9th Circuit Vacates Dismissal Of UCL Claim, Remands For Amendment

Mealey's (July 26, 2018, 1:50 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 23 reversed a district court’s dismissal of a customer’s claims that a retailer and its tenant misled her into believing that its optometrists were “independent,” holding that the court erred in dismissing her claim for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) without leave to amend (Mojdeh Omidi, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., et al., No. 17-55539, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 20416)....