J.G.
J.G. v. University of San Francisco Welfare Benefit Plan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 K.G., Case No. 23-cv-00299-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION FOR
v. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
FOR A RULING ON THE STANDARD
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO OF REVIEW
WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN,
Re: Dkt. No. 24 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff K.G. sues Defendant University of San Francisco Welfare Benefit Plan regarding denial of health plan benefits. Plaintiff brings claims under the Federal Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act as well as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). (Dkt. No. 1 at 49-57.) At the initial case management conference on April 27, 2023, the Court asked Defendant to address the applicable standard of review for Anthem’s denials of Plaintiff’s benefits for lack of medical necessity in Defendant’s upcoming Rule 12(c) motion. Defendant filed a motion seeking (1) to dismiss Plaintiff’s Parity Act claim for failure to state a claim, (2) to dismiss all of…