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Modification: Pinto v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

Ruling by

Victoria G. Chaney

Lower Court

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Samantha P. Jessner

Judgment entered in favor of plaintiff in his bad faith insurance claim was reversed because jury made no finding that insurer acted unreasonably.





Court

California Courts of Appeal 2DCA/1

Cite as

2021 DJDAR 2516

Published

Mar. 22, 2021

Filing Date

Mar. 18, 2021

Opinion Type

Modification

Disposition Type

Reversed and Remanded


ALEXANDER PINTO,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE,

Defendant and Appellant.

 

No. B295742

(Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC631341)

California Courts of Appeal

Second Appellate District

Division One

Filed March 18, 2021

 

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION

[NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

 

THE COURT:

It is ordered that the opinion filed hereon on March 8, 2021, be modified as follows:

1. The date 2019 is changed to 2013 in the first and last paragraphs of page six, the first and third paragraphs of page seven, the last paragraph of page eight, and the second paragraph of page nine.

2. The penultimate sentence of the second paragraph on page five is modified to read: "The report indicated that Martin and Williams said Orcutt was driving, and that a firefighter overheard Orcutt admit she was driving."

This modification effects no change in the judgment.

 

 

ROTHSCHILD, P. J.

CHANEY, J.

BENDIX, J.

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