Legal Opinion
Tricor California, Inc. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 21, 1994No. B073716PublishedCited by 15 opinions
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ORTEGA, J.
Plaintiffs Tricor California, Inc., Tricor America, Inc., and Tricor International (collectively, Tricor) appeal from the judgment dismissing their case against their workers’ compensation insurer, defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF.) Tricor alleged SCIF engaged in bad faith claims handling resulting in Tricor’s paying unjustified higher premiums and wrongly being denied dividends. We agree with Tricor’s contentions that the trial court erred in dismissing its complaint. We hold that Tricor properly could present evidence of negligent claims handling as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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