Lee v. Great American Life Insurance Company

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 30 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ELLEN LEE; CHUNG LEE, No. 24-6617 D.C. No. Plaintiffs - Appellees, 5:20-cv-01133-SPG-SHK v.

MEMORANDUM*

GREAT AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Sherilyn Peace Garnett, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 10, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH, CHRISTEN, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Great American Life Insurance Company appeals from

the district court’s certification of a class of “[a]ll living owners of Defendant’s

individual life insurance policies issued in California that Defendant lapsed or

terminated for nonpayment of premium on or after January 1, 2013, without first

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. providing every notice, grace period, and offer of designation required by

Insurance Code…