1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Cal.Rptr.2d
  4. 132 Cal.Rptr.2d
  5. 132 Cal.Rptr.2d 165 (2003)
 

PEOPLE EX REL. ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. WEITZMAN

No. B151252.

132 Cal.Rptr.2d 165 (2003)

107 Cal.App.4th 534

The PEOPLE ex rel. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Douglas WEITZMAN et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 24, 2003.

Review Denied June 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Dennis B. Kass, David J. Wilson, and Sylvia Havens, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Offices of Benjamin L. Hecht and Benjamin L. Hecht, Tarzana, for Defendant and Respondent Isaak Zelyony; Barnhill & Vaynerov, Steven M. Barnhill, Long Beach, and Maxim Vaynerov for Defendant and Respondent Anatoly Bondarev; Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols, Joel Bruce Douglas, Los Angeles, and Melissa A. Brunsmann for Defendant and Respondent Merlin Smith; Law Office of Steven L. Zelig and Steven L. Zelig, Los Angeles; Law Office of Bruce Adelstein and Bruce Adelstein, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Douglas Weitzman; and Stephen F. Guiner for Defendant and Respondent Barbara A. Reid.

TURNER, P.J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a qui tam action. A qui tam action has been defined as follows, "An action brought under a statute that allows a private person to sue for a penalty, part of which the government or some specified public institution will receive." (Black's Law Diet. (7th ed.1999) p. 1262, col. 1; United States ex rel. Aflatooni v. Kitsap Physicians Service (9th Cir.2002)

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases