Haddad

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FADI G. HADDAD Case No. 16-cv-01700-WHO Plaintiff,

ORDER ON REMAINING ISSUES

v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 75, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, SMG LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN,

AND HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT

INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants. 12 Following remand from the Ninth Circuit in February 2019, the parties were directed to 13 meet and confer to resolve or narrow the remaining issues in dispute. After the parties resolved a 14 number of the issues, Haddad’s claim for LTD benefits was submitted to and determined by 15 Hartford in November 2019. Hartford began paying Haddad LTD benefits, withholding amounts 16 based on offsets including: (1) offsets related to a settlement Haddad secured from Hilton Hotels 17 (Hilton Settlement Offset), and (2) offsets related to disability payments. 18 In a joint statement, submitted on March 19, 2020, Haddad and Hartford identified those 19 two issues as the remaining issues in dispute with respect to Haddad’s LTD claim. Dkt. No. 72. 20 In response, on March 20, 2020, I ordered Hartford to provide a…