Farmers Ins. v. Low 11/1/01 CA5

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: F035196

Case Date: 11/02/2001

Preview:Filed 11/1/01

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE et al.,

F035196
Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HARRY W. LOW, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Defendants and Respondents; FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANIES et al., Interveners and Appellants; CONSUMERS UNION OF U.S., INC., et al., Interveners and Respondents.

(Super. Ct. No. 645146-2)

UNITED STATES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants. v. HARRY W. LOW, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Defendant and Respondent; FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANIES et al.,

F035198 (Super. Ct. No. 645144-7)

OPINION
Interveners and Appellants; CONSUMERS UNION OF U.S., INC., et al., Interveners and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order denying a preliminary injunction by the Superior Court of Fresno County. Stephen Kane, Judge. Horvitz & Levy and Mitchell C. Tilner and Daniel J. Gonzalez; Barger & Wolen and Steven H. Weinstein, Richard G. De La Mora and Robyn E. King, for Plaintiffs/Interveners and Appellants, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Safeco Insurance Companies, and for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Forrest, Henderson, Sloan & Davis and Theodore R. Forrest, Jr., and Jeffrey P. Davis, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Company; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae and R. Scott Puddy for Plaintiffs and Appellants United Services Automobile Association, USAA Casualty Insurance, Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company and Deerbrook Insurance Company and Interveners and Appellants Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Indemnity Company and Deerbrook Insurance Company. Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe and Paul Alexander and Vanessa Wells for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and State Farm General Insurance Company, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Lawrence K. Keethe, Steven J. Green, Kristin M. Daily and Robert Asperger, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents. Public Advocates, Inc. and Mark Savage, John T. Affeldt and Maria E. Andrade, for Interveners and Respondents Consumers Union of U.S., National Council of La Raza, Korean Youth and Community Council, Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles. -ooOooThis dispute concerns records and reports made by various insurance companies to the Insurance Commissioner of California, which, by definition, are public records. 2.

(Gov. Code,

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