Judge: Assignee Lacks Standing To Recover Emotional Distress Damages From Insurer

( December 12, 2024, 8:56 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A California federal judge held that an assignee cannot establish standing under California Insurance Code Section 11580(b)(2) to recover her emotional distress damages from an insurer as judgment creditor of her former employer, granting the insurer’s motion to dismiss her lawsuit arising from an underlying discrimination judgment in her favor but allowing the assignee leave to amend one of her claims....