Daniel Hopkins v. Integon General Insurance Co.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 22 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DANIEL HOPKINS, No. 21-35196

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-01723-MJP

v.

MEMORANDUM*

INTEGON GENERAL INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: NGUYEN, MILLER, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BUMATAY.

Defendant-appellant Integon General Insurance Company appeals the

district court’s judgment awarding plaintiff-appellee Daniel Hopkins $888,474.

after a jury trial. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. For the reasons

explained below, we affirm in part, and vacate and remand in part.

1. Integon argues that the district court erred in failing to grant judgment as a

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.…