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Parties Involved:
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Defendant
Jessica Langridge
Plaintiff
U.S. Roche Health and Welfare Benefits Veba Plan
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATION TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT,

SUBSTITUTE PARTY, SET ASIDE DEFAULT, AND DISMISS

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS AGAINST LIBERTY MUTUAL

INSURANCE COMPANY [3:15-CV-04235-MEJ]

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DAVID M. LILIENSTEIN, ESQ. (SBN 218923)

JESSICA M. CHO, ESQ. (SBN 303441)

DL LAW GROUP

345 Franklin Street.

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: 415-678-5050

Facsimile: 415-358-8484

david@dllawgroup.com

jessica@dllawgroup.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JESSICA LANGRIDGE

JOSEPH C. LIBURT (STATE BAR NO. 155507)

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

1000 Marsh Road

Menlo Park, California 94025

Telephone: 650-614-7400

Facsimile: 650-614-7401

jliburt@orrick.com

Attorneys for Defendant

U.S. ROCHE HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS

VEBA PLAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSICA LANGRIDGE,

Plaintiff,

v.

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE

COMPANY AND DOES 1 THROUGH 10,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-04235-MEJ

STIPULATION TO FILE FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT,

SUBSTITUTE PARTY, SET ASIDE

DEFAULT, AND DISMISS

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS AGAINST

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE

COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

GRANTED

Judge Maria-Elena James

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STIPULATION TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT,

SUBSTITUTE PARTY, SET ASIDE DEFAULT, AND DISMISS

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Plaintiff Jessica Langridge (“Plaintiff”) and U.S. Roche Health and Welfare Benefits

VEBA Plan (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate

and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed her Complaint in this Court on September 17, 2015;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Request to Enter Default as to Liberty Mutual Insurance

Company (“Liberty Mutual”) on November 25, 2015;

WHEREAS, the Clerk of Court entered Default as to Liberty Mutual on December 1,

2015;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff seeks to amend the Complaint to substitute U.S. Roche Health and

Welfare Benefits VEBA Plan as a defendant for Liberty Mutual;

WHEREAS, U.S. Roche Health and Welfare Benefits VEBA Plan stipulates and agrees to

the filing of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint and acknowledges that it is the proper defendant

to Plaintiff’s disability benefits claim;

WHEREAS, the Parties stipulate to set aside the Default that was entered on December 1,

2015 as to Liberty Mutual;

WHEREAS, the Parties stipulate to the dismissal without prejudice of all of Plaintiff’s

claims against Liberty Mutual in this action.

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties, through

their respective counsel of record, as follows:

1. Plaintiff may have leave to file the First Amended Complaint.

2. U.S. Roche Health and Welfare Benefits VEBA Plan is substituted as a defendant

for Liberty Mutual. The substitution of the proper defendant relates back to the filing of the

original Complaint.

3. U.S. Roche Health and Welfare Benefits VEBA Plan’s response to the First

Amended Complaint shall be due 20 days after the First Amended Complaint is filed and served.

4. The Default entered as to Liberty Mutual shall be set aside.

5. Plaintiff’s claims against Liberty Mutual in this action shall be dismissed without

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STIPULATION TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT,

SUBSTITUTE PARTY, SET ASIDE DEFAULT, AND DISMISS

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prejudice.

Dated: February 2, 2016 DL LAW GROUP

By: /s/ David M. Lilienstein

DAVID M. LILIENSTEIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JESSICA LANGRIDGE

Dated: February 2, 2016 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

By: /s/ Joseph C. Liburt

JOSEPH C. LIBURT

Attorneys for Defendant

U.S. ROCHE HEALTH AND WELFARE

BENEFITS VEBA PLAN

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1, I attest under penalty of perjury that

concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from its signatory.

Dated: February 2, 2016

By: /s/ Joseph C. Liburt

JOSEPH C. LIBURT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Maria-Elena James

Dated: February 5, 2016

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