JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. v. SETSER

Docket No. A066741.

42 Cal.App.4th 1524 (1996)

50 Cal. Rptr.2d 413

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Cross-complainant and Appellant, v. ROBERT SETSER et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents.

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

February 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Pettit & Martin, Graham & James, John L. Boos, Janine D. Bloch and Robert L. Wainess for Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Sellar, Hazard, Snyder, Kelly & Fitzgerald and Jill H. Latchaw for Cross-defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

PHELAN, J.

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (hereinafter John Hancock or appellant) timely appeals from an order of the San Mateo County Superior Court denying its application for attorney fees (Code Civ. Proc., § 1021.6)1 on the grounds that a fee award was barred by a good faith settlement (§ 877.6) between the plaintiff, Ruby Waldron (hereinafter Waldron or plaintiff), and...

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