A.B.
A.B. et al. v. Lemonade Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 A.B. et al., No. 2:25-cv-02471-DC-DMC Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO
APPOINT GUARDIAN AD LITEM
LEMONADE INSURANCE COMPANY, (Doc. No. 11) Defendant. 16 Plaintiffs A.B. and Andrew Bradley have filed a petition to appoint Stacia Bradley as guardian ad litem for Plaintiff A.B., who is her minor child. (Doc. No. 11) Defendant has not filed an opposition to the petition. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c), “[a] minor . . . who does not have a duly appointed representative may sue by . . . a guardian ad litem.” Where a minor does not have a representative appointed to sue on their behalf, “[t]he court must appoint a guardian ad litem—or issue another appropriate order—to protect [the] minor . . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c). The appointment of the guardian ad litem is more than a mere formality. United States v. 30.64 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Klickitat Cnty., State of Wash., 795…