Attorney Norvik Azarian's Legal Cases

Appeals

Ioane v. Hodges, 903 F.3d 929 (9th. Cir. 2018)

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OUTCOME: Denial of summary judgment affirmed

Ninth Circuit affirming denial of summary judgment for IRS agent on grounds of qualified immunity.

Employee benefits

Health Glendale Outpatient Surgery Ctr. v. United Healthcare Servs., 805 Fed. App’x 530, 2020 WL 2537317 (9th Cir. May 19, 2020)

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OUTCOME: Affirming district court's dismissal.

Ninth Circuit affirming dismissal of ERISA claim for benefits by surgery facility.

Employee benefits

Sorger v. Novartis Corporation Death Benefit & Disability Plan, et al., No. 20-15224, 2021 WL 3758280 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2021)

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OUTCOME: Affirming district court's order.

Ninth Circuit affirming a district court’s order that an ERISA plan and major insurance company acting as the claims administrator did not abuse their discretion in terminating the appellant's suppleme ... ntal long term disability benefits pursuant to the applicable plan's pre-existing condition clause.

Appeals

Kaplan v. Gimelstob, B315197, Cal. App. Unpub. (2022)

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OUTCOME: Affirming trial court's denial of anti-SLAPP motion.

California Court of Appeal affirming trial court's denial of an anti-SLAPP motion brought by a professional tennis player and allowing the venture capitalist's claim of slander against the professional ... tennis player to move forward.

Employee benefits

Cho v. First Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 852 Fed. Appx. 304 (9th Cir. 2021), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1118 (2022)

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OUTCOME: Denial of petition for writ of certiorari involving circuit split.

U.S. Supreme Court denying petition for writ of certiorari in a novel ERISA matter involving a circuit split regarding co-fiduciary liabilities.

Employee benefits

Lowell, et al. v. United Behavioral Health, et al., Case 4:20-cv-01989-YGR

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OUTCOME: Settled.

Claim for mental health benefits pursuant to ERISA-governed health plan.

Employee benefits

Stewart v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., 5:19-cv-04127

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OUTCOME: Settled

Claim for long-term disability benefits pursuant to ERISA-governed plan.

Employee benefits

Jeong v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 3:21-cv-07810

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OUTCOME: Settled

Claim for long-term disability benefits pursuant to ERISA-governed plan.

Employee benefits

Wiehl v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al., 3:19-cv-05221

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OUTCOME: Settled

Claim for long-term disability benefits pursuant to ERISA-governed plan.

Employee benefits

Martey v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 5:20-cv-01139

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OUTCOME: Settled

Claim for long-term disability benefits pursuant to ERISA-governed plan.

Norvik Azarian's Legal Cases (11)

Ioane v. Hodges, 903 F.3d 929 (9th. Cir. 2018)

Health Glendale Outpatient Surgery Ctr. v. United Healthcare Servs., 805 Fed. App’x 530, 2020 WL 2537317 (9th Cir. May 19, 2020)

Sorger v. Novartis Corporation Death Benefit & Disability Plan, et al., No. 20-15224, 2021 WL 3758280 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2021)

Kaplan v. Gimelstob, B315197, Cal. App. Unpub. (2022)

Cho v. First Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 852 Fed. Appx. 304 (9th Cir. 2021), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1118 (2022)

Lowell, et al. v. United Behavioral Health, et al., Case 4:20-cv-01989-YGR

Stewart v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., 5:19-cv-04127

Jeong v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 3:21-cv-07810

Wiehl v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al., 3:19-cv-05221

Martey v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 5:20-cv-01139