Judge Denies Discovery Request On Communications About California’s McHugh Decision

Mealey's (June 29, 2022, 12:34 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — In a June 23 order partly granting a motion to compel discovery in a putative class case over allegations that a life insurer violated provisions of the California Insurance Code, a California federal magistrate judge ruled in part that a request for communications that the insurer provided to employees, policy holders and reinsurers regarding a California Supreme Court decision “is not proportional to the needs of this case.”...