Legal Opinion
STATE EX REL. METZ v. Farmers Group, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 9, 2007No. B196455PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLIER, J.
In this appeal, appellant John Metz seeks to overturn the trial court’s grant of a judgment on the pleadings in favor of respondents. The present case, which was filed in July 2002, allegedly involves respondents’ handling of total vehicle loss claims. We agree with our colleagues in Division Five that Insurance Code section 1871.7 2 was not designed to prohibit fraud on the part of insurers, but rather to prohibit submission of fraudulent claims to insurers, and thus we affirm the judgment of dismissal.
This is appellant’s third attempt to assert a claim under section 1871.7…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mangini v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.California Supreme Court · 1994
- Gerawan Farming, Inc. v. LyonsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
- In Re Tobacco Cases IICalifornia Supreme Court · 2007
- People Ex Rel. Allstate Insurance v. WeitzmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2003
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Jensen v. U-Haul Co. of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2017
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