Legal Opinion
Osborn v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. California
Decided October 20, 2004No. CIV.S-04-1693 LKK/KJMPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KARLTON, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Wyman Osborn and Andrea Osborn, brought suit in the Superior Court of the State of California against two insurance companies, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Met Life”) and First American Special Insurance Company (“First American”). Wyman Osborn asserts against Met Life a breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing claim and a breach of contract claim. 1 Against First American the Osborns assert identical claims. 2
Defendant Met Life answered and asserted twenty four affirmative defenses, among them, improper joinder of both plaintiffs…
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