Supreme Court of California

A weather conditions clause of an insurance policy that excludes the peril of rain inducing a landslide does not violate section 530 of the California Insurance Code or the efficient proximate cause doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/05/2005
• Published 05/05/2005

Judges

• MORENO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• The Law Offices of Kim H. Pearman, Pearman Law Corporation, Kim H. Pearman, Robert L. Pearman and Kenneth R. Nahigian, Van Nuys, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Chipman Miles & Associates, Chipman Miles, Brian B. Miles, Joel M. Westbrook, Walnut Creek;  and Amy Bach, Mill Valley, for United Policyholders, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants., Gary M. Cohen, Jerry L. Whitfield and Risa Salat-Kolm, San Francisco, for California Department of Insurance, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Todd A. Roberts, Kevin G. McCurdy and Crystal N. Thomas, Redwood City, for Defendant and Respondent., Willoughby, Stuart & Bening, Ronald J. Cook and Bruce M. MacLeod, San Jose, for California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Capman, Popik & White and Susan M. Popik, San Francisco, for Personal Insurance Federation of California, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.