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MEDITERRANEAN v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS.

Nos. G016144, G016615, G016218.

77 Cal.Rptr.2d 781 (1998)

66 Cal.App.4th 257

MEDITERRANEAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. Mildred Elizabeth PETERSEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. MEDITERRANEAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

August 25, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner, Cooper and Reynolds, Frederick E. Turner, Robert F. Zwierlein, Irvine, Robert M. Grandon, Santa Ana, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Levine & Eriksen and Marc R. Levine, Orange, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robie & Matthai, James R. Robie, Maria Louise Cousineau, Pamela E. Dunn and Claudia M. Sokol, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant and for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

CROSBY, Associate Justice.

The summary judgment statutes repeatedly speak of a "hearing" on the motion. There are time limits for when the hearing may be held and provisions allowing evidentiary and other objections to be raised "at" the hearing in lieu of a written submission.

We interpret these provisions to require an oral hearing at which counsel has the opportunity to persuade the court and respond to its inquiries. This means...

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