California Court of Appeal

In a personal injury action, denial of an insurer's motion to intervene is affirmed where the insurer, having denied coverage and having refused to defend the action on behalf of its insured, did not have a direct and immediate interest to warrant intervention in the litigation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/25/2009
• Published 08/25/2009

Judges

• BLEASE, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ericksen Arbuthnot Kilduff Day & Lindstrom, Lois A. Lindstrom, Walnut Creek, and Gregory A. Mase, for Intervenors and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barr & Mudford, John D. (Dugan) Barr and J. Michael Favor, for Plaintiff and Respondent., No appearance for Defendant.