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Parties Involved:
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
Defendant
Laurie Hood
Plaintiff

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Lisa S. Kantor, Esq. State Bar No. 110678

 E-Mail: lkantor@kantorlaw.net 

Elizabeth K. Green, Esq. State Bar No.199634

 E-Mail: egreen@kantorlaw.net 

KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

19839 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91324

TEL: (818) 886-2525

FAX: (818) 350-6272

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

LAURIE HOOD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO

LAURIE HOOD,

Plaintiff,

VS.

HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

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CASE NO: CV 07-01634 FCD EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO

CONTINUE EXPERT DISCLOSURE

AND DISCOVERY DATES 

Plaintiff Laurie Hood (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Hartford Life and Accident

Insurance Company (“Hartford”) hereby STIPULATE and AGREE as follows:

1. This matter involves Plaintiff’s breach of contract and insurance bad faith

claims against Defendant for denial of her disability benefits. Plaintiff filed her

complaint on August 9, 2007. 

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2. On May 15, 2008, the Court modified the Pretrial Scheduling Order and

issued the following dates: discovery deadline of August 1, 2008; expert witness

designation due August 14, 2008, with supplemental expert witness designation due

September 4, 2008; all expert discovery completed by November 5, 2008; dispositive

motion deadline set for January 9, 2009; Final Pretrial Conference set for March 13,

2009; Joint Pretrial Statement to be filed on or before March 6, 2009; Trial set for

June 2, 2009.

3. On July 29, 2008, Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint pursuant

to the Court’s July 28, 2008 Order. 

4. Following completion of discovery, Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s counsel

have engaged in further settlement discussions. The parties are also discussing

possibly scheduling an additional mediation session.

5. To facilitate settlement discussions and minimize expert costs, the parties

hereby stipulate and agree to continue the following dates pertaining to expert

witnesses for two weeks: expert witness designation from August 14, 2008 to August

28, 2008; supplemental expert witness designation from September 4, 2008 to

September 18, 2008; and expert discovery completion from November 5, 2008 to

November 19, 2008.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: August 13, 2008 KANTOR & KANTOR LLP 

By: _________________________ ELIZABETH GREEN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LAURIE HOOD 

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DATED: August 13, 2008 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

By: __________________________ BRUCE D. CELEBREZZE

MICHELLE Y. McISAAC

Attorneys for Defendant

HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT

INSURANCE COMPANY

ORDER

Good cause having been shown, the pretrial scheduling dates are hereby

continued as follows: expert witness designations due August 28, 2008, supplemental

expert witness designations due September 18, 2008, and expert witness discovery to

be completed by November 19, 2008.

Dated: August 14, 2008

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