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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 06:13:20+00:00

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The UCL Practitioner: New UCL "injury in fact" decision: Hall v. Time Inc.
New UCL "injury in fact" decision: Hall v. Time Inc.
(3) been denied money to which he or she has a cognizable claim (Progressive West Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (2005) 135 Cal.App.4th 263, 269-270, 285, fn. 5 [insurance company paid insured’s medical bills, then sued to recover that money when insured collected damages from the third party who caused his injuries; insured had standing to bring UCL claim against insurance company]; Starr Gordon v. Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co. (E.D.Cal., Nov. 7, 2006, No. Civ. S 03 68) 2006 U.S.Dist. Lexis 83110, *1, *18 19 [plaintiff challenged the process by which defendant terminated her disability benefits]).
In this case, Hall did not allege he suffered an injury in fact under any of these definitions. He expended money by paying Time $29.51—but he received a book in exchange. He did not allege he did not want the book, the book was unsatisfactory, or the book was worth less than what he paid for it.
Slip op. at 9-10 n.2.
The Court then cited three federal district court decisions, but no California appellate decisions, to construe causation/reliance in the UCL context. Id. at 10-12 (citing Cattie v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 504 F.Supp.2d 939 (S.D. Cal. 2007); Brown v. Bank of America, N.A., 457 F.Supp.2d 82 (D. Mass. 2006); Laster v. T Mobile USA, Inc., 407 F.Supp.2d 1181 (S.D. Cal. 2005)). This is probably because the Supreme Court has taken up most of the California decisions addressing UCL reliance, making them uncitable under Rule of Court 8.1105(e)(1). It could also be that we are seeing more UCL cases in federal court due to CAFA. The Court also distinguished Anunziato v. eMachines, Inc., 402 F.Supp.2d 1133 (C.D. Cal. 2005), on which the plaintiff relied. Slip op. at 13.
In conclusion, the Court held that "the representative UCL plaintiff must plead he or she suffered an injury in fact caused by, or in justifiable reliance on, the alleged acts of unfair competition"; that the plaintiff's allegations "did not satisfy the injury in fact and causation requirements either expressly or by reasonable inference"; and that the trial court properly denied leave to amend the complaint. Id. at 14 (emphasis added).

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