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Parties Involved:
Alliance International
Counter Claimant
Doctors Medical Center of Modesto
Counter Defendant
Travel and Personal Underwriters Limited
Counter Claimant

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STIPULATION TO AMEND COMPLAINT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

STEPHENSON, ACQUISTO & COLMAN

BARRY SULLIVAN, ESQ. (SBN 136571)

JOSEPH HELGESON, ESQ. (SBN 229414)

303 NORTH GLENOAKS BLVD., SUITE 700

BURBANK, CA 91502-3226

Telephone: (818)559-4477

Facsimile: (818)700-0657

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF 

MODESTO, INC., a California corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO DIVISION 

DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF )

MODESTO, INC., a California corporation, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, )

LLC, a Texas corporation; and DOES through 1 )

25, inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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CASE NO.: 1:05-cv-00028-REC-SMS

(1) STIPULATION TO AMEND

COMPLAINT

(2) ORDER THEREON

Judge: Robert E. Coyle

Courtroom No: 1

WHEREAS, the defendant “Travel and Personal Underwriters” was added as a Doe Defendant

prior to the filing of the Notice of Removal in this case;

WHEREAS, it appears that the correct name of said party is in fact “Travel and Personal

Underwriters Limited” rather than “Travel and Personal Underwriters”;

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties to amend the complaint to correctly name said

defendant as “Travel and Personal Underwriters Limited” and to reflect the fact that this action is now

pending in Federal court;

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WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

(“Alliance”) also represents “Travel and Personal Underwriters Limited”;

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties to expeditiously reach the merits of the case;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between counsel for the parties who have

appeared in this action: Plaintiff DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO, INC., and 

Defendant ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, LLC, as follows:

1. That Plaintiff may file an amended complaint to include the defendant named “Travel and

Personal Underwriters Limited”;

2. That Exhibit 1 hereto contains a true and accurate copy of the amended complaint that Plaintiff

may file;

3. That Exhibit 2 hereto contains a true and accurate copy reflecting the changes that have been

introduced by said amended complaint as compared to the original state court complaint;

4. That counsel for Travel and Personal Underwriters Limited will accept service of process on

behalf of Travel and Personal Underwriters Limited;

5. That, for the purposes of this litigation, Alliance was an agent-in-fact for Travel and Personal

Underwriters Limited for the hospitalization described in the amended complaint, and Travel and

Personal Underwriters Limited therefore accepts any and all of the liabilities (if any) of Alliance

caused by said agency-in-fact;

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6. That after the amended complaint has been filed and served upon Alliance and Travel and

Personal Underwriters Limited (by way of counsel), that Plaintiff will dismiss Defendant

Alliance with prejudice.

7. That Travel and Personal Underwriters will not use Alliance’s dismissal in any way to limit

Travel and Personal Underwriters’ own liability (if any).

SO STIPULATED.

Date: _____April 7________, 2005 STEPHENSON, ACQUISTO & COLMAN

_____/s/_Barry Sullivan_____________________

BARRY SULLIVAN

Attorney for Plaintiff

DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF 

MODESTO, INC.

SO STIPULATED.

Date: _____April 7________, 2005 LONG & LEVIT LLP

_____/s/_Seth Watkins______________________

SETH WATKINS 

Attorney for Defendant and Cross-Complainant

ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE 

LLC

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STIPULATION TO AMEND COMPLAINT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

ORDER

The parties having stipulated to amend the complaint to correct the names of the parties,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff is given leave to file the amended complaint to

substitute the name “Travel and Personal Underwriters Limited” for the defendant previously designated

as “Travel and Personal Underwriters.”

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 6, 2005 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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