Opinion
Case No. 2:11-cv-13673
05-31-2012
MARGARET A. PANEK, Plaintiff, v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation Defendant.
STEPHEN N. LEUCHTMAN, P.C. Stephen N. Leuchtman (P16590) Attorney for Plaintiff DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC Kimberly J. Ruppel (P55138) Attorney for Defendant
Hon. Denise Page Hood
Magistrate Judge Randon
STEPHEN N. LEUCHTMAN, P.C.
Stephen N. Leuchtman (P16590)
Attorney for Plaintiff
DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC
Kimberly J. Ruppel (P55138)
Attorney for Defendant
ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL
Based upon the Court's review of Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Company's Motion to Compel Discovery Responses, which was unopposed, and for the reasons stated on the record at the hearing on May 24, 2012, at which Plaintiff's counsel did not appear:
IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Company's Motion to Compel Discovery Responses is granted;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall respond to Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company's First Interrogatories and Requests for the Production of Documents within 14 days from this Order;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall pay Defendant $2,850.00 (two thousand, eight hundred and fifty dollars and no cents) as a sanction, representing Defendant's reasonable attorney's fees incurred in drafting the motion and appearing for the hearing as established in the attached Bill of Costs.
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Mark A. Randon
United States Magistrate Judge
Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to the parties of record on this date, May 31, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
Melody Miles
Case Manager Magistrate Judge Mark A. Randon
(313) 234-5542
MARGARET A. PANEK, Plaintiff,
v.
HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation Defendant.
Case No. 2:11-cv-13673
Hon. Denise Page Hood
Magistrate Judge Randon
STEPHEN N. LEUCHTMAN, P.C.
Stephen N. Leuchtman (P16590)
Attorney for Plaintiff
1380 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48207
(313) 259-6900 (ext126)
DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC
Kimberly J. Ruppel (P55138)
Attorney for Defendant
2600 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 300
Troy, MI 48084-3312
(248) 433-7200
VERIFIED BILL OF FEES
Legal fees incurred by Defendant related to counsel's efforts and activities including drafting, filing and appearing for Motion to Compel Plaintiff to respond to written discovery, and associated communications with Plaintiff's counsel, the Court and the client: $2,850.00
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing fees are correct and were necessarily incurred in this action and that the services for which fees have been charged were actually and necessarily performed, as set forth above.
DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC
By: __________
Kimberly J. Ruppel (P55138)
Attorney for Defendant
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of May, 2012
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Jaclyn Mark, Notary Public