Connor, M.D. v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CAROLINE L. CONNOR, M.D., Case No. 19-cv-06552-YGR (TSH)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 31 UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

OF AMERICA,

11 Defendant. 12 Plaintiff Caroline Connor has sued Unum for disability benefits she says she is owed under an ERISA plan. ECF No. 1. The core issue in dispute is whether she was a full-time employee entitled to the benefits. Id. The parties now have a dispute over the application of the attorney- client privilege to certain documents that Unum has refused to produce. ECF No. 31. There are really two sets of documents at issue. First, there are legal communications prior to 2019 with Paul Revere, a corporate affiliate of Unum’s, concerning Connor’s prior individual disability claim. The parties make complicated privilege arguments concerning these documents. However, the Court finds those privilege arguments unnecessary to resolve because, having done an in camera review, it concludes these documents are completely…