County of Los Angeles v. Wilshire Insurance

I concur in the result reached by the majority. That result is not only correct, it is compelled as to appellant Wilshire Insurance Company (Wilshire) by decision of the Court of Appeal and by our oaths of office. We would be exceeding our jurisdiction were we to hold in a different manner. (Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court (1962) 57 Cal.2d 450, 455 [20 Cal.Rptr. 321, 369 P.2d 937].) The Court of Appeal has decided the identical question in an appeal arising out of the identical and underlying criminal matter. It is most curious, however, that out of undue deference to that legal…