Condry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RACHEL CONDRY, et al., Case No. 17-cv-00183-VC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART THE MOTION

FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 222, 244, 245, 246, 247 Defendants.

The motion for class certification is granted in part and denied in part. This ruling assumes that the reader is familiar with the facts of the case, the parties’ arguments, and the Rule 23 requirements, as well as this Court’s earlier rulings on the cross-motions for summary judgment as to the named plaintiffs, the prior class certification motion, and the motion to intervene. A case management conference is scheduled for January 22, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. to discuss next steps. A joint case management statement is due January 15, 2020. Denial-Letter Class The Court ruled at summary judgment that United Healthcare, when it denied five named plaintiffs’ claims for reimbursement of out-of-network lactation services, violated ERISA’s requirement that the plan administrator “write a denial in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant.” 29 C.F.R. §…