Legal Opinion

Heather Farris v. Life Insurance Company of North America

District Court, N.D. California

Decided May 8, 2026No. 3:25-cv-04164Unknown

1Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 HEATHER FARRIS, 10 Case No. 25-cv-04164-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 12 MOTION REGARDING CHOICE OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LAW AND STANDARD OF REVIEW 13 NORTH AMERICA, 14 Defendant. 15 I. INTRODUCTION 16 In this action regarding denial of benefits under the Employee Retirement Security Act of 17 1974 (“ERISA”), Defendant moves for a court order setting out North Carolina as the governing 18 law and abuse of discretion as the proper standard of review. For the reasons set forth below, 19…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Rex T. KEARNEY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  5. Wang Laboratories, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Paul G. Kagan, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993

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