Supreme Court of California

A service contract, purchased to supplement the factory warranty accompanying the purchase of a new automobile, is not an express warranty within the meaning of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/27/2004
• Published 05/27/2004

Judges

• MORENO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Anderson & Anderson, Anderson Law Firm, Martin W. Anderson, Santa Ana, CA, and Ivy Tsai for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Norman Taylor & Associates, Norman F. Taylor and Bret A. Shefter, Glendale, CA, for Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants., Kemnitzer, Anderson, Barron & Ogilvie, Bryan Kemnitzer, San Francisco, CA, Alison A. Lawton;  Rosner Law & Mansfield, Alan M. Mansfield and Lilys D. McCoy, San Diego, CA, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, John A. Taylor, Jr., Encino, CA, Jon B. Eisenberg, Oakland, CA;  Even, Crandall, Wade, Lowe & Gates, Gates, O'Doherty, Gonter & Guy, Douglas D. Guy and Matthew M. Proudfoot, Irvine, CA, for Defendant and Appellant., Manning, Leaver, Bruder & Berberich and Halbert B. Rasmussen, Los Angeles, CA, for California Motor Car Dealers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.,  Bowman and Brooke, Brian Takahashi and Ronald G. Akasaka, Gardena, CA, for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Barger & Wolen, Steven H. Weinstein and Alena K. Hacopian, Los Angeles, CA, for National Association of Independent Insurers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.