Legal Opinion
Varanand v. State Farm Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 11, 2005No. 03-56636; D.C. No. CV-00-00365-EFSPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM*
Sara Varanand appeals from the district court’s judgment and denial of her motion for a new trial following a jury verdict in favor of State Farm. She objects to the district court’s evidentiary and discovery rulings, and argues that the jury’s verdict was not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm the district court in all respects.
We reject Varanand’s challenges to the district court’s evidentiary rulings. The district court did not err in excluding evidence of communications between State Farm and Mokshinder Singh Vahali. Singh was not State Farm’s insured and, under the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Landes Construction Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Royal Bank of Canada, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Dale A. Price, Plaintiff-Cross-Defendant-Appellant v. Thomas Seydel and Nalani Seydel, Husband and Wife, Defendants-Cross-Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Humetrix, Inc. v. Gemplus S.C.A.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Miller v. San Francisco Newspaper AgencyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985