Mealey's (March 4, 2019, 2:12 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Feb. 12 granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss with prejudice an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith claims in a coverage dispute arising from an underlying whistleblower action, rejecting the insured’s argument that it its untimely notice should be equitably excused under California’s notice-prejudice rule (PAMC, Ltd. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, No. 18-06001, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28538)....