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The Ninth Circuit Holds There Is No Coverage for Violation of the Song-Beverly Act


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This week, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, a case in which the trial court had held that “personal and advertising injury” coverage did not exist for violation of California’s Song-Beverly Act, even where common law allegations of invasion of privacy were alleged in connection with the unlawful collection of ZIP Codes.  See Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation v. Zurich American Ins. Co., No. 13-6249 (9th Cir. Dec. 7, 2015), affirming Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation v. Zurich American Ins. Co., 957 F. Supp. 2d 1135 (C.D. Cal. 2013).

In Big 5, the insured was sued in multiple underlying class action lawsuits alleging invasion of privacy and violation of the Song-Beverly Act from the practice of requesting ZIP Code information during credit card transactions.  See Big 5 Sporting Goods, 957 F. Supp. 2d at 1138.  Some of the class actions alleged both violation of the Song-Beverly Act as well as common law negligence and invasion of privacy claims.  Id.  The insured sought coverage under “personal and advertising injury,” defined in part as injury arising out of “[o]ral or written publication, in any manner, of material that violates a person’s right of privacy.”  Id. at 1140. Read More

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