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ROYAL GLOBE INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 23843.

23 Cal.3d 880 (1979)

592 P.2d 329

153 Cal. Rptr. 842

ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BUTTE COUNTY, Respondent; RUTH M. KEOPPEL et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

March 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rust & Armenis, Robert Lea, Jon D. Smock and David C. Rust for Petitioner.

Pettit & Martin, Joseph W. Rogers, Jr., and Susan M. Popik as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Minasian, Minasian, Minasian, Spruance & Baber and William H. Baber III for Real Parties in Interest.

Robert E. Cartwright, Edward I. Pollock, Leroy Hersh, David B. Baum, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Robert G. Beloud, Arne Werchick, William P. Camusi, Glen T. Bashore, Ralph Drayton and Leonard Sacks as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Wesley J. Kinder and Angele Khachadour as Amici Curiae, upon the request of the Supreme Court.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Subdivision (h) of section 790.03 of the Insurance Code, a provision of the Unfair Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq., hereinafter called the act) provides that insurers are prohibited from engaging in certain unfair claims settlement practices set forth in the section.1 The sole issue in this proceeding is whether an individual who...

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