ACO

U.S. District Court

Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cv-03202-NGG-VMS
David Blau, Trustee of the Zupnick Family Trust 2008 C v.
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Assigned to: Judge Nicholas G. Garaus
Referred to: Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon
Demand: $8,000,000
Cause: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)
Date Filed: 05/22/2014
Jury Demand: Plaintiff
Nature of Suit: 110 Insurance
Jurisdiction: Diversity
Plaintiff
David Blau, Trustee of the Zupnick
Family Trust 2008 C
represented by David BenHaim
Lipsius-BenHaim Law, LLP
80-02 Kew Gardens Road
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
212-563-1710
Fax: 212-695-6602
Email: dbenhaim@s-legal.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Ira S. Lipsius
Lipsius-BenHaim Law, LLP
80-02 Kew Gardens Rd
Suite 1030
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
212-981-8440
Fax: 888-442-0284
Email: ilipsius@lipsiuslaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Phillip M. Manela
Lipsius Benhaim Law LLP
80-02 Kew Gardens Road
Suite 1030
80-02 Kew Gardens Road
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
212-981-8440
Fax: 888-442-0284
Email: pmanela@lipsiuslaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
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ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
V.
Defendant
Allianz Life Insurance Company of
North America
represented by Vitaly David Rivkin
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt
405 Lexington Ave
29th Floor
New York, NY 10174
212-785-2577
Fax: 212-785-5203
Email: drivkin@cfjblaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Date Filed # Docket Text
05/22/2014 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
from Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings, case number
502877/2014. ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0207-6945425) (Attachments: # 1
Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D) (Rivkin, Vitaly) (Additional
attachment(s) added on 5/22/2014: # 5 Civil Cover Sheet) (Lee, Tiffeny). (Entered:
05/22/2014)
05/22/2014 2 DECLARATION re 1 Notice of Removal, Sandra Gudvangen in Support of Notice of
Removal by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Rivkin, Vitaly)
(Entered: 05/22/2014)
05/22/2014 Case Assigned to Judge Nicholas G. Garaus and Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon.
(Davis, Kimberly) (Entered: 05/22/2014)
05/22/2014 3 In accordance with Rule 73 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule
73.1, the parties are notied that if all parties consent a United States magistrate
judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action
including a (jury or nonjury) trial and to order the entry of a nal judgment. Attached
to the Notice is a blank copy of the consent form that should be lled out, signed and
led electronically only if all parties wish to consent. The form may also be accessed
at the following link:http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees/Forms
/AO085.pdf. You may withhold your consent without adverse substantive
consequences. Do NOT return or le the consent unless all parties have signed
the consent. (Davis, Kimberly) (Entered: 05/22/2014)
05/22/2014 This attorney case opening ling has been checked for quality control. The following
corrections were made: Added attorney for plaintiff and update non pro se status.
(Davis, Kimberly) (Entered: 05/22/2014)
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05/23/2014 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
re 1 Notice of Removal, (Rivkin, Vitaly) (Entered: 05/23/2014)
05/27/2014 5 Letter MOTION for pre motion conference by Allianz Life Insurance Company of
North America. (Rivkin, Vitaly) (Entered: 05/27/2014)
05/27/2014 ORDER granting 5 Motion for Pre-Motion Conference and Request for Extension of
Time to Answer. The parties are instructed to confer and contact the court's Deputy at
718-613-2545 to schedule the pre-motion conference. Defendant's deadline to answer
the Complaint is extended until fourteen (14) days following the entry of the order
deciding Defendant's anticipated dispositive motion. Ordered by Judge Nicholas G.
Garaus on 5/27/2014. (Chapin, Benjamin) (Entered: 05/27/2014)
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