PARNELL v. ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/WEST

No. F038004.

131 Cal.Rptr.2d 148 (2003)

106 Cal.App.4th 580

Joel K. PARNELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/WEST et al. Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

February 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Hanagami and William K. Hanagami, Los Angeles; Law Offices of Ralph B. Wegis and Ralph B. Wegis, Bakersfield, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Joanne Hoeper, Chief Trial Attorney, and David B. Newdorf, Deputy City Attorney, for City and County of San Francisco; Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, for City of Berkeley; and Casey Gwinn, City Attorney, for City of San Diego, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Latham & Watkins, Robert D. Crockett and Sara Mars, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Barry S. Landsberg and Joanna S. McCallum, Los Angeles, for Catholic Healthcare West; Friestad & Giles, Deborah Giles and Christine Friestad for Scripps Health, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

VARTABEDIAN, Acting P.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment on the pleadings entered against plaintiff on his Unfair Practices Act complaint. We reverse the judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant Joel K. Parnell had medical insurance through the Wholesale Beer Distributor Industry Trust Health Plan (the Plan). The Plan had entered...

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