Lulus Fashion Lounge LLC v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LULU’S FASHION LOUNGE LLC, No. 2:20-cv-01836-MCE-DMC Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE

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17 In bringing the present action, Plaintiff Lulu’s Fashion Lounge LLC (“Plaintiff” or “Lulu’s”) alleges that its liability insurance carrier, Defendant Hartford Fire Insurance Company (“Hartford”) wrongfully denied its claim for business losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to seeking declaratory judgment that Hartford’s policy in fact provides coverage for its pandemic-related losses, Lulu’s Complaint also contains four different breach of contract claims correlating with the types of coverage provided by Hartford’s policy, in addition to causes of action for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and for violation of California’s Unfair Competition law as codified at California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200, et seq. (“UCL”). Through a Motion to Dismiss now…