Beckham
Beckham v. Evanston Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALAN SCHNEIDER, Case No. 20-cv-03484-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION FOR
v. SUBSTITUTION OF PLAINTIFF
EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, et Re: Dkt. No. 30 al., 11 Defendants.
12 Before the Court is a motion to substitute Kelly Beckham, executrix of the Estate of Alan Schneider (the “Estate”) and trustee of the Alan Schneider Revocable Trust Dated March 15, 2007 (the “Trust”), as Plaintiff in this action following Mr. Schneider’s death. (Dkt. No. 30.) After careful consideration of the parties’ briefing, the Court concludes that oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and GRANTS the motion to substitute. BACKGROUND Mr. Schneider filed a complaint against Defendants on diversity grounds on May 22, 2020, alleging that Defendants refused to properly provide insurance policy benefits after his business was burglarized, and bringing state law claims for breach of contract and bad faith. On…