge, California 91324 

Telephone: (818) 886-2525 

Facsimile: (818) 350-6272 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Daniel P. Porter and Cherie Porter 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Kamili W. Dawson, (State Bar No. 193264), kdawson@seyfarth.com 

Adrienne E. Nelson, (State Bar No. 209305), anelson@seyfarth.com 

560 Mission Street, Suite 3100 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 397-2823 

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS, A DIVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICE 

CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY, erroneously sued as BLUE 

CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS and UNITED AIRLINES EMPLOYEE WELFARE 

BENEFIT PLAN sued erroneously as UNITED AIRLINES RETIREE MEDICAL PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DANIEL R. PORTER, ET AL., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS, 

ET. AL., 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:09-CV-01604 FCD DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND DEADLINE TO 

COMPLETE VDRP AND 

DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

The Parties to the above entitled action, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, a Division of 

Health Care Service Corporation, United Airlines Employee Welfare Benefit Plan 

(“Defendants”), Daniel Porter and Cherie Porter (“Plaintiffs”) (collectively referred to as the 

“Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, enter into the following Stipulation: 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE ADR/DISCOVERY 

WHEREAS, the Parties agreed to submit this case to the Voluntary Dispute Resolution 

Program (“VDRP”) pursuant to Local Rule 16-271(e)(1), 

WHEREAS, on or about September 21, 2009, the Parties agreed to utilize James P. Baker 

of Jones Day law firm as a neutral, 

WHEREAS, the Parties were not contacted by Mr. Baker’s office to schedule the VDRP 

until November 19, 2009. 

WHEREAS, the Parties engaged in discussions in order to find a date to conduct the 

VDRP session that was mutually agreeable and scheduled a session for January 20, 2010, 

WHEREAS, the Parties were informed by an automated email on January 4, 2009, that 

the neutral Mr. Baker is no longer employed by Jones Day, 

WHEREAS, the Parties have not been informed regarding the nature of Mr. Baker’s 

departure or been provided with any forwarding information, 

WHEREAS, the Parties have contacted Linda A. Martinez, VDRP Administrator, and 

have secured another list of neutrals to select from to complete the VDRP. The parties are 

currently considering the proposed list of neutrals; 

WHEREAS, the Parties require additional time to conduct discovery in order to make the 

VDRP session more meaningful, 

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate to extend any deadline to complete the VDRP 

to May 3, 2010, to complete discovery to May 3, 2010, to complete expert discovery to May 17, 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE ADR/DISCOVERY 

2010 and supplemental expert disclosure to May 31, 2010. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: January 8, 2010 KANTOR & KANTOR , LLP 

By: 

_____________/S/________________________ 

 Elizabeth Green 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 DANIEL PORTER AND CHERIE 

 PORTER 

Dated: January 8, 2010 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

By: 

_______________/S/_______________________ 

 Kamili W. Dawson 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF 

 ILLINOIS, A DIVISION OF 

 HEALTH CARE SERVICE 

 CORPORATION, A MUTUAL 

 LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY and 

 UNITED AIRLINES EMPLOYEE 

 WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 8, 2010 

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