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California Court of Appeal


SMITH v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO., B136688

Insurers marketing a single liability policy covering two or more vehicles requiring uninsured motorist coverage for all or none of the vehicles did not commit an unfair business practices because it was required under Insurance Code 11580.2.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 11/02/2001
  • Published 11/02/2001

Judges

  • CROSKEY, J.

Court

  • California Court of Appeal

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  •  Mark P. Robinson, Los Angeles, and Cheong, Denove, Rowell, Antablin & Bennett, John D. Rowell, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

  • For Appellees:
  • LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Los Angeles, Sanford Kingsley and Thomas E. McDonald, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent United Services Automobile Association., Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP, Los Angeles, Gary L. Fontana, and Hilary N. Rowen, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent 20th Century Insurance Company., Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, La Jolla, Paul Alexander, Vanessa Wells, and James R. Knox, Palo Alto, for Defendants and Respondents State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company and California Casualty Insurance Company.,  Barger & Wolen, LLP, Irvine, Kent Keller, Steven H. Weinstein and John C. Holmes, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau., Morrison & Foerster, LLP, John P. Olson, Los Angeles;  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Raoul D. Kennedy, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents Farmers Insurance Exchange, and Safeco Insurance Company of America., Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Paul E.B. Glad, San Francisco, and John L. Williams, for Defendants and Respondents Colonial Penn Auto Insurance and Colonial Penn Madison Insurance Company., Robert M. Wright, Costa Mesa, William J. Moran, Mission Hills, and John K. Beckley, Newport Beach, for Defendant and Respondent Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
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