Prudential Insurance of America v. Superior Court

Opinion

WUNDERLICH, J.

I. Introduction

In this insurance coverage action, defendants Prudential Insurance Company of America and Prudential Health Care Plan of California, Inc. 1 petition for extraordinary relief from the order of respondent court denying their motion for summary judgment. To determine whether extraordinary relief is warranted, we consider an issue of first impression in California insurance law concerning the interpretation of the phrase “enrolled as a full-time student in a school” in a group health policy that provides medical coverage to employees’ dependents aged 19 to 24…