Fireman's Fund American Insurance v. Escobedo

Opinion

CHRISTIAN, J.

This appeal is concerned with the attempted rescission of an assigned risk automobile liability policy allegedly obtained through misrepresentation.

Employer’s Casualty Company notified its insured, Alfred S. Escobedo, following an accident in which Escobedo was involved, that as of the date of its original issuance it was rescinding, pursuant to section 331 of the Insurance Code, the automobile liability insurance policy issued to him. Robert R. and Dorothy Place, who had been involved in the automobile accident with Escobedo, made a demand for arbitration against their…