G.N.
G.N. v. Life Insurance Company of North America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 G.N., Case No. 20-cv-08907-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS
v. Re: Dkt. No. 28 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Life Insurance of North America (“LINA”)’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff G.N.’s complaint, for which briefing is complete. Dkt. Nos. 28 (“Mot.”), 30 (“Opp.”), and 31 (“Reply”). For the following reasons, the Court DENIES Defendant’s motion.1 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff G.N. was a participant in the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (“SCPMG”) employee welfare benefit plan (“the Plan”) governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. Dkt. No. 24 (“First Amended Complaint” or “FAC”) ¶¶ 1, 11. The Plan offered by SCPMG included both short-term disability (“STD”) benefits, also referred to as the Compensation Continuance Plan (“CCP”), and long-term disability (“LTD”)…