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HIRSCH v. BANK OF AMERICA

Nos. A096725, A096726, A096727, A096728.

132 Cal.Rptr.2d 220 (2003)

107 Cal.App.4th 708

Kenneth HIRSCH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant and Respondent. Norman E. Taylor et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Union Bank of California, N.A., Defendant and Respondent. Thelma Baker, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Defendant and Respondent. Jessica B. Siegel, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Imperial Bank, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 2003.

Review Denied July 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP, William B. Hirsch, Barry R. Himmelstein, Stephen H. Cassidy, San Francisco, Orme and Grabstein, John Robin Orme, San Francisco, for appellants.

Morrison & Foerster LLP, James F. McCabe, Stephen E. Paffrath, San Francisco, for Bank of America, N.A.

Severson & Werson, William L. Stern, San Francisco, for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Nixon Peabody LLP, Paul J. Hall, San Francisco, for Union Bank of California, N.A.

Arter & Hadden LLP, John L. Hosack, Los Angeles, for Imperial Bank.

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Robin Meadow, Cynthia E. Tobisman, Los Angeles, for amicus curiae California Land Title Association on behalf of respondent Bank of America, N.A.

REARDON, J.

The second amended complaints (SAC) in these consolidated appeals alleged that defendant banks engaged with title insurance and escrow companies (hereafter, title companies) in an elaborate and illegal kickback scheme: In exchange for substantial escrow funds deposited with defendants in demand deposit accounts, the banks pursued a series of illegal practices resulting in disguised interest payments to...

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