BRANDWEIN v. BUTLER

No. D059413.

218 Cal.App.4th 1485 (2013)

161 Cal. Rptr. 3d 728

HOWARD J. BRANDWEIN, Individually and as Trustee, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROBERT BUTLER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

August 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silver & Field, Lawrence Silver and Karen S. Lai for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Martin & Passante and Anthony Joseph Passante for Defendants and Respondents Robert Butler and Western Maritime, Inc.

Severson & Werson, Forrest Booth and Erik M. Kowalewsky for Defendants and Respondents Ace Global Markets Ltd. Syndicate 2488, Axis Specialty Europe Limited, Ireland, UK Branch and G.S. Christensen and Others Syndicate No. 958, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London.

Sands Lerner, Neil S. Lerner and Aran Dayalan for Defendants and Respondents Oversea Insurance Agency, Inc., Scott Jarvie and Nichole Mayer.


OPINION

O'ROURKE, J.

I

INTRODUCTION

This action was brought by plaintiffs Howard J. Brandwein (Brandwein), a related trust, and Jeri Geblin (Geblin) (collectively, plaintiffs) to recover losses allegedly suffered as a result of unsuccessful efforts to salvage Brandwein's 65-foot yacht, the Sea Bear, which ran aground in April 2007 on a Mexican beach. The insurer...

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