Phan
Phan v. Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 DUNG PHAN, Case No. 20-cv-03665-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING STAY
v. [Re: ECF 21] TRANSAMERICA PREMIER LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
11 Defendant. 12 Before the Court is Defendant Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company’s (“Transamerica”) motion to stay the case pending the resolution of the appeals in Thomas v. State Farm Insurance Co., 424 F. Supp. 3d 1018 (S.D. Cal. 2019), appeal docketed, No. 20-55231 (9th Cir. March 2, 2020) and Bentley v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., 371 F. Supp. 3d 723 (C.D. Cal 2019), appeal docketed, No. 20-55466 (9th Cir. April 29, 2020) before the Ninth Circuit and McHugh v. Protective Life Insurance Co., 253 Cal. Rptr. 3d 780 (Cal. Ct. App. 2019), review granted 456 P.3d 933 (Cal. Jan. 29, 2020) before the California Supreme Court. See Mot., ECF 21. Plaintiff Dung Phan (“Ms. Phan”) has opposed the motion. See Opp’n, ECF 23. Pursuant to Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), the Court finds the…