Judge Remands UCL, Other Claims Against Insurer To California Court

Mealey's (February 13, 2018, 9:32 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — After finding that an insurance broker was not improperly joined in an action in which a moving company asserts claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other causes of action in relation to an insurer’s refusal to defend it in an underlying lawsuit, a California federal judge on Feb. 8 remanded the case to state court and declined to consider dismissal of the action (Earl Wayne Pullen, dba Carole & Jan’s Moving & Storage, v. TransGuard Insurance Company of America Inc., et al., No. 17-08631, C.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21177)....