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Parties Involved:
Karen Proksel
Plaintiff
Snap-On Incorporated
Defendant
Snap-On Incorporated Disability Income Program for Exempt Employees
Defendant

Document Text:

Law Offices of Tracy Collins

Tracy Collins, State Bar No. 144307

E-Mail: erisadisability@aol.com

5699 Kanan Road, Suite 415 

Agoura Hills, CA 91301 

Telephone: (818) 889-2441 

Facsimile: (818) 889-1210

Attorneys for Plaintiff Karen Proksel

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

Melissa M. Cowan, Bar No. 175326

Keiko J. Kojima, Bar No. 206595

444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953

Telephone: 213.236.0600

Facsimile: 213.236.2700

Attorneys for Defendant Snap-On

Incorporated Disability Income Program for

Exempt Employees Only

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREN PROKSEL,

Plaintiff,

v.

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

DISABILITY INCOME PROGRAM

FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES,

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED, IN

ITS CAPACITY AS PLAN

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

DISABILITY INCOME PROGRAM

FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:06-CV-01830-AWI DLB

[The Honorable Anthony W. Ishii

presiding]

STIPULATION TO ALLOW DE

NOVO REVIEW OF ERISA CLAIM,

TAKE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION ON

STANDARD OF REVIEW OFF

CALENDAR, CONFIRM HEARING

ON EXHAUSTION ISSUE

Date: February 4, 2007

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Ctrm. 2

/ / /

/ / /

/ / /

Plaintiff Karen Proksel (“Proksel” or “Plaintiff”) and Defendant Snap-On

Incorporated Disability Income Program for Except Employees Only (“the Plan” or

“Defendant”) hereby stipulate as follows:

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01830-AWI DLB

STIP & ORDER TO ALLOW DE NOVO REVIEW & TO TAKE

PLTF.’S MTN. ON STANDARD OF REVIEW OFF CAL

1. The standard of review for Plaintiff's claim for disability benefits under

ERISA in the instant lawsuit only shall be de novo, rather than abuse of discretion.

2. Plaintiff's Motion to Determine the Standard of Review, set for February 4,

2008 at 1:30 p.m. is withdrawn and shall be taken off calendar. 

3. The hearing on the issue of whether Plaintiff has exhausted her

administrative remedies should remain on calendar for February 4, 2008 at 1:30

p.m. with the same briefing schedule.

Dated: December 20, 2007

Law Offices of Tracy Collins

By:/s/ Tracy Collins [as authorized on December 20, 2007]

Tracy Collins

Attorneys for Plaintiff Karen Proksel

Dated: December 20, 2007

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

Melissa M. Cowan

Keiko J. Kojima

By:/s/ Melissa M. Cowan

Melissa M. Cowan

Attorneys for Defendant Snap-On Incorporated Disability Income Program for

Exempt Employees Only

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2007 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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