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Parties Involved:
Blue Shield of California
Defendant
California Physicians' Service
Defendant
Richard P. Wells
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONTINUING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NO. C05 1229 CRB

 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICHARD P. WELLS, For Himself 

And In His Representative Capacity 

As Administrator of the Estate of 

Marilyn Wells, Decedent, and As 

Guardian of His Minor Children, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' 

SERVICE, dba BLUE SHIELD OF 

CALIFORNIA, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 05 1229 CRB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

Settlement Conference: 

Date: July 24, 2007 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom A 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiff Richard P. Wells, in 

his individual capacity, as administrator of the Estate of Marilyn Wells, decedent, 

and as guardian of his minor children (“Plaintiff”) and defendant California 

Physicians’ Service, dba Blue Shield of California’s (“Blue Shield”), through their 

respective counsel of record, as follows: 

WHEREAS, a Settlement Conference in the above-captioned matter is 

currently scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on July 24, 2007; 

WHEREAS, the Court denied Blue Shield’s motion for summary judgment 

based on Plaintiff’s standing in an order dated March 26, 2007; 

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 WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s Counsel has been under medical care for Coronary 

Artery Disease since 1980 and for Type 2 diabetes since 1991. He has had 

quintuple by-pass surgery in 1981, quadruple by-pass surgery in 1991 and 

angioplasties and stent procedures in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2005. In 2004, after 

suffering coronary arrest, he had an internal defibrillator implanted, and in 2005, 

that defibrillator was replaced. In late November, 2006, his right coronary artery 

bypass graft occluded, and that is now inoperable. Nonetheless, he has continued to 

practice law with the help of his physicians and the best medical care he can obtain; 

 WHEREAS from early February, 2007 until June 30, 2007, Plaintiff’s 

Counsel experienced symptoms of diabetes and congestive heart failure, including 

hypoglycemia, edema, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and fatigue 

preventing him, among other things, from traveling by air, and has been under 

medical care for all of these symptoms and conditions which it is now known were 

caused in part by side effects from prescribed medications; 

 WHEREAS, because of such symptoms and conditions, Plaintiff’s Counsel 

has been unable to conduct the contemplated discovery in this case; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s Counsel and his physicians have now modified his 

drug regimen so as to alleviate materially the adverse side effects of his 

medications; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s Counsel is now able to travel and carry on a 

reasonably full schedule, including conducting the contemplated discovery; 

 WHEREAS, the parties continue to believe that additional discovery and 

depositions should be conducted before continuing to pursue settlement in this 

action; 

 WHEREAS, the parties intend to conduct significant discovery and 

depositions during the next 90 days; 

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NOW, THEREFORE, and based upon the above recitals, it is hereby agreed 

and stipulated by the parties hereto, through their respective attorneys of record, 

that: 

1. The Settlement Conference presently scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on July 

24, 2007 is continued to October 25, 2007 at 9:30 a.m., or such other later time as 

Magistrate Judge Spero may direct. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP 

GREGORY N. PIMSTONE 

ADAM PINES 

TRAVIS A. CORDER 

Dated: July 19, 2007 By: s/ Adam Pines 

 Adam Pines 

Attorneys for Defendant

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE, 

dba BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEGAL 

FOUNDATION 

Dated: July 19, 2007 By: s/ James B. Rhoads 

James B. Rhoads 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

RICHARD P. WELLS 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Adam Pines hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained. 

ORDER

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: United States District Judge 

41138380.1 

July 23, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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