Bumpus

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK S. BUMPUS, individually, No. 2:20-cv-00926-MCE-AC and on behalf of the class, 12 Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v.

U.S. FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, Defendant.

18 Plaintiff Patrick S. Bumpus (“Plaintiff”) alleges, both on his own behalf and on behalf of other similarly situated California residents, a collective action claim against Defendant U.S. Financial Life Insurance Company (“Defendant”) on grounds that Defendant has failed to comply with the provisions of California Insurance Code §§ 10113.71 and/or 10113.72 (“the statutes”) which pertain to the lapse or termination of life insurance policies. Plaintiff claims that although the statutes were enacted effective January 1, 2013, they should apply retroactively and, in any event, should be extended to life insurance policies remaining in effect on or after that time (for example by way of renewal). This Court’s jurisdiction is premised on the Class Action…