WATANABE v. CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE

No. B195725.

169 Cal.App.4th 56 (2008)

MARIA TERESA WATANABE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE, Defendant and Respondent.

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

November 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arkin & Glovsky, Sharon J. Arkin and Scott C. Glovsky for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Offices of Daniel J. Koes and Daniel J. Koes for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Steven Ingram for Consumer Attorneys of California and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Gregory N. Pimstone and Joanna S. McCallum for Defendant and Respondent.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Christina J. Imre, David M. Humiston and Gary S. Pancer for California Association of Health Plans as Amicus Curaie on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

FLIER, J.

Appellant Maria Teresa Watanabe filed an action against California Physicians' Service doing business as Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield). The jury returned a verdict that Blue Shield had breached its contract with appellant and awarded $65 in damages. The jury, however, found that Blue Shield had not breached its duty of good faith and fair dealing under...

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