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Parties Involved:
Leslie D. Bigby
Defendant
Lisa Kopal
Plaintiff
Ronald Kopal
Plaintiff
Marten Transport, LTD.
Defendant
Stevens Transport, Inc.
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD KOPAL and LISA KOPAL, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

MARTEN TRANSPORT, LTD.,a

Wisconsin Corporation; and

LESLIE D. BIGBY, an Arkansas

Resident; and DOES 1 through

20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 CIV-S-05-0363 DFL-JFM

ORDER

Plaintiff Ronald and Lisa Kopal bring this action to recover

damages for personal injuries resulting from an accident that

occurred on March 8, 2003. Stevens Transport, Inc. (“Stevens”)

moves to intervene under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(b) as a plaintiff in

this action to assert its claim for reimbursement of worker’s

compensation benefits it paid to its employee, Ronald Kopal, and

to Ronald Kopal’s health providers, for the injuries Kopal

allegedly suffered as a result of the March 8, 2003 accident. 

Both the defendants and the plaintiffs have filed statements of

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non-opposition to this motion. Having reviewed the papers

submitted by the parties, the court finds that intervention is

appropriate under Rule 24(b). Accordingly, the motion to

intervene is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 7/11/2005

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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