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SEDGWICK LLP

125 Broad Street, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004-2400

Telephone: (212) 422-0202

Facsimile: (212) 422-0925

Attorneys for Defendants

Hartford Life and Accident Insurance 

Company i/s/h/a Hartford Financial 

Services Group, The Hartford Benefit 

Management Services and GDB 

Claims and Services Operations

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY

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JAMES WRIGHT,

Plaintiff,

-againstHARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, 

THE HARTFORD BENEFIT MANAGEMENT 

SERVICES; GDB CLAIMS AND SERVICES 

OPERATIONS; ABC 1-10 (that being the names 

of the corporate entities, companies, partnership 

or individuals intended), 

Defendants.

Civil No.: 2:11-cv-00602 

Hon. Stanley R. Chesler, U.S.D.J.

Hon. Michael A. Shipp, U.S.M.J.

RULE 7.1 DISCLOSURE

STATEMENT

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Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and to enable judges and 

magistrate judges of the Court to evaluate possible disqualification or recusal, the undersigned 

counsel of record for defendant, HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE 

COMPANY i/s/h/a HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, THE HARTFORD 

BENEFIT MANAGEMENT SERVICES; GDB CLAIMS AND SERVICES OPERATIONS, 

certifies that the following are corporate parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates of that party which are 

publicly held: 

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1. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. is a publicly traded corporation that has no parent 

corporation. No publicly held corporation currently owns 10% or more of its common stock. 

Allianz SE, a publicly held corporation that has no parent corporation, holds contingent rights to 

purchase more than 10% of the common stock of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

Dated: May 4, 2011

Respectfully Submitted,

SEDGWICK LLP

By: s/ Daniel Meier 

Daniel M. Meier (DM- 041942006)

125 Broad Street, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004-2400

Telephone: (212) 422-0202

Facsimile: (212) 422-0925

Attorneys for Defendant

Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company 

i/s/h/a Hartford Financial Services Group 

Hartford Financial Services Group, The 

Hartford Benefit Management Services and 

GDB Claims and Services Operations.

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SEDGWICK LLP

125 Broad Street, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004-2400

Telephone: (212) 422-0202

Facsimile: (212) 422-0925

Attorneys for Defendants

Hartford Life and Accident Insurance 

Company i/s/h/a Hartford Financial 

Services Group, The Hartford Benefit 

Management Services and GDB 

Claims and Services Operations

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY

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JAMES WRIGHT,

Plaintiff,

-againstHARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, 

THE HARTFORD BENEFIT MANAGEMENT 

SERVICES; GDB CLAIMS AND SERVICES 

OPERATIONS; ABC 1-10 (that being the names 

of the corporate entities, companies, partnership 

or individuals intended), 

Defendants.

Civil No.: 2:11-cv-00602 

Hon. Stanley R. Chesler, U.S.D.J.

Hon. Michael A. Shipp, U.S.M.J.

PROOF OF MAILING

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1. I, Daniel M. Meier, am an associate with the law firm of Sedgwick LLP, attorneys 

for HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY i/s/h/a HARTFORD 

FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, THE HARTFORD BENEFIT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

and GDB CLAIMS AND SERVICES OPERATIONS.

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2. I hereby certify that I mailed a sealed envelope with postage pre-paid, via regular 

mail addressed to:

Kevin T. Kutyla, Esq.

83 Spring Street

Newton, NJ 07860

(973) 940-8970

Attorney for Plaintiff

3. This envelope contained a copy of defendant’s RULE 7.1 DISCLOSURE 

STATEMENT AND ANSWER, which were filed with the court via ECF.

I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true. I am aware that if any of the 

foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment.

Dated: May 4, 2011

s/ Daniel M. Meier

Daniel M. Meier, Esq. (DM- 041942006)

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