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Parties Involved:
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Defendant
Marcia Starr-Gordon
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Robert L. Sallander Jr., SBN 118352

Dean C. Burnick, SBN 146914

GREENAN, PEFFER, SALLANDER & LALLY LLP

6111 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 500

San Ramon, CA 94583

Telephone: (925)866-1000

Facsimile: (925)830-8787

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MARCIA STARR-GORDON

Robert R. Pohls, (California Bar #131021)

POHLS AND ASSOCIATES

One Walnut Creek Center

100 Pringle Avenue Suite 235

PHONE: (925) 937-1773

FAX: (925) 937-1763

Peter E. Romo, Jr., (California Bar #38925)

Robin Hardy, (California Bar #192489)

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

560 Mission Street, Suite 3100

San Francisco, CA 94105

PHONE: (415) 397-2823

FAX: (415) 397-8549

John P. Hooper, Pro Hac Vice

Stephen M. Prignano, Pro Hac Vice

EDWARDS & ANGELL, LLP 

750 Lexington Avenue 

New York, NY 10022 

Attorneys for Defendant

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCIA STARR-GORDON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Massachusetts

Corporation, and DOES 1-100,

Defendants

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Case No.: 03-CV-68 LKK (GGH)

STIPULATION FOR ORDER REGARDING

AUTHENTICITY AND FOUNDATION OF

DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY

DEFENDANT MASSACHUSETTS

MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

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Purpose: This stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiff Marcia

Starr-Gordon (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Massachusetts Mutual Life

Insurance Company (“MassMutual”), sometimes collectively referred to

as “the parties”, for the purpose of avoiding certain deposition discovery

and to conserve trial time by stipulating to certain evidentiary issues

regarding documents produced in this litigation by MassMutual.

Applicability: Except as otherwise limited, this stipulation shall apply to

all claim file documents that MassMutual has produced, is in the process

of producing or may hereafter produce related to claims for disability

benefits made to MassMutual by insureds other than Plaintiff (“Colonial

Life Documents”). At present, the Colonial Life Documents encompassed

by this Stipulation consist of Bates Nos. 3000 to 19302; 19336 to 26467;

26648 to 30326; and 47637 to 61654.

Authenticity: All documents to which this stipulation applies are

stipulated to be authentic and the requirement for identification or

authentication of all documents is satisfied under Rule 901 of the Federal

Rules of Evidence. 

Hearsay: To the extent any of the documents to which this stipulation

applies are offered into evidence to prove the truth of the matter(s)

asserted in them, the parties stipulate that the documents fall within the

exception to the hearsay rule set forth in Rule 803(6) of the Federal Rules

of Evidence.

Originals: Duplicates of the documents to which this stipulation applies

are admissible to the same extent as their originals under Rule 1003 of the

Federal Rules of Evidence. 

Other Objections Preserved: Except with respect to the specific

agreements referenced above concerning the admissibility of the Colonial

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Life Documents under Rules 901, 803(6) and 1003 of the Federal Rules of

Evidence, all other objections by MassMutual with regard to the

admissibility of said documents, including but not limited to objections

based on relevance, compound or double hearsay, or based on the

considerations set forth in Rule 403 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, are

preserved and retained, and nothing herein shall be construed to restrict or

limit MassMutual’s ability to interpose such objections at the time of trial.

Forbearance of Right to Depositions: In consideration of and in reliance

upon the stipulations set forth herein, Starr-Gordon withdraws the notices

of taking deposition of MassMutual, issued pursuant to Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure Rule 30(b)(6), with respect to all Colonial Life

Documents, and agrees not to seek depositions of any present or former

MassMutual employees with regard to the Colonial Life Documents. 

The parties have entered into this stipulation in good faith, and not for reasons of

delay or any other improper purpose. 

DATED: April __, 2005 EDWARDS & ANGELL LLP

By

Stephen M. Prignano, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendant

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

DATED: April __, 2005 GREENAN, PEFFER, 

SALLANDER & LALLY LLP

By:___________________________

Dean C. Burnick, Esq.

6111 Bollinger Canyon Rd., Ste. 500

Post Office Box 10

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San Ramon, California 94583-0010

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 

 MARCIA STARR-GORDON 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 6/15/05 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

_____________________________

United States District Court 

Eastern District of California

starr68.ord06

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