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Parties Involved:
Angel MedFlight
Plaintiff
Aviation West Charters, LLC
Plaintiff
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Defendant
Erin Gaal
Plaintiff

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28 -1- Case No. 4:16-cv-00035-WHA 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND EXTEND DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Gordon & Rees LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

JORDAN S. ALTURA (SBN: 209431) 

TINO X. DO (SBN: 221346) 

GORDON & REES LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 986-5900 

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054 

jaltura@gordonrees.com

tdo@gordonrees.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

Kirk J. Wolden, SBN 138902 

CARTER WOLDEN CURTIS, LLP 

1111 Exposition Blvd., Suite 602 

Sacramento, CA 95815 

Telephone: (916) 567-1111 

Facsimile: (916) 567-1112 

kirk@cwclawfirm.com 

Eamon P. Kelly (Pro Hac Vice Admission to be sought) 

Nathan A. Shev (Pro Hac Vice Admission to be sought) 

SPERLING & SLATER, P.C. 

55 West Monroe Street, Suite 3200 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Telephone: (312) 641-3200 

Facsimile: (312) 641-6492 

ekelly@sperling-law.com 

nshev@sperling-law.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AVIATION WEST CHARTERS, LLC D/B/A 

ANGEL MEDFLIGHT, et al. 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 4:16-cv-00035-WHA

JOINT STIPULATION TO 

CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND EXTEND DEADLINE TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

(CIVIL L.R. 16(e) AND 6-1(a)) 

Complaint Filed: January 11, 2016 

Order Re: Order re:

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28 -2- Case No. 4:16-cv-00035-WHA 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

The parties hereto, Plaintiffs AVIATION WEST CHARTERS, LLC d/b/a ANGEL 

MEDFLIGHT and ERIN GAAL (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant CONNECTICUT 

GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (“CIGNA”), by and through their respective 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their Complaint on January 5, 2016, and served CIGNA with 

the Summons and Complaint on January 8, 2016. 

WHEREAS, following joint stipulations, CIGNA’s current deadline to file a response to 

the Complaint is March 2, 2016. 

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to conduct an early mediation on March 31, 2016 

with Judge Edward Infante (Ret.) to attempt to resolve this case and potentially resolve other, 

related claim disputes in their entirety. 

WHEREAS, given the complexities of this case and the other disputes, the Parties agree 

that sufficient time should be allowed post-mediation to permit resolution efforts to continue and, 

if the Parties are unable to resolve their disputes, to allow CIGNA adequate time to prepare its 

response to the Complaint. 

WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs have agreed to extend CIGNA’s deadline to file a response to 

the Complaint to April 22, 2016, provided this date will not interfere with any deadline 

previously set by the Court. 

WHEREAS, this Court scheduled the Initial Case Management Conference on 

Reassignment for April 14, 2016. 

WHEREAS, the Parties request the Court to continue the Initial Case Management 

Conference to April 28, 2016 to complete early resolution efforts and, if these efforts are 

unsuccessful, to permit CIGNA to file a responsive pleading in advance of the Case Management 

Conference. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs and CIGNA through their 

respective counsel of record that the deadline for CIGNA to file a responsive pleading is 

Case 3:16-cv-00035-WHA Document 14 Filed 03/02/16 Page 2 of 5

Order re:

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extended up to April 22, 2016, and that the Court continue the Initial Case Management 

Conference to April 28, 2016. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED 

Dated: March 2, 2016 CARTER WOLDEN CURTIS, LLP 

By /s/ Kirk J. Wolden 

Kirk J. Wolden 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

AVIATION WEST CHARTERS, LLC d/b/a 

ANGEL MEDFLIGHT and ERIN GAAL 

Dated: March 2, 2016 GORDON & REES LLP 

By /s/ Jordan S. Altura

Jordan S. Altura 

Tino X. Do 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

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Order re:

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28 -4- Case No. 4:16-cv-00035-WHA 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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ATTESTATION OF E-FILED SIGNATURE 

I, Jordan S. Altura, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Joint Stipulation to Continue Initial Case Management Conference and Extend Deadline to 

Respond to Complaint. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i), I hereby attest that Kirk J. 

Wolden, counsel for Plaintiffs, has concurred in this filing. 

Dated: March 2, 2016 /s/ Jordan S. Altura

Jordan S. Altura 

1114817/27000634v.1

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Order re:

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28 -5- Case No. 4:16-cv-00035-WHA 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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PROPOSED ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that the Initial Case 

Management Conference is continued to April 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Not less than seven days 

prior, counsel shall submit a joint case management conference statement not to exceed ten 

pages. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Connecticut General Life Insurance 

Company file its response to Plaintiffs’ Complaint by April 22, 2016 in the event this case is not 

resolved at mediation. 

Dated: ________________ __________________________ 

Hon. William Alsup 

United States District Judge 

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March 10, 2016. Order re:

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