Legal Opinion

Kinder v. Superior Court

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 13, 1978No. Civ. 19421PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

TAMURA, J. ,

This original proceeding presents the question whether the State Insurance Commissioner (commissioner), as liquidator of an insolvent insurance company, may utilize an order to show cause procedure to recover from an agent of the insolvent company sums allegedly due under agency contracts.

The background of this proceeding is as follows:

Pursuant to the commissioner’s application under Insurance Code section 1016, 1 the Superior Court of Orange County directed the commissioner to liquidate and to wind up the affairs of WestgateCalifornia Insurance Company (Westgate) and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Robinson v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Ex Parte BrittonTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Maloney v. Rhode Island InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  5. Taliaferro v. HoogsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cornette v. Department of TransportationCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Webster v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Canavin v. Pacific Southwest AirlinesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
  4. American Re-Insurance Co. v. INSURANCE COM'N, ETC.District Court, C.D. California · 1981
  5. Low v. Golden Eagle InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002

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