Gloria
James Gloria v. Allstate Indemnity Company and Does 1 through 50
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---- 11 12 JAMES GLORIA, No. 2:22-cv-1126-WBS-CDK 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:
PARTIES’ CROSS MOTIONS FOR
15 ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY and SUMMARY JUDGMENT DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 16 17 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 1 moves for partial summary judgment dismissing Gloria’s claim for 2 punitive damages. (Docket No. 27.) 3 I. BACKGROUND 4 …