Stone Street Services, Inc. v. Lowry

Full title: STONE STREET SERVICES, INC., successor in interest to Stone Street…

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Oct 31, 2007

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07-CV-0431 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 31, 2007)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07-CV-0431.

October 31, 2007

ORDER

DONETTA AMBROSE, District Judge

AND NOW, this 31st day of October, 2007, upon consideration of the Motion to Appoint a Guardian Ad Litem filed by Transamerica Annuity Service Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company (collectively "Transamerica") and any response thereto, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED that said Motion is GRANTED.

Samuel A. Moore, an attorney licensed to practice in the Western District of Pennsylvania, is appointed as Guardian Ad Litem to represent the interests of John Edwin Lowry, III, a/k/a J.L., a minor, with respect to the litigation herein. The fees and expenses regarding Samuel A. Moore's services as Guardian Ad Litem shall be paid at the rate of $200.00 per hour. It is further ORDERED that Transamerica shall initially bear the fees of the Guardian Ad Litem up to $5,000.00, with bills to be sent to Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Attention: Richard M. Rubenstein, 400 West Market Street, Aegon Center, 8^th Floor, Louisville, KY 40202.

If the Guardian Ad Litem's fees and expenses exceed $5,000.00, the Guardian Ad Litem may petition for further payment.Plaintiffs shall not be responsible for any of the Guardian Ad Litem's fees or expenses.