Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Lockyer v. Fremont Life Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 2002No. B139066PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DOI TODD, J.
Introduction
In a bench trial the court found Fremont Life Insurance Company (appellant) had violated Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq., the “unfair competition law,” in connection with the sale of certain annuity policies. The trial court imposed approximately $2.5 million in civil penalties, granted injunctive relief, and required appellant to offer restitution. Appellant contends that the civil penalties should be reversed as an abuse of discretion and a violation of constitutional due process; that the restitution provisions should be reversed because…
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