Ellis
Ellis v. Government Employee Ins. Co.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---- 11 12 STANLEY ELLIS, No. 2:22-cv-01580 WBS JDP 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER 15 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Maryland corporation, 16 Defendant. 17
18 ----oo0oo---- 19 This is an insurance policy dispute. Plaintiff Stanley 20 Ellis brings breach of contract and breach of the duty of good 21 faith and fair dealing claims against defendant Government 22 Employee Insurance Company (“GEICO”). (See First Am. Compl. 23 (“FAC”) (Docket No. 16).) Defendant moved for summary judgment. 24 (Docket No. 22.) Plaintiff then counter-moved for summary 25 judgment.1 (Docket No. 30.) The court now considers both 26
27 1 Plaintiff’s countermotion for summary judgment incorporates by reference facts and arguments that he raised in 28 his opposition to defendant’s initial motion. (See Docket No. 1 motions. 2 I. Factual and Procedural Background 3 On November 16, 2017, plaintiff was involved in a rear- 4 end car accident with an…