DOCTORS'CO. INS. SERVICES v. Superior Court

Opinion

SIMS, J.

Plaintiffs, minor Stacy Nicole Marchand and her parents Diane and Roderick Marchand, filed this action against defendant the Doctors’ Company Insurance Services doing business as the Doctors’ Company (Doctors’), alleging Insurance Code violations in connection with Doctors’ handling of the Marchands’ prior medical malpractice action against Doctors’ insured, Dr. Raymond Blain. The complaint alleged Doctors’ (and retained counsel) misrepresented the admitted liability of its insured by advising Dr. Blain and another doctor to lie at their depositions. After its demurrer to the…