Susan Pitt v. Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-55566 SUSAN A. PITT, Individually, as Successor-In-Interest to Michael A. Pitt, Decedent, on Behalf of the Estate D.C. No. of Michael A. Pitt, 3:20-cv-00694-

RSH-DEB

Plaintiff-Appellant,

ORDER

v. CERTIFYING

QUESTION TO

METROPOLITAN TOWER LIFE THE SUPREME

INSURANCE COMPANY, a COURT OF Delaware Corporation, CALIFORNIA Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Robert Steven Huie, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 5, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed February 20, 2025

Before: Jay S. Bybee, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges. SUMMARY *

Certification Order / California Law

The panel certified the following question to the California Supreme Court:

Do California Insurance Code §§ 10113.71 and 10113.72 apply to life insurance policies originally issued or delivered in another state but maintained by a policy owner in California?

ORDER

We…