Allen
Allen v. Protective Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BEVERLY ALLEN, Individually and on Case No. 1:20-cv-530-JLT-CDB Behalf of the Class, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND Plaintiff, DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE v. PLEADINGS 14 PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE (Doc. 68-1) COMPANY, a Tennessee Corporation;
EMPIRE GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, an Alabama Corporation, Defendant. 18 Beverly Allen filed this suit, individually and on behalf of a class, against Protective Life Insurance Company (“Protective”), which is the successor by merger to Empire General Life Assurance Corporation. Plaintiff alleges that defendant violated California Insurance Code §§ 10113.71 and 10113.72, both of which require proper notice of and grace periods for pending lapses or terminations of life insurance. Protective has filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to four of Plaintiff’s six causes of action. (Doc. 68-1.) After…