Aug. 20, 2026
Bank of America to face trial over California EDD debit card fraud claims
The 105-page order kept alive claims under the federal Electronic Funds Transfer Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and theories of negligence, contract, fiduciary duty, implied covenant and due process.
Bank of America must face trial on claims by more than 100,000 Californians who say the bank failed to protect pandemic unemployment debit cards from fraud, then wrongly cut off access to benefits after cardholders reported theft.
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel denied most of Bank of America's summary judgment motion, allowing claims for treble and punitive damages to proceed in multidistrict litigation over California unemployment debit cards issued during the pandemic...
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