Ruiz
Ruiz v. General Insurance Company of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
6 CASE: 1:20-cv-00218-AWI-EPG MARTHA RUIZ, an individual, and YESENIA VERDUZCO, an individual,
ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO Plaintiffs,
STRIKE THE COMPLAINT
9 v.
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF
(Doc. No. 8) AMERICA, a corporation, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a
corporation and Does 1 through 10,
Defendants.
16 Plaintiffs Martha Ruiz and Yesenia Verduzco brought a claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing against General Insurance Company of America (“General”) and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“LMIC” and together with General, “Defendants”) alleging that Defendants failed, in bad faith, to make full payment under an insurance policy on Plaintiffs’ home. Defendants brought a motion to dismiss the Complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,1 arguing that Plaintiffs failed to state a claim and failed to allege that LMIC is General’s alter ego. Defendants further move the Court under Rule 12(f) to…