Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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40 North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4429 Stephen M. Bressler, State Bar No. 09032 Direct Dial: (602) 262-5376 Direct Fax: (602) 734-3742 E Mail: [email protected] Ricki L. Cohen, State Bar No. 024884 Direct Dial: (602) 262-5759 Direct Fax: 602 748-2502 E Mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Halliburton Company Long-Term Disability ) ) Plan; and, Hartford Life & Accident ) Insurance Company, ) ) Defendants. ) ) David L. Mazet, No. CV 04-00493 PHX-FJM DEFENDANTS' REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN OPPOSITION OF PLAINTIFF'S SUR-RESPONSE

Plaintiff's Sur-Response raises two new issues. Defendants request leave of this Court to file a short explanatory brief. In his Sur-Response, Plaintiff challenges two calculations: (1) the CPI-W percentages; and (2) the estimated median wage calculation. If permitted, defendants will submit a memorandum explaining each calculation. The memorandum will explain that the difference between the parties' CPI percentages. The plan calls for the CPI-W "as of July 31st." See Sur-Response at p. 4 and Docket #78, pg. 3. That is what Hartford used. But Plaintiff used the CPI-W for August 31st. The memorandum will also explain a fundamental difference in calculating estimated median wages. Defendants have used estimated wages of occupations while Plaintiff has used a median wage of an entire occupational category. Plaintiff's occupational matches yield a higher estimated median wage than the average of the entire occupational category.
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 18th day of August, 2008. LEWIS AND ROCA LLP

By s/Stephen M. Bressler Stephen M. Bressler Ricki L. Cohen Attorneys for Defendants

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on August 18, 2008, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing of the following CM/ECF registrants: Randolph G. Bachrach, Esq. Law Offices of Randolph G. Bachrach 5103 East Thomas Road Phoenix, Arizona 85018 Attorneys for Plaintiff

s/Michelle T. Gallegos

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