Can a plaintiff bring a claim for damages against an insurance company for fraud?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jenkins v. Family Health Program, 214 Cal.App.3d 440, 262 Cal.Rptr. 798 (Cal. App. 1989):
Citing Newfield v. Insurance Co. of the West (1984) 156 Cal.App.3d 440, 446, 203 Cal.Rptr. 9, the trial court ruled that plaintiff's first cause of action, for breach of contract, was barred by the statute of frauds. (Civ.Code, 1624. subd. 1.)
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