NEWELL v. STATE FARM GEN. INS. CO.

No. B157114.

13 Cal.Rptr.3d 343 (2004)

118 Cal.App.4th 1094

Diane NEWELL et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

Rehearing Denied June 15, 2004.

Review Denied August 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Gretchen M. Nelson and Gretchen M. Nelson, Los Angeles; Levy, Ram & Olson and Karl Olson, San Francisco; Girardi & Keese, Thomas V. Girardi and Robert M. Keese, Los Angeles; Alexander, Hawes & Audet, William M. Audet and Ryan M. Hagan, San Jose; Law Offices of Stephen C. Ball and Stephen C. Ball, Pasadena; Law Offices of George Hernandez and George Hernandez, Oakland, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Christina J. Imre and Robert M. Brava-Partain; Robie & Mathai, James R. Robie and Natalie A. Kouyoumdjian, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent State Farm General Insurance Company.

Barger & Wolen, Steven H. Weinstein and Richard G. De La Mora, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents Farmers Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company.


PERLUSS, P.J.

Plaintiffs, proposed class representatives, appeal from the trial court's order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend to the class action allegations in their complaint against their homeowners' insurance carriers regarding claims for policy benefits for damages incurred by the Northridge earthquake. The trial court found there was no reasonable possibility plaintiffs could satisfy the community of interest requirement for class certification...

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