California Court of Appeal
Steinberg v. Int'l Comm'n on Holocaust Era Ins., B179200
Code of Civil Procedure section 354.5, which provides that California residents may bring claims arising out of Holocaust era insurance policies in California courts, is preempted by the foreign policy of the United States.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/20/2005
- Published 10/20/2005
Judges
- CROSKEY, Acting P.J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Shernoff Bidart Darras, Michael M. Shernoff, Claremont, and Michael L. Cohen; Law Office of Lisa Stern and Lisa Stern, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Constantino G. Panagopoulous and Sabrina Rudnick; Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, John M. Rochefort and Michael J. Hartley, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.