Gloria

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 JAMES GLORIA, No. 2:22-cv-1126-WBS-CDK Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:

PARTIES’ CROSS MOTIONS FOR

ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY and SUMMARY JUDGMENT DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 18 ----oo0oo---- 19 Plaintiff James Gloria brought this action against 20 defendants Allstate Indemnity Company and Does 1-50 alleging that 21 Allstate breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair 22 dealing with its handling of a 2014 uninsured motorist (“UIM”) 23 insurance claim that Gloria filed under his Allstate automobile 24 policy. (Docket No. 1 at 2.) Plaintiff has now moved for 25 summary judgment on the issue of liability (Docket No. 26), and 26 Allstate has filed a counter motion for summary judgment. In the 27 event that the court denies Allstate’s motion, it alternately 28 moves for partial summary judgment dismissing Gloria’s claim for punitive damages. (Docket No. 27.) I. BACKGROUND …