Bridget Dorfmeister v. Zurich American Insurance Co.

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

NOV 22 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BRIDGET DORFMEISTER, No. 20-16776

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-00057-DWL

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE

COMPANY, a foreign insurer,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Dominic Lanza, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2021 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: CLIFTON, BRESS, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff-Appellant Bridget Dorfmeister brought this bad faith claim against

Zurich American Insurance Company following Zurich’s issuance of a Notice of

Claim Status on June 5, 2017, that denied Dorfmeister’s benefits and closed her

workers’ compensation claim. Dorfmeister now challenges the District Court’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. grant of Zurich’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), which we review de novo.…