Wright v. Sun Life Financial CA4/3

Filed 1/28/26 Wright v. Sun Life Financial CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

ROBERT S. WRIGHT,

Plaintiff and Appellant, G063057

v. (Super. Ct. No. 30-2022- 01241461) SUN LIFE FINANCIAL, INC., et al., OPINION Defendants and Respondents.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, William D. Claster, Judge. Affirmed. Robert S. Wright, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and Sean P. Nalty for Defendants and Respondents.

Plaintiff Dr. Robert S. Wright appeals from the judgment entered after the trial court sustained without leave to amend the demurrer to Wright’s complaint brought by defendants Sun Life Financial, Inc. and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (collectively the Sun Life defendants). For the reasons we explain, we affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A complete recitation of the factual and procedural background of this case can be found in this court’s prior nonpublished opinion, Wright v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Mar. 26, 2024, G062122) (Wright), which we incorporate by reference. We provide the following brief summary of Wright’s allegations and the procedural history of the case as are relevant to the disposition of this appeal.1 For the past 25 years, Wright has filed multiple lawsuits in an attempt to recover long-term disability benefits he claims he is owed under a 1992 insurance policy that was issued to him by the predecessor of defendant Sun Life Assurance. (Wright, supra, G062122.) Sun Life Assurance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial. Wright initially sued Sun Life Assurance in British Columbia (the British Columbia action). (Wright, supra, G062122.) Following trial in 2015, the trial court in the British Columbia action found Wright failed to prove his claims and this finding was affirmed by the Court of Appeal of British Columbia. (Ibid.) Wright thereafter proceeded to file a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court (the Los Angeles action). (Wright, supra, G062122.) Wright’s