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Parties Involved:
Michael Lithgow
Counter Claimant
Jenise K. Lithgow
Counter Claimant
Schelene M. Lithgow
Counter Claimant
Edna Lopez
Counter Claimant
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Counter Defendant

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NOTICE OF DEPOSIT AND REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

SEDGWICK LLP

MARK J. HANCOCK SBN 160662

mark.hancock@sedgwicklaw.com

REBECCA A. HULL SBN 99802

rebecca.hull@sedgwicklaw.com

ERIN A. CORNELL SBN 227135

erin.cornell@sedgwicklaw.com

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104-2834

Telephone: 415.781.7900

Facsimile: 415.781.2635

Attorneys for Plaintiff

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL LITHGOW, JENISE K. 

LITHGOW, SCHELENE M. LITHGOW, and 

EDNA LOPEZ,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-cv-01871 MCE-AC

NOTICE OF DEPOSIT OF FUNDS AND 

REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF 

PLAINTIFF METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY WITH 

PREJUDICE; ORDER DISMISSING 

PLAINTIFF WITH PREJUDICE

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NOTICE OF DEPOSIT AND REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

TO THE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES APPEARING HEREIN:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the Court’s July 9, 2015 Order (ECF No. 20), 

on July 21, 2015, plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) deposited with the 

Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, $248,345.42, 

which represents the amount of the disputed life insurance benefits at issue in this action, plus 

interest.

Accordingly, pursuant to the Court’s July 9, 2015 Order, MetLife respectfully requests that 

the Court discharge MetLife, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and the Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company Employee Welfare Plan 503 from any further liability, and dismiss MetLife from this 

action, with prejudice.

DATED: July 24, 2015 SEDGWICK LLP

By: /s/ Erin A. Cornell

Mark J. Hancock

Erin A. Cornell

Attorneys for Plaintiff

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ORDER

Pursuant to plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s (“MetLife”) Notice of 

Deposit of Funds and this Court’s July 9, 2015 Order, the Court hereby ORDERS that MetLife, 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company Employee Welfare 

Plan 503 are discharged from this action, and MetLife is DISMISSED from this action with 

prejudice. Each party is to bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs with respect to MetLife’s 

participation in the action.

Dated: July 28, 2015

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