Fine v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Case No. 2:22-cv-02071-SSS-PDx
United States District Court for the Central District of California
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A KC Life flexible premium adjustable policy owner, Robert R. Fine, sued KC Life over cost of insurance and expense charges deducted from policy owners’ cash values, accumulated values, or contract values.
The Court has allowed the lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of all current and former owners of policies for the following products issued in California, subject to certain exclusions: Better Life Plan, Better Life Plan Qualified, LifeTrack, AGP, MGP, PGP, Chapter One, Classic, Rightrack (89), Performer (88), Performer (91), Prime Performer, Competitor (88), Competitor (91), Executive (88), Executive (91), Protector 50, LewerMax, Ultra 20 (93), Competitor II, Executive II, Performer II, Ultra 20 (96), or Century II VUL.
The Court has not addressed or decided whether KC Life did anything wrong. KC Life has denied and continues to deny each and all of the claims alleged by Plaintiff in the lawsuit. There is no judgment against KC Life, no money available now, and no certainty there will be. However, your legal rights are affected, and you have a choice to make now:
| YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS LAWSUIT | |
| DO NOTHING
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Stay in this lawsuit. Await the outcome. Give up certain rights.
By doing nothing, you keep the possibility of getting money or benefits that may come from a trial or a settlement in this case if appropriate. But you give up any right to sue KC Life separately on any claim that is or could have been included in this lawsuit. |
| EXCLUDE YOURSELF | Keep your rights. Get out of this lawsuit. Get no benefits from the lawsuit.
If you ask to be excluded from the lawsuit and money or benefits are later awarded, you won’t share in those, but you keep your right to sue KC Life. separately on the claims in this lawsuit. |