Shuman
Shuman v. SquareTrade Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MICHAEL SHUMAN,
Case No. 20-cv-02725-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO
SQUARETRADE INC., DISMISS
10 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 30
12 I. INTRODUCTION In this putative class action, Plaintiff Michael Shuman alleges that Defendant SquareTrade, Inc. (“SquareTrade”), which sells service contracts for the protection of consumer goods, consistently fails to provide consumers with the full terms and conditions of the contract at the time of purchase and systematically pays reimbursement in an amount that is less than the purchase price of the covered item when claims are filed. In his complaint, he asserts claims under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2301, et seq. (Claims One and Two), the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1790 (Claim Four), and California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et…