Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio v. Daniel Duong et al

Filing 71

PARTIAL JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF IN INTERPLEADER WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO by Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen. (bp)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 LAURA E. FANNON (SBN 111500) Laura.Fannon@Wilsonelser.com WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 525 Market Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 433-0990 Facsimile: (415) 434-1370 Attorneys for Plaintiff WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) DANIEL DUONG, XIAOLING SHI, ) AARON CHIH YUAN LEE, and NA ) SHEN, ) ) Defendants. __________________________________ ) ) AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIMS. ) ) WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO, an Ohio corporation, Case No.: 2:10-cv-07764-JHN -JCGx PARTIAL JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF IN INTERPLEADER WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 [PROPOSED] PARTIAL JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF IN INTERPLEADER WESTERN RESERVE LIFE 739949.1 Case No.: CV10-07764 JHN (JCGx) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PARTIAL JUDGMENT WHEREAS on September 1, 2011, this Court entered its Order on Stipulation Dismissing, Discharging, and Releasing Western Reserve Life and Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Costs (Document No. 62), and in accordance with said Stipulation (Document No. 51) and Order, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: 1. All proceeds of WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO (“WRL”) life insurance policy number 13298673 (“the Policy”) issued to Donglei Shi (“the decedent”) have been fully interpleaded into the registry of this Court with interest to the date of deposit; 2. Defendants DANIEL DUONG (“Duong”) and XIAOLING SHI (“Shi”) (jointly, “defendants”) shall not bring any additional action and shall dismiss with prejudice any currently pending action, aside from the present one, against WRL for recovery of benefits under the Policy that are payable by reason of the decedent’s death; 3. That, having deposited the Policy proceeds plus interest with the Clerk of the Court, WRL, and its past, present and future parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, assignees, predecessors, successors, agents, producers, employees, officers, directors, attorneys and insurers are now discharged from any further liability to defendants, and each of them, with respect to any matter related to the Policy, any claim thereunder, or this action; provided, however, that neither Jing Zhang nor Daniel Duong shall be considered agents, producers, or employees of WRL or otherwise affiliated with WRL for purposes of this Order; and 4. WRL is awarded its costs of suit incurred herein, including its reasonable attorney’s fees, to be paid out of the funds that WRL has deposited with the Clerk of the Court. The Clerk of this Court is directed immediately to pay WRL its attorneys’ fees and costs in the stipulated amount of $25,000.00. 28 2 [PROPOSED] PARTIAL JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF IN INTERPLEADER WESTERN RESERVE LIFE 739949.1 Case No.: CV10-07764 JHN (JCGx) 1 2 Payment shall be made to “Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio” and the check forwarded to its attorneys of record in this action. 3 4 5 6 Dated: September 12, 2011 ________________________________ Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Judge United States District Court 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 [PROPOSED] PARTIAL JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF IN INTERPLEADER WESTERN RESERVE LIFE 739949.1 Case No.: CV10-07764 JHN (JCGx)

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