Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Superior Court

Opinion

BENKE, Acting P. J.

Summary

By way of its petition for extraordinary relief defendant Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (Mass Mutual) challenges the trial court’s order certifying as a plaintiffs’ class 33,000 people who, over a course of 15 years, purchased a particular type of life insurance product from Mass Mutual. We issued an order to show cause and have received a response from the plaintiffs and real parties in interest.

The product the plaintiffs purchased not only provided insurance coverage and a guaranteed return on accumulated premium, but also permitted plaintiffs…