BUSSE v. UNITED PANAM FINANCIAL CORP.

No. G046805.

222 Cal.App.4th 1028 (2014)

166 Cal. Rptr. 3d 520

LAVERNE BUSSE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNITED PANAM FINANCIAL CORP. et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

January 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faruqi & Faruqi, David E. Bower and Barbara Rohr for Plaintiff and Appellant Laverne Busse.

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, Randall J. Baron , Kevin K. Green and David T. Wissbroecker for Plaintiff and Appellant Sydne & Allan Bortel Living Trust U/A/D 9/14/1998.

Jones Day, Eric Landau , Erica L. Reilley , Travis Biffar and Kevin H. Logan for Defendants and Respondents United Panam Financial Corp., Ravi Gandhi, Mitchell Lynn, Luis Maizel, Preston Miller and James Vagim.

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Joel A. Feuer and Jeremy Stamelman for Defendant and Respondent Guillermo Bron.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Garrett J. Waltzer , Richard Horvath, Jr. , and Eric Waxman for Defendants and Respondents Pine Brook Capital Partners, L.P., Pine Brook Capital Partners (SSP Offshore) II, L.P., Pine Brook Capital Partners (Cayman), L.P., and Pine Brook Road Associates, L.P.


OPINION

BEDSWORTH, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Occasionally we are faced with a difficult question of statutory interpretation that qualifies as a "Halbert's Lumber issue." (E.g., Halbert's Lumber, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (1992) 6 Cal.App.4th 1233, 1235 [8 Cal.Rptr.2d 298] (Halbert's Lumber) ["a real doozy of a puzzle"].) This...

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