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1 STEPHEN M. HAYES (SBN 83583)
STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON (SBN 136505)
2 JAMIE A. RADACK (SBN 221000) 11/12/2020
TYLER R. AUSTIN (SBN 293977)
3 HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON
GUSLANI SIMONSON & CLAUSE, LLP
4 999 Skyway Road, Suite 310
San Carlos, California 94070
5 Telephone: (650) 637-9100
Facsimile: (650) 637-8071
6
7 Attorneys for Defendants
ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT INSURANCE (Sued
8 erroneously as The Hanover Insurance Group, The Hanover American
Insurance, and Allmerica Financial Alliance Company), JOHN
9 CONNER ROCHE, GWEN JONES, ARTHUR ANDERSON and
SCOT ERIKSON
10
11 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
12 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PLACER
13 DONALD HUBBARD, CASE NO. S-CV-0045393
14 Plaintiff, DEFENDANTS ALLMERICA FINANCIAL
BENEFIT INSURANCE, JOHN CONNER
15 vs. ROCHE, GWEN JONES, ARTHUR
ANDERSON AND SCOT ERIKSON’S
16 MATTHEW JOHN BANTANG, [a.k.a., NOTICE OF JOINDER TO EX PARTE
MATT BANTANG], an individual; APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER FOR
17 MOBILE COPY SERVICES, INC., a DISMISSAL FOR FAILING TO TIMELY
California Corporation; DONOVAN OBTAIN A PRE-FILING ORDER WITHIN 10
18 RICKETTS, an individual and managing DAYS OF THE SECOND NOTICE
employee of MOBILE COPY SERVICE,
19 INC.; FREDERICK RICKETTS, an Date: November 13, 2020
individual and managing employee of Time: 8:00 a.m.
20 MOBILE COPY SERVICE, INC.; THE Dept.: 42
HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, an
21 unknown business entity; THE HANOVER Complaint Filed: May 7, 2020
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a Trial Date: Not yet set
22 foreign stock company; JOHN CONNER
ROCHE an individual and managing
23 employee of THE HANOVER
INSURANCE GROUP; GWEN JONES,
24 an individual and Agent of THE
HANOVER AMERICAN INSURANCE
25 COMPANY; ALLMERICA FINANCIAL
ALLIANCE, an unknown business entity;
26 ARTHUR ANDERSON, an individual and
Agent of THE HANOVER AMERICAN
27 INSURANCE COMPANY; SCOT A.
ERIKSON, an individual and Agent of
28 THE HANOVER AMERICAN
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DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF JOINDER – CASE NO. S-CV-0045393
1 INSURANCE COMPANY; SUTTER
HEALTH AND AETNA
2 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES LLC
dba, SUTTER DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
3 and, DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,
4 Defendants.
5
6 NOTICE
7 TO PLAINTIFF DONALD HUBBARD:
8 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that defendants Allmerica Financial Benefit Insurance (sued
9 erroneously as The Hanover Insurance Group, The Hanover American Insurance, and Allmerica
10 Financial Alliance Company), John Connor Roche, Gwen Jones, Arthur Anderson and Scot Erikson
11 hereby join defendants Matthew John Bantang, Mobile Copy Service, Inc. and Frederick Rickett’s
12 Ex Parte Application for an order for dismissal for failing to timely obtain a pre-filing order within
13 10 days of the Second Notice.
14 In addition to Matthew John Bantang, Mobile Copy Service, Inc. and Frederick Rickett’s
15 Ex Parte Application for an order for dismissal for failing to timely obtain a pre-filing order within
16 10 days of the Second Notice, this Notice of Joinder is based on the Declaration of Jamie A.
17 Radack, and on such other matters as the Court deems appropriate.
18 Dated: November 12, 2020 HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON
GUSLANI SIMONSON & CLAUSE, LLP
19
20
By
21 STEPHEN M. HAYES
STEPHNE P. ELLINGSON
22 JAMIE A. RADACK
TYLER R. AUSTIN
23 Attorneys for Defendants
ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT
24 INSURANCE (Sued erroneously as The Hanover
Insurance Group, The Hanover American
25 Insurance, and Allmerica Financial Alliance
Company), JOHN CONNOR ROCHE, GWEN
26 JONES, ARTHUR ANDERSON and SCOT
ERIKSON
27
28
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DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF JOINDER – CASE NO. S-CV-0045393
1 CASE NAME: Hubbard v. Bantang, et al.
CASE NUMBER: Placer County Superior Court No.: SCV-0045393
2
PROOF OF SERVICE
3
I am a resident of the State of California. My business address is 999 Skyway Road, Suite
4 310, San Carlos 94070. I am employed in the County of San Mateo where this service occurs. I am
over the age of 18 years, and not a party to the within cause. I am readily familiar with my
5 employer’s normal business practice for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing
with the U.S. Postal Service, and that practice is that correspondence is deposited with the U.S.
6 Postal Service the same day as the day of collection in the ordinary course of business.
7 On the date set forth below, following ordinary business practice, I served a true copy of the
foregoing document(s) described as:
8
DEFENDANTS ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT INSURANCE, JOHN CONNER
9 ROCHE, GWEN JONES, ARTHUR ANDERSON AND SCOT ERIKSON’S NOTICE OF
JOINDER TO EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER FOR DISMISSAL FOR
10 FAILING TO TIMELY OBTAIN A PRE-FILING ORDER WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE
SECOND NOTICE
11
12  (BY MAIL) I caused such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid to be
placed in the United States mail at Redwood City, California.
13
 (BY EMAIL) by transmitting via email the document(s) listed above to the
corresponding email address(es), or as stated on the attached service list, on this
14 date before 5:00 p.m.
15 VIA EMAIL & U.S. MAIL VIA U.S. MAIL
16 Lyle D. Solomon, Esq. Amanda Griffith, Esq.
P.O. Box 1411 David R. Casady, Esq.
17
Rocklin, CA 95677 BERMAN BERMAN BERMAN
18 Telephone: (916) 532-2726 SCHNEIDER & LOWARY, LLP
Email: d.hubbard@west1equity.com 2390 Professional Drive
19 Roseville, CA 95661
Attorney for Plaintiff Telephone: (916) 846-9391
20 DONALD HUBBARD Facsimile: (916) 672-9290
Emails:angriffith@b3law.com
21
drcasady@b3law.com
22
Attorney for Defendants
23 MATTHEW JOHN BANTANG; MOBILE
COPY SERVICE, INC.; DONOVAN
24 RICKETTS and FREDERICK RICKETTS
25  (State) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
California that the above is true and correct.
26
Executed on November 12, 2020 at San Carlos, California.
27
_____________________________________
28 Abigail Calderon
PROOF OF SERVICE - CASE NO. SCV-0045393
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1 STEPHEN M. HAYES (SBN 83583) STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON (SBN 136505) 2 JAMIE A. RADACK (SBN 221000) 11/12/2020 TYLER R. AUSTIN (SBN 293977) 3 HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON GUSLANI SIMONSON & CLAUSE, LLP 4 999 Skyway Road, Suite 310 San Carlos, California 94070 5 Telephone: (650) 637-9100 Facsimile: (650) 637-8071 6 7 Attorneys for Defendants ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT INSURANCE (Sued 8 erroneously as The Hanover Insurance Group, The Hanover American Insurance, and Allmerica Financial Alliance Company), JOHN 9 CONNER ROCHE, GWEN JONES, ARTHUR ANDERSON and SCOT ERIKSON 10 11 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 12 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PLACER 13 DONALD HUBBARD, CASE NO. S-CV-0045393 14 Plaintiff, DEFENDANTS ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT INSURANCE, JOHN CONNER 15 vs. ROCHE, GWEN JONES, ARTHUR ANDERSON AND SCOT ERIKSON’S 16 MATTHEW JOHN BANTANG, [a.k.a., NOTICE OF JOINDER TO EX PARTE MATT BANTANG], an individual; APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER FOR 17 MOBILE COPY SERVICES, INC., a DISMISSAL FOR FAILING TO TIMELY California Corporation; DONOVAN OBTAIN A PRE-FILING ORDER WITHIN 10 18 RICKETTS, an individual and managing DAYS OF THE SECOND NOTICE employee of MOBILE COPY SERVICE, 19 INC.; FREDERICK RICKETTS, an Date: November 13, 2020 individual and managing employee of Time: 8:00 a.m. 20 MOBILE COPY SERVICE, INC.; THE Dept.: 42 HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, an 21 unknown business entity; THE HANOVER Complaint Filed: May 7, 2020 AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a Trial Date: Not yet set 22 foreign stock company; JOHN CONNER ROCHE an individual and managing 23 employee of THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP; GWEN JONES, 24 an individual and Agent of THE HANOVER AMERICAN INSURANCE 25 COMPANY; ALLMERICA FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, an unknown business entity; 26 ARTHUR ANDERSON, an individual and Agent of THE HANOVER AMERICAN 27 INSURANCE COMPANY; SCOT A. ERIKSON, an individual and Agent of 28 THE HANOVER AMERICAN 1200243 -1- DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF JOINDER – CASE NO. S-CV-0045393 1 INSURANCE COMPANY; SUTTER HEALTH AND AETNA 2 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES LLC dba, SUTTER DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING 3 and, DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 4 Defendants. 5 6 NOTICE 7 TO PLAINTIFF DONALD HUBBARD: 8 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that defendants Allmerica Financial Benefit Insurance (sued 9 erroneously as The Hanover Insurance Group, The Hanover American Insurance, and Allmerica 10 Financial Alliance Company), John Connor Roche, Gwen Jones, Arthur Anderson and Scot Erikson 11 hereby join defendants Matthew John Bantang, Mobile Copy Service, Inc. and Frederick Rickett’s 12 Ex Parte Application for an order for dismissal for failing to timely obtain a pre-filing order within 13 10 days of the Second Notice. 14 In addition to Matthew John Bantang, Mobile Copy Service, Inc. and Frederick Rickett’s 15 Ex Parte Application for an order for dismissal for failing to timely obtain a pre-filing order within 16 10 days of the Second Notice, this Notice of Joinder is based on the Declaration of Jamie A. 17 Radack, and on such other matters as the Court deems appropriate. 18 Dated: November 12, 2020 HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON GUSLANI SIMONSON & CLAUSE, LLP 19 20 By 21 STEPHEN M. HAYES STEPHNE P. ELLINGSON 22 JAMIE A. RADACK TYLER R. AUSTIN 23 Attorneys for Defendants ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT 24 INSURANCE (Sued erroneously as The Hanover Insurance Group, The Hanover American 25 Insurance, and Allmerica Financial Alliance Company), JOHN CONNOR ROCHE, GWEN 26 JONES, ARTHUR ANDERSON and SCOT ERIKSON 27 28 1200243 -2- DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF JOINDER – CASE NO. S-CV-0045393 1 CASE NAME: Hubbard v. Bantang, et al. CASE NUMBER: Placer County Superior Court No.: SCV-0045393 2 PROOF OF SERVICE 3 I am a resident of the State of California. My business address is 999 Skyway Road, Suite 4 310, San Carlos 94070. I am employed in the County of San Mateo where this service occurs. I am over the age of 18 years, and not a party to the within cause. I am readily familiar with my 5 employer’s normal business practice for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the U.S. Postal Service, and that practice is that correspondence is deposited with the U.S. 6 Postal Service the same day as the day of collection in the ordinary course of business. 7 On the date set forth below, following ordinary business practice, I served a true copy of the foregoing document(s) described as: 8 DEFENDANTS ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT INSURANCE, JOHN CONNER 9 ROCHE, GWEN JONES, ARTHUR ANDERSON AND SCOT ERIKSON’S NOTICE OF JOINDER TO EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER FOR DISMISSAL FOR 10 FAILING TO TIMELY OBTAIN A PRE-FILING ORDER WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE SECOND NOTICE 11 12  (BY MAIL) I caused such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid to be placed in the United States mail at Redwood City, California. 13  (BY EMAIL) by transmitting via email the document(s) listed above to the corresponding email address(es), or as stated on the attached service list, on this 14 date before 5:00 p.m. 15 VIA EMAIL & U.S. MAIL VIA U.S. MAIL 16 Lyle D. Solomon, Esq. Amanda Griffith, Esq. P.O. Box 1411 David R. Casady, Esq. 17 Rocklin, CA 95677 BERMAN BERMAN BERMAN 18 Telephone: (916) 532-2726 SCHNEIDER & LOWARY, LLP Email: d.hubbard@west1equity.com 2390 Professional Drive 19 Roseville, CA 95661 Attorney for Plaintiff Telephone: (916) 846-9391 20 DONALD HUBBARD Facsimile: (916) 672-9290 Emails:angriffith@b3law.com 21 drcasady@b3law.com 22 Attorney for Defendants 23 MATTHEW JOHN BANTANG; MOBILE COPY SERVICE, INC.; DONOVAN 24 RICKETTS and FREDERICK RICKETTS 25  (State) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. 26 Executed on November 12, 2020 at San Carlos, California. 27 _____________________________________ 28 Abigail Calderon PROOF OF SERVICE - CASE NO. SCV-0045393