California Court of Appeal

Arbitration in an uninsured motorist proceeding did not involve petitioning within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP statute, and permitting anti-SLAPP motions in this context would "completely emasculate" Insurance Code section 790.03(h), which outlines unfair claims settlement practices.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/03/2003
• Published 07/03/2003

Judges

• HULL, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Mark E. Ellis, Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant and Appellant., Dreyer, Babich, Buccola & Callaham and Eliot M. Reiner, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff and Respondent.