Ellis
Ellis v. Government Employee Ins. Co.
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 STANLEY ELLIS, No. 2:22-cv-01580 WBS JDP 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION
FOR PARTIAL JUDGMENT ON THE
15 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE INSURANCE PLEADINGS COMPANY, a Maryland corporation, 16 Defendant. 17
18 ----oo0oo---- 19 Plaintiff Stanley Ellis brought this action against 20 Government Employee Insurance Company (“GEICO”) asserting claims 21 for (1) breach of contract; (2) breach of the implied covenant of 22 good faith and fair dealing; and (3) unfair competition, under 23 Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17200 et seq. (Docket No. 1, Ex. A 24 (“Complaint”).) The parties stipulated to dismiss the unfair 25 competition claim (Docket No. 8) and the court dismissed the 26 claim with prejudice (Docket No. 9). Defendant now moves for 27 partial judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiff’s first claim 28 1 for breach of contract. (Mot. (Docket No. 7-1).) 2 The court considers defendant’s motion for judgment on 3 the pleadings as…