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40 North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4429 Facsimile (602) 262-5747 Telephone (602) 262-5311 Stephen M. Bressler (09032) [email protected] Ann-Martha Andrews (012616) [email protected] Scott Bennett (0022350) [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants UnumProvident Corporation and Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) UNUMProvident Corporation and Provident ) ) Life and Accident Insurance Company, ) ) Defendants. ) ) )
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No. CIV-02-2281-PHX-SMM REQUEST FOR WITNESS TO APPEAR AT TRIAL VIA LIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING
The defendants request the Court's permission to call witness Tawnia Newton at
17 trial via live videoconferencing hookup. Ms. Newton resides and works in Chattanooga, 18 Tennessee. She underwent significant surgery to her inner ear last July, and her 19 physicians have not yet cleared her to travel. Ms. Newton is an actuary and is expected 20 to provide relatively brief testimony regarding the present value of the plaintiff's future 21 claimed disability benefits, in rebuttal to the plaintiff's expert, Dr. Mark Reisner. Her 22 trial testimony is expected to take approximately one hour. Defense counsel have 23 consulted with the plaintiff's counsel regarding this request, and the plaintiff's counsel 24 have no objection. 25 26 27 28
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RESPECFULLY SUBMITTED this 2nd day of September, 2005. LEWIS AND ROCA LLP
By s/Ann-Martha Andrews Stephen M. Bressler Ann-Martha Andrews Scott Bennett Attorneys for Defendants UnumProvident Corporation and Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 2, 2005 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 to the following CM/ECF registrants: Steven Dawson Anita Rosenthal Dawson & Rosenthal 6586 Highway 179 Suite B-2 Sedona, Arizona 86351 Attorneys for Plaintiff Gregg H. Temple Gregg H. Temple, P.C. 4835 East Cactus Road Suite 2 25 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-4196 Attorneys for Plaintiff
s/Roxann Draper
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