DAVIS v. BLUE CROSS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Docket No. S.F. 23842.

25 Cal.3d 418 (1979)

600 P.2d 1060

158 Cal. Rptr. 828

VICTORIA J. DAVIS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. BLUE CROSS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant. FRED E. WARGO et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. BLUE CROSS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

White, Giambroni & Walters, Kathleen Courts, Joseph T. White, Jr., and J. Michael Amis for Defendant and Appellant.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett and James E. Ludlam as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Bruce A. Bailey and Damanes & Bailey for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

In these consolidated cases, defendant Blue Cross of Northern California (Blue Cross or insurer) appeals from orders of the San Mateo Superior Court denying its petitions to compel arbitration in two class actions filed against it by a number of individuals insured under Blue Cross hospitalization policies. The trial court denied Blue Cross' request to submit the disputes to a medical arbitration panel on a number...

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