Judge Denies Dismissal Of Seniors’ Punitive Damages Claim In UCL Suit Against AT&T

Mealey's (November 29, 2022, 9:52 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge granted AT&T’s dismissal motion in a suit filed against it by children of a decedent whose closed AT&T account was purportedly fraudulently reopened, finding that the claims against AT&T, including claims for negligence and violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), were not factually sufficient but that the claim for punitive damages for senior citizens met the statutory definition for senior citizen and the children “invoke[d] this statute for themselves.”...