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Parties Involved:
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Long Term Disability Plan
Defendant
Daniel L. Brune
Plaintiff

Document Text:

MORGAN, LEWIS &

BOCKIUS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

LOS ANGELES

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STIP. AND [PROP] ORDER RE: STANDARD 

OF REVIEW 

CASE NO CV 09-03108 SBA

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

NICOLE A. DILLER (SBN 154842) 

DONALD P. SULLIVAN (SBN 191080) 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 442-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. PILOT LONG TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

DANIEL L. BRUNE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. PILOT 

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, 

Defendant. 

Case No. CV 09-03108 SBA 

Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING APPLICABLE STANDARD 

OF REVIEW 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Daniel L. Brune (“Plaintiff”) filed a Motion for Summary 

Adjudication as to the Standard of Review (Dkt. No. 20) on January 12, 2010 (the “Motion”); 

WHEREAS, Defendant American Airlines Inc. Pilot Long-Term Disability Plan (the 

“Plan”) has considered the Motion, the authorities cited in the Motion, and the unique facts and 

circumstances of this case; 

WHEREAS, in the event that Plaintiff recovers his disability benefits, the Plan has agreed 

to pay Plaintiff’s reasonable attorney’s fees for the time that Plaintiff’s counsel expended on 

drafting discovery regarding conflicts of interest and preparing the Motion; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has agreed to withdraw his Motion in exchange for this stipulation; 

and 

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WHEREFORE, the Plan and Plaintiff (the “Parties”) stipulate, and respectfully request the 

Court to enter an order, as follows: 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Adjudication as to the Standard of Review (Dkt. 

No. 20) shall be withdrawn and the hearing on that Motion, currently set for 

February 23, 2010, shall be taken off calendar. The Court shall review Plaintiff’s 

claim for benefits from the Plan under a de novo standard of review. 

Dated: January 25, 2010 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & 

JACKSON, P.C. 

By: /S/ Daniel Feinberg 

Daniel Feinberg 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DANIEL L. BRUNE 

Dated: January 25, 2010 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By: /S/ Donald P. Sullivan 

Nicole A. Diller 

Donald P. Sullivan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. PILOT 

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

ATTESTATION 

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/S/) within this e-filed document. 

DATED: January 25, 2010 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: /S/ Donald P. Sullivan 

 Donald P. Sullivan 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Date: 1/27/10 By: 

 The Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong 

 United States District Judge 

DB2/21523305.1 

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