(PS) Malik v. Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MUHAMMAD YOUNAS MALIK, et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-1093-JAM-JDP (PS) Plaintiffs, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiffs filed this case in the Sacramento County Superior Court and defendant removed it. ECF No. 1. Plaintiffs, husband and wife, allege that they worked as insurance agents under a contract with defendants. Id. at 12. Defendants terminated the contract, allegedly costing plaintiffs their personal and professional reputations and the loss of their insurance business. Id. at 12-13. They allege that, in terminating the contract, defendants are liable to them for (1) defamation, (2) false light tort, (3) fraud, (4) intentional interference with prospective business relations, and (5) violations of California’s Business and Professions Code. ECF No. 1 at 13. Defendants have now filed a motion to compel arbitration, ECF No. 11, arguing that plaintiff Malik’s claims are…