Supreme Court of California

A defendant may not obtain an award of affirmative relief against a plaintiff by way of Civil Procedure section 431.70; rather, the defendant may only assert the setoff defensively to defeat the plaintiff's claim in whole or in part.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2002
• Published 11/14/2002

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Devirian & Shinmoto and Donald B. Devirian, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Selman•Breitman, Alan B. Yuter and Rachel E. Hobbs, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent., Wiley, Rein & Fielding;  Laura A. Foggan, John C. Yang, Alexander K. Sun;  Sinnot, Dito, Moura & Puebla, Randolph P. Sinnott, Los Angeles, Randy M. Marmor, Oakland,  for Insurance Environmental Litigation Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Horvitz & Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner, Encino, and Karen Bray for Fire Insurance Exchange, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange and Mid Century Insurance as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, W. Andrew Miller, William J. Baron and Kathryn C. Ashton, San Francisco, for London Market Insurers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.