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NOTRICA v. STATE COMPENSATION INS. FUND

No. B097529.

83 Cal.Rptr.2d 89 (1999)

70 Cal.App.4th 911

Joe NOTRICA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1999.

Review Denied July 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Krimen; Charles W. Savage, Berkeley; Barbara J. Gallios, San Francisco; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Andre J. Cronthall, Los Angeles; Horvitz & Levy, Christina J. Imre and Julie L. Woods, Encino, for Defendant and Appellant.

Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Paul E.B. Glad, Peter A. Smalbach and Sean McEneaney, San Francisco, for California Workers' Compensation Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Morrison & Foerster, Raoul Kennedy and Sheryl C. Medeiros, San Francisco, for National Association of Independent Insurers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Shernoff, Bidart & Darras, Michael J. Bidart, Palm Desert; Roxborough, Pomerance & Gallegos, Nicholas P. Roxborough, Drew Pomerance, Esteban G. Gallegos;, Bryan Cave; David H. Raizman; Barbara A. Krieg; and Sheldon Eisenberg, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Joseph V. Capurro, San Jose, for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

HASTINGS, J.

INTRODUCTION

Joe Notrica, doing business as Notrica's 32nd Street Market (Notrica), sued his workers' compensation insurer, State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF, sometimes State Fund or Fund), to recover in tort and for unfair business practices, based on allegations relating to SCIF's case reserve and claims handling policies and practices. In a bifurcated proceeding, the jury awarded Notrica $478,606 in compensatory damages and $20 million...

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