Judge Dismisses Man’s Unfair Competition Claim From Suit Against Insurer

Mealey's (December 7, 2020, 12:07 PM EST) -- California’s unfair competition law (UCL) from his lawsuit accusing his insurer of wrongfully denying a claim he submitted following the death of his wife from an accidental overdose of pain medication, finding that while the man sufficiently stated claims for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, the unfair competition claim fails because his alleged injury resulted from the insurer’s past conduct (Craig Bruno v. Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America, No. 20-4333, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 221930)....