Vizio Fails To Plead Coverage Suit After 5 Opportunities, Judge Says In Dismissal

Mealey's ( July 20, 2022, 1:22 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on July 19 granted an excess insurer’s motion to dismiss Vizio Inc.’s fourth amended complaint seeking defense and indemnity for an underlying $17 million settlement and defense costs arising from class claims over the insured’s unauthorized collections of consumers’ television viewing data, dismissing the claims this time with prejudice after finding that the insured “again fails to state a claim after having had five opportunities to properly plead its case.”...