ANGELES COUNTY
Filed 8/9/10
IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF CALIFORNIA
JAMES A. CLARK et al., )
)
Petitioners, )
) S174229
v. )
) Ct.App.
2/7 B212512
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF )
LOS
ANGELES COUNTY, )
) Los
Angeles County
Respondent; ) Super. Ct.
No. BC3211681
)
NATIONAL
WESTERN LIFE )
INSURANCE
COMPANY, )
)
Real Party in Interest. )
__________________________________ )
Under
California's unfair competition
law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), plaintiffs, who are senior
citizens, sued an insurance company, alleging deceptive business practices
relating to the purchase and sale of annuity contracts. Plaintiffs sought a monetary award, and they asserted that
statutory law entitled them to a trebling of the award.
Plaintiffs rely on Civil Code
section 3345, which provides that in an action brought by senior citizens to
redress unfair competition, a trier of fact may award up to three times the
amount imposed as â€
| Description | Under California's unfair competition law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), plaintiffs, who are senior citizens, sued an insurance company, alleging deceptive business practices relating to the purchase and sale of annuity contracts. Plaintiffs sought a monetary award, and they asserted that statutory law entitled them to a trebling of the award. Plaintiffs rely on Civil Code section 3345, which provides that in an action brought by senior citizens to redress unfair competition, a trier of fact may award up to three times the amount imposed as †|
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