Judge Refuses To Grant Relief From Order Dismissing Fraud Claims

Mealey's (October 16, 2017, 11:45 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — Despite an admission by a policy holder’s counsel that he was unable to assist his client in drafting her complaint, a California federal judge on Oct. 11 refused to grant her relief from an order dismissing her complaint, in which she asserted claims for fraud and violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) against a life insurance carrier (Dolores Earlywine v. USAA Life Insurance Co., No. 3:17-CV-328, S.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168287)....