Mealey's (September 20, 2021, 2:16 PM EDT) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Although a Missouri federal magistrate judge found a claim for emotional distress damages inadequately pleaded, he otherwise deemed claims over the theft of personally identifiable information (PII) in a data breach, including breach of contract and unfair competition, to be sufficiently pleaded by a policyholder and a former employee, largely denying an insurance company’s motion to dismiss in a Sept. 15 ruling....