Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. Mel Rapton, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 25, 2000No. C023438PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTLAND, P.J.
This appeal involves a common situation. A person whose car is damaged by someone else’s negligence tenders a claim to her insurance company. The company pays off, but its policy does not cover all of the damages. Hence, the policyholder files a small claims action against the tortfeasor to recover uninsured losses.
After the policyholder in this case obtained a small claims judgment in her favor, her insurance company brought a subrogation action against the tortfeasor to recover what the insurance company had paid to the policyholder to cover losses she suffered as a…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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