Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BEVERLY ALLEN, Individually, and on No. 1:20-cv-00530-JLT-BAK (BAM) Behalf of the Class, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE

(Doc.75) COMPANY, a Tennessee Corporation; EMPIRE GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Alabama Corporation, 17 Defendants. 18 19 I. INTRODUCTION Currently before the Court is Plaintiff Beverly Allen’s Motion to Compel Discovery. (Doc. 75.) At issue is Plaintiff’s pre-certification discovery of: (1) contact and certain policy information for putative class members (Interrogatories, Set One, Nos. 17, 19, 20 and 21); (2) compliance activities in response to the California Supreme Court’s decision in McHugh v. Protective Life Ins. Co., 12 Cal.5th 213 (2021), (Requests for Production, Set One, Nos. 23-25) and (3) insurance reserve information, including reserve amounts for certain terminated policies (Requests for…