Supreme Court of California

A workers- compensation insurer is not immune from civil liability under Insurance Code section 11758 for allegedly misallocating an insured employer-s expenses and reporting that misinformation to a ratemaking organization, resulting in higher premiums for its insured.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2001
• Published 02/01/2001

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Richard A. Krimen,Charles W. Savage, San Francisco, Jody A. Hale;  Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Paul E.B. Glad, Cheryl Dyer Berg, Sean McEneaney, San Francisco, Jennifer Bunshoft;  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Pierce T. Selwood, Fred R. Puglisi, Los Angeles, Finley L. Taylor, Costa Mesa, and Justine M. Casey, for Petitioner., Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi and André Hassid for California Workers' Compensation Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Robert A. Lewis and Lisa B. Goldberg, San Francisco, for California Indemnity Insurance Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.,  Fred L. Main for California Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., Law Offices of Heywood G. Friedman, Heywood G. Friedman, Westlake Village, and Robert Kum for Superior National Insurance Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., Shernoff, Bidart, Darras & Dillon, William M. Shernoff, Michael J. Bidart, Los Angeles;  Roxborough, Pomerance, Gallegos & Nye, Nicholas P. Roxborough, Drew E. Pomerance, Esteban G. Gallegos and Michael B. Adreani, Los Angeles for Real Parties in Interest., Law Offices of Barry L. Kramer and Barry L. Kramer, Los Angeles, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest., Law Offices of Arthur J. Levine and Arthur J. Levine, Fullerton, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.