ZHANG v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S178542.

57 Cal.4th 364 (2013)

159 Cal. Rptr. 3d 672

304 P.3d 163

YANTING ZHANG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; CALIFORNIA CAPITAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Viau & Kwasniewski, Gary K. Kwasniewski and Jeanette L. Viau for Petitioner.

Steven W. Murray for Italian Marble & Tile as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, Peter Abrahams , Mitchell C. Tilner ; Grant, Genovese & Baratta, Lance D. Orloff and Aaron J. Mortensen for Real Party in Interest.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and Raul L. Martinez for American Insurance Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Garrett & Tully, Ryan C. Squire and Alexander Levy for California Land Title Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Michelman & Robinson and William L. Gausewitz for the Association of California Insurance Companies, the Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies and the Personal Insurance Federation of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

This case arises at the intersection of the unfair competition law (UCL; Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) and the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (UIPA; Ins. Code, § 790 et seq.). The question is whether insurance practices that violate the UIPA can support a UCL action. In Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies (1988) 46 Cal.3d 287, 304 [

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