Kandice Gray v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KANDICE GRAY, Case No. 2:23-cv-00630-MCS-PLA 11 Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
v.
UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
16 Defendant. 17 18 This is an action for recovery of benefits under a disability plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (See generally Compl., ECF No. 1.) The parties agreed to present the case on cross- motions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52. (Joint Scheduling Conference Report 5, ECF No. 15.) Briefing is complete. (Def.’s Opening Br., ECF No. 24; Pl.’s Opening Br., ECF No. 27; Def.’s Resp. Br., ECF No. 29; Pl.’s Resp. Br., ECF No. 30.) The Court heard oral argument on November 6, 2023. (Mins., ECF No. 33.) I. LEGAL STANDARD “In an action tried on the facts without a jury . . . , the court must find the facts specially and state its conclusions of law separately. The findings and conclusions . . . may appear in an opinion or a…