BASICH v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. B132634.

105 Cal.Rptr.2d 153 (2001)

87 Cal.App.4th 1112

Zoran K. BASICH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

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

Review Denied June 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Cordier, Glendale, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Kirk A. Pasich and Aneeta Kumar, Los Angeles, for Interested Insurers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Offices of Bernie Bernheim and David C. Parisi for Harry Edelstein as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Timothy Laddish, Senior Assistant Attorney General Randall P. Borcherding, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kristian D. Whitten, and Anne Michelle Burr, Deputy Attorneys General, for State of California and Insurance Commissioner of the State of California Harry W. Low as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Shernoff, Bidart & Darras, William M. Shernoff, Michael J. Bidart, Claremont, Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich; Quisenberry & Kabateck, Brian S. Kabateck, Los Angeles, Suzanne Havens Beckman and Heather M. Mason, Los Angeles, for Consumer Attorneys of California, United Policyholders, Consumer Federation of California, Congress of California Seniors, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and California Public Interest Research Group as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Charles A. Bird, Peter H. Klee and Robert H. Roe, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, David M. Axelrad, Lisa Perrochet, Encino, Stephanie Rae Williams; Barger & Wolen, Kent R. Keller, Steven H. Weinstein, Larry M. Golub, Los Angeles, and Robyn E. King for Century National Insurance Company, Association of California Insurance Companies, Personal Insurance Federation of California, National Association of Independent Insurers and Alliance of American Insurers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, James R. Parrinello, Mill Valley, and John E. Mueller, Los Angeles, for California Chamber of Commerce and California Manufacturers and Technology Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

PERLUSS, J.***

Plaintiff and appellant Zoran K. Basich (Basich) appeals a judgment in this action for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing entered in favor of defendant and respondent Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate). Judgment was entered after the trial court granted Allstate's motion for nonsuit on the ground that Basich had failed...

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