Supreme Court of California

A defending insurer cannot be bound to a settlement to which it has not agreed and in which it has not participated, even where the settlement has been approved under Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2002
• Published 03/07/2002

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Low, Ball & Lynch, Jonathan Margolis, Monterey, Thomas Mulvihill and Christopher E. Arras, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Horvitz & Levy, Peter Abrahams and L. Rachel Helyar, Encino, for American International Companies, State Farm General Insurance Company, Truck Insurance Exchange and Mercury General Insurance Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Neumeyer & Boyd, Carol Boyd and Katherine A. Tatikian, Los Angeles, for AXA Global Risks (UK) Ltd. and Sirius International Insurance Corporation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Paul E.B. Glad, Michael A. Barnes, San Francisco, and Sonia Renee Martin for National Association of Independent Insurers, American Insurance Association, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, International Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Berzon & Rubin, Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, Michael Rubin, Michael E. Wall;  McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky and Cliff Palefsky, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.