Przybyla
Przybyla v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LINDA PRZYBYLA, Case No. 3:24-cv-01090-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: RULE 52 MOTIONS
v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 25, 26 THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
11 Defendant.
12 Linda Przybyla sues the Prudential Insurance Company of North America under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B)1 for failure to pay long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits. Prudential denied Plaintiff’s LTD claim concluding she had not demonstrated she was unable to perform the substantial and material acts of her usual occupation as an “Engineering Coordinator-New Business” with reasonable continuity. The parties’ cross-motions for judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52 are now pending before the Court. (Dkt. Nos. 25, 26.2) This Order comprises the findings of fact and conclusions of law required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a). Having considered the totality of the evidence in the record and having had the benefit of oral…