Legal Opinion
Triplett v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 5, 1994No. D016849PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FROEHLICH, J.
In a personal injury action, plaintiff and respondent Elizabeth Triplett (Triplett) recovered a jury verdict against defendant Thomas Simko (Simko). After the verdict was entered, the court ordered that Simko’s insurer, appellant Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers) be added as an additional defendant, and then sanctioned Farmers over $15,000 for refusing to settle before trial. Farmers appeals, raising a number of challenges to the sanctions order.
We conclude that, however salutary the benefits of encouraging pretrial settlements, the court is not empowered to sanction a…
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