Dearinger

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 20 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DAVID JAY DEARINGER Sr.; GANNA No. 24-682

P. DEARINGER, D.C. No.

2:21-cv-00060-JCC Plaintiffs - Appellants,

MEMORANDUM*

v.

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, a corporation,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 13, 2026 Seattle, Washington

Before: PAEZ and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and KASUBHAI, District Judge.**

Plaintiffs David Dearinger (Dearinger) and his wife Ganna Dearinger appeal

the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant Eli Lilly and Company

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Mustafa T. Kasubhai, United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation. (Lilly). In January 2018, Dearinger suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), a

type of stroke, after…