MANUFACTURERS LIFE INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S031022.

10 Cal.4th 257 (1995)

895 P.2d 56

41 Cal. Rptr.2d 220

MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; WEIL INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., Real Party in Interest. WEIL INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Khourie, Crew & Jaeger, Townsend and Townsend Khourie and Crew, Eugene C. Crew, Daniel J. Furniss, Louise E. Ma, Timothy F. Perry, Amy Slater, Thoedore T. Herhold and Paul F. Kirsch for Petitioner and Real Party in Interest Weil Insurance Agency, Inc.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Roderick E. Walston, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Sanford Gruskin and Thomas Greene, Assistant Attorneys General, Thomas P. Dove, Jesse W. Markham, Jr., Dave Stirling, Richard N. Light and Kathleen E. Foote, Deputy Attorneys General, Gil Garcetti, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Thomas A. Papageorge and Alan Yengoyan, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and Real Party in Interest Weil Insurance Agency, Inc.

James D. Biernat, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., H. Joseph Escher III, Pauline E. Calande, Theresa M. Beiner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Dale E. Fredericks, Darryl M. Woo, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, James L. Moak, David R. Shane, Ann Sparkman, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, R. Joseph De Briyn, Jon C. Cederberg, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Roaul D. Kennedy, Weld, Freeland, Cooper & LeHocky, Mark LeHocky, Robert R. Verber, Peter E. Davis, Sidley & Austin, Peter I. Ostroff, Elroy H. Wolff, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Charles D. Siegal, Allison B. Stein, Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra and Malcolm Wheeler for Petitioners and Real Parties in Interest Manufacturers Life Insurance Company et al.

Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Marcus M. Kaufman, Hugh A. Linstrom, Morrison & Foerster, James J. Garrett, Lori A. Schechter, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Steven L. Hock, Hilary N. Rowen, Marta R. Pierpoint, Richard E. Barnsback and Philip E. Stanno as Amici Curiae on behlaf of Petitioners and Real Parties in Interest Manufacturers Life Insurance Company et al.

No appearance for Respondent.


OPINION

BAXTER, J.

We granted review in this matter to consider the holding of the Court of Appeal that the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.) does not supersede or displace insurance-industry-related claims under the Cartwright Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 16720-16770) and/or the Unfair Competition Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) Simply stated, the issue is whether life insurance...

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