Opinion
Case No. 3:10-02940 JSW
05-02-2013
LOUIS WILKTNS, Plaintiff, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, Defendants.
KANTOR & KANTOR LLP GLENN R. KANTOR, Bar No. 122643 PETERS. SESSIONS, Bar No. 193301 Attorneys for Plaintiff Louis Wilkins WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP THOMAS M. HERLIHY, Bar No. 83615 FRANCIS TORRENCE, BAR NO. 154653 DONALD P. SULLIVAN, BAR NO. 191080 Attorneys for Defendant Unum Life Insurance Company of America
KANTOR & KANTOR LLP
GLENN R. KANTOR, Bar No. 122643
PETERS. SESSIONS, Bar No. 193301
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Louis Wilkins
WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP
THOMAS M. HERLIHY, Bar No. 83615
FRANCIS TORRENCE, BAR NO. 154653
DONALD P. SULLIVAN, BAR NO. 191080
Attorneys for Defendant
Unum Life Insurance Company of America
JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER TO MODIFY BRIEFING
SCHEDULE DUE TO THE DEATH OF
LEAD DEFENSE COUNSEL'S MINOR
DAUGHTER
On April 12, 2013, the Court continued the trial date from May 10, 2013 to June 28, 2013 due to the unexpected death of lead Defense counsel's minor daughter. See Docket No. 43. In the same Order, the Court instructed Defendant to file its Responsive Trial Brief by May 3, 2013, and Plaintiff to file its Reply Trial Brief by May 10, 2013.
Lead Defense counsel has not yet returned to work as he continues to care for his two other children during the grieving process.
For this reason, the parties have agreed to modify the briefing scheduled without modifying the trial date. Plaintiff Louis Wilkins and defendant UNUM Life Insurance Company of America ("UNUM"), through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and request that the date for Defendant to file its Responsive trial brief be continued to Friday, May 17, 2013, and the date for Plaintiff to file its Reply trial brief be continued to Friday May 24, 2013.
The date for the bench trial shall remain Friday, June 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Good cause exists for this request for the above-stated reasons. Nothing in this Stipulated Request requires the modification of the Court's calendar. Additionally, under the proposed briefing schedule, the matter will be completely briefed more than one month before the bench trial.
Respectfully submitted.
KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP
By: __________________________
Glenn R. Kantor
Peter S. Sessions
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Louis Wilkins
WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,
EDELMAN, & DICKER LLP
By: __________________________
Francis Torrence
Thomas M. Herlihy
Donald P. Sullivan
Attorneys for Defendant
Unum Life Insurance Company of America
[PROPOSED] ORDER
Pursuant to the Stipulation of the Parties and for good cause appearing, the Court orders that the Trial briefing schedule be modified as follows:
1. Defendant's Responsive Trial Brief due on May 17,2013;
2. Plaintiff's Reply Trial Brief due on May 24, 2013.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE
UNITED STATED DISTRICT JUDGE