Govindarajan
Govindarajan v. Government Employee Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RAMJI GOVINDARAJAN, Case No. 18-cv-07797-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION
v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE Re: Dkt. No.
INSURANCE COMPANY,
14 Defendant.
15 Ramji Govindarajan (“Plaintiff” or “Mr. Govindarajan”) sues his former insurer Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO” or “Defendant”) for failing to defend him in a defamation action filed in California state court. (Dkt. No. 1.) Now before the Court is Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, or in the alternative, partial summary judgment, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(a). (Dkt. No. 33.) After careful consideration of the parties’ briefing, the Court concludes that oral argument is not necessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and GRANTS Defendant’s motion. On this record every reasonable trier of fact would have to find that there was no duty to defend because the Policy required Plaintiff to have …