Arutyun Darakchyan v. State Farm General Insurance Company

I. INTRODUCTION

On April 7, 2025, plaintiff Arutyun Darakchyan (“plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants State Farm General Insurance Company (“State Farm”) and Does 1- 100. Dkt. 1, Ex. A (‘Compl.”). Plaintiff asserts six claims for relief: (1) breach of insurance contract: (2) tortious breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) unfair competition and practices in the business of insurance pursuant to Cal. Ins. Code § 790.03; (4) negligence; (5) unfair business practices pursuant to Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq. (the “UCL”): and (6) negligent misrepresentation. Id. On May 1, 2025, State Farm removed the action to this Court on the basis of diversity of citizenship. Dkt. 1. On May 8, 2025, State Farm filed the instant motion to dismiss plaintiff's third, fourth, fifth, and sixth claims. Dkt. 6 (“Mot.”). On June 3, 2025, plaintiff filed an opposition. Dkt. 12 (“Opp.”). On June 18, 2025, State Farm filed a reply.! Dkt. 15 (“Rep ly’ ’).

1 As a threshold matter, State Farm argues that plaintiff failed to timely file his opposition brief, as it was filed 13 days before the original hearing date, as opposed to 21 days…