CALFARM INS. CO. v. KRUSIEWICZ

No. G033867.

31 Cal.Rptr.3d 619 (2005)

131 Cal.App.4th 273

CALFARM INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. Tadeusz KRUSIEWICZ et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.

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

June 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horvitz & Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner, Peter Abrahams, Encino; Korshak, Kracoff, Kong & Sugano, T.R. Sugano and Robert Montes, Jr., Los Angeles, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Shields Law Offices, Jeffrey W. Shields, Irvine, and Rick A. Varner, Irvine, for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.


OPINION

FYBEL, J.

INTRODUCTION

CalFarm Insurance Company (CalFarm) appeals from a punitive damage award of $1,457,080 in favor of Tadeusz and Betty Krusiewicz (the Krusiewiczes) and a declaratory judgment holding CalFarm was obligated to pay the full amount of a binding arbitration award against CalFarm's insured. The Krusiewiczes are not CalFarm's insureds. Rather, the Krusiewiczes sued CalFarm...

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