Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Sarah Aislinn Flynn Thomas, Case No. 18-cv-00728-BAS-BGS 11 Plaintiff, S MU OP TP IL OE NM FE ON RT A SUL M O MRD AE RR Y RE: v. JUDGMENT 13 State Farm Insurance Company, 14 Defendant. 15 The Court issued an initial Order denying Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment on December 10, 2019, and requesting that the parties file a joint report advising the status of the claims. (ECF No. 35.) The parties informed the Court that Plaintiff’s claim for a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing remained unresolved. (ECF No. 36.) After reviewing the issues, the Court finds that summary judgment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on this claim. The Ninth Circuit has held that “[a]n insurer is entitled to summary judgment on a claim that it breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing where its interpretation of the policy at issue, though …