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SAFECO INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B213044.

173 Cal.App.4th 814 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; LISA KARNAN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

April 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barger & Wolen, Steven H. Weinstein, Spencer Y. Kook and Peter Sindhuphak for Petitioners.

Horvitz & Levy, John A. Taylor, Jr., Lisa Perrochet and Bradley S. Pauley for Association of California Insurance Companies and Personal Insurance Federation of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Theodore J. Pintar, Kevin K. Green, Thomas R. Merrick; Consumer Watchdog, Harvey J. Rosenfield, Pamela M. Pressley; Roger Brown and Associates and Jay Angoff for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

CROSKEY, J.—

Safeco Insurance Company of America (Safeco) and First National Insurance Company of America (First National) challenge an order granting a motion by the plaintiffs' class representative, Lisa Karnan, for precertification discovery for the purpose of finding a new class representative. Karnan is not a member of the class she purports to represent. She seeks to identify potential class members and substitute a new...

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