Harris v. Verizon Communications

*580MALLANO, J., Dissenting.

I dissent.

This case involves the duties of a corporation, defendant GTE Corporation, to plaintiffs, minority shareholders of GTE, before the minority shareholders’ GTE stock was delivered to the State of California under California’s Unclaimed Property Law (UPL) (Code Civ. Proc., § 1500 et seq.).1 The trial court sustained GTE’s demurrer on the ground that GTE was afforded immunity under the UPL. But, given the claims asserted in the second amended complaint (complaint), the UPL’s immunity provisions cannot reasonably be interpreted to apply to the circumstances here,…