SAFECO INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. PARKS

No. B199364. No. B200267.

170 Cal.App.4th 992 (2009)

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JAMEY LYNN PARKS, Defendant and Respondent. JAMEY LYNN PARKS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demler, Armstrong & Rowland, Robert W. Armstrong, Scott K. Murch; Law Offices of Raymond W. Scutts and Raymond H. Goettsch for Plaintiff and Appellant and for Defendant and Appellant.

Law Office of Herb Fox, Herb Fox; Pulverman and Pulverman, Martin E. Pulverman, Raymond J. Pulverman and James S. Bianchi for Defendant and Respondent and for Plaintiff and Respondent.

The Arkin Law Firm and Sharon J. Arkin for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent and Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

YEGAN, J.—

Respondent Jamey Lynn Parks obtained a personal injury judgment of $2,187,886 against 16-year-old Michelle Miller. Safeco Insurance Company of America (Safeco) issued a homeowner's policy to Eddie Barnette, the man with whom Michelle's mother lived and with whom Michelle periodically stayed. It issued a similar policy to Michelle's grandmother Evelyn Miller, with whom Michelle and her father Charles resided. Safeco declined to defend...

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