BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA LIFE & HEALTH INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B225632.

192 Cal.App.4th 727 (2011)

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; MYRNA YUMIKO KAWAKITA, Real Party in Interest.

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

February 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Gregory N. Pimstone , Joanna S. McCallum and John T. Fogarty for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria , William M. Shernoff , Evangeline F. Grossman , Joel A. Cohen and Howard S. Shernoff for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

RUBIN, Acting P. J.

Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company (Blue Shield) seeks a peremptory writ of mandate directing the trial court to reverse its order denying Blue Shield's motion for summary adjudication of plaintiff and real party in interest Myrna Yumiko Kawakita's tort cause of action for bad faith breach of a health insurance policy she obtained from Blue Shield. Blue Shield contends the cause...

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