California Court of Appeal

Code of Civil Procedure section 340.9 applies to the one-year limitations provision in insurance contracts, in addition to the statutory limitations, and extends the deadline for presenting a claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2001
• Published 08/24/2001

Judges

• EPSTEIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of James Osborne & Associates and W. James Osborne, Sherman Oaks, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peterson, Picker, Chow & Freisleben, Alan J. Freisleben, Todd A. Picker and Robert T. Johnson, Newport Beach, for Defendant and Respondent Farmers Group, Inc., Chapin Shea McNitt & Carter, David A. Myers, Irvine;  Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet and Stephanie Rae Williams, Encino, for Defendant and Respondent Mid-Century Insurance Company.