Guadalupe Morales v. Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Company

Case 5:20-cv-02577-ODW-SHK Document Filed 08/25/ Page 1 of Page ID #:1804

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 GUADALUPE MORALES, Case № 5:20-cv-02577-ODW (SHKx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v.

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

14 ALLSTATE NORTHBROOK SUMMARY JUDGMENT [22] INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Guadalupe Morales initiated this bad faith action against her insurer, 19 Defendant Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Company, after Allstate delayed paying 20 Morales’s underinsured motorist claim. Allstate moves for summary judgment on 21 Morales’s sole cause of action for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and 22 fair dealing, or alternatively for partial summary judgment on Morales’s request for 23 punitive damages. (Mot. Summ. J. (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 22.) Allstate 24 contends that a “genuine dispute” regarding the value of Morales’s insurance claim 25 bars a finding of insurer bad faith and no evidence supports punitive damages. …