Federal Magistrate Dismisses UCL Claim Against Insurer In COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Mealey's (December 8, 2021, 10:45 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on Dec. 3 granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss insureds’ lawsuit alleging that their insurer violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by denying their coronavirus coverage claims without proper investigation and fraudulently marketing and selling “illusory” limited coverage, finding that the insurer’s purported failure to investigate cannot form the basis of a UCL claim because there is no coverage as a matter of law....