Santos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EVA MARIE SANTOS, Case No. 20-cv-06707-PJH Plaintiff,

v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AND

MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION

COMPANY, FOR JUDGMENT

11 Defendant. Re: Dkt. Nos. 49, 50

13 Plaintiff and defendants’ cross-motions for judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52 came on for hearing before this court on October 7, 2021. Plaintiff appeared through her counsel, Lee Harris and Adrian Hern. Defendant appeared through its counsel, Charan Higbee. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby rules as follows. I. FINDINGS OF FACT This is an ERISA case. Samuel Chong (“decedent” or “insured”) was a fifty-five- year-old engineer and employee of Apple, Inc. Plaintiff Eva Marie Santos, Chong’s cousin, brings this action in her capacity as…