Grundstrom

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JULIE GRUNDSTROM, individually, and Case No. 20-cv-03445-MMC as successor-in-interest to DR. RICHARD I. APPLETON and on behalf of the Class ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY; DIRECTIONS TO Plaintiff, PARTIES 10 v.

WILCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

12 Defendant. 13 Before the Court is defendant Wilco Life Insurance Company’s (“Wilco”) “Motion to Stay Litigation,” filed August 27, 2020. Plaintiff Julie Grundstrom (“Grundstrom”) has filed opposition, to which Wilco has replied. Having considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court rules as follows.1 BACKGROUND The instant action is a putative class action brought by Grundstrom against Wilco, a life insurance company. (See Compl. ¶¶ 10-11.) Grundstrom alleges her father, Dr. Richard I. Appleton (“Appleton”), purchased, “[i]n or before 1991,” a life insurance policy from a company that was later…