Pessano
Pessano v. Blue Cross of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMILY PESSANO, individually and as Case No. 1:24-cv-01189 JLT EPG guardian ad litem for her minor daughter Calliope Pessano-Maldonado, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVING
Plaintiffs, PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF MINOR’S
COMPROMISE
v. (Docs. 24, 31, 42, 46, 47) BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA, ORDER DISMISSING THE ACTION WITH
PREJUDICE BASED UPON THE
Defendant. STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES (Doc. 48) 17 Plaintiffs sought to compel Blue Cross of California to pay air ambulance transportation costs for minor plaintiff Calliope Pessano-Maldonado under an insurance policy. Following a settlement, Plaintiffs filed a petition for approval of the minor’s compromise, which they later supplemented. (Docs. 24, 31, 42.) The magistrate judge found the proposed settlement was fair and reasonable, and in the best interests of the minor plaintiff. (Doc. 46 at 4-6 [under seal]; Doc. 47 at 4-6.) The magistrate judge recommended…