Lincoln Benefit Life Company v. Alexander Dallal

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY, No. 21-55152

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-09307-MWF-E v.

ALEXANDER DALLAL, an individual; MEMORANDUM* CLAIRE DALLAL, an individual,

Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 16, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: OWENS and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN,** District Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Alexander Dallal and Claire Dallal (“the Dallals”)

bring this appeal following an adverse jury verdict. The jury awarded Plaintiff-

Appellee Lincoln Benefit Life Company (“Lincoln”) $619,290.49 in compensatory

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Dana L. Christensen, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. damages and…