Sumida v. Pacific Automobile Insurance

From a judgment predicated upon the granting of defendant’s motion for a directed verdict in an *474action brought pursuant to the provisions of section 11580, subdivision b(2) of the Insurance Code, for the purpose of compelling defendant to pay unsatisfied judgments previously recovered against the alleged insured of defendant, plaintiffs appeal.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiffs (appellants), as we must in reviewing a judgment based on a directed verdict (In re Lances’ Estate, 216 Cal. 397, 400 [14 P. (2d) 768]), the material facts are:

Plaintiffs Sumida, Ishizuba,…