Judge Dismisses Heart Attack Patient’s UCL, Fraud Claims Against Travel Insurer

Mealey's (July 15, 2022, 12:34 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal judge on July 12 dismissed with leave to amend claims that a travel insurance policy provider committed promissory fraud and violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by not approving medical coverage for a heart attack patient on vacation to Chile for five days, leading to a delay in care that allegedly caused him permanent heart damage, after finding the claims not pleaded with sufficient particularity....