ISAACSON v. CALIFORNIA INS. GUARANTEE ASSN.

Docket No. L.A. 32116.

44 Cal.3d 775 (1988)

750 P.2d 297

244 Cal. Rptr. 655

ALVIN S. ISAACSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

March 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Walter S. Weiss, Thomas Larry Watts and James Y. Leong for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gantz & Forer, Emmett J. Gantz and Steven B. Stevens as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Clausen, Harris & Campbell, Kenneth H. Clausen, Marie D. Clause, Lon Harris, Stanley T. Gilliam, Frederick G. Hall, Overton, Lyman & Prince, Hawkins, Schnabel & Lindahl and Kelley K. Beck for Defendant and Respondent.

Parkinson, Wolf, Lazar & Leo, Richard B. Wolf, Michael W. Connally and Robert J. Kent as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

In this case two insureds of an insolvent insurance company seek damages from the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) following settlement of a claim by a third party against the insureds. In 1974, Andrew Ouellette sued Doctors Alvin S. Isaacson and Sidney S. Grant (plaintiffs herein) alleging malpractice in the course of surgery performed on his lower back...

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