Civil Service Employees Insurance v. Superior Court

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

In 1971, plaintiff Donna R. Schlichting instituted the underlying class action against defendant Civil Service Employees Insurance Company, seeking to recover damages resulting from the defendant’s refusal to pay benefits allegedly owed under a “medical expense” clause contained in an insurance policy. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that although defendant had agreed to reimburse insureds for all medical expenses incurred as a result of a covered automobile accident, defendant had adopted the practice of refusing to pay any such medical expenses that were also covered by…