Legal Opinion
20th Century Insurance v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 24, 2001No. B147464PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
The petitioner, 20th Century Insurance Company, seeks a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate and set aside an order granting the motion of the real party in interest, Linda P. Ahles, to reconsider an earlier order sustaining a demurrer to Ahles’s complaint without leave to amend.
Ahles had filed a complaint against 20th Century for breach of a contract of insurance, tortious breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (bad faith) and fraud. The trial court’s mling, which allowed her to go forward with her action and required 20th Century to…
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