FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Filed 3/15/06
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
| FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; DOUGLAS RYAN, Real Party in Interest. | B184608 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC297437) |
| SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA et al., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PROPOSITION 103 ENFORCEMENT PROJECT, Real Party in Interest. | B184610 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC266219) |
ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS in mandate. Anthony J. Mohr, Judge. Petitions granted.
Barger & Wolen, Steven H. Weinstein, Richard G. De La Mora, Marina M. Karvelas and Spencer Y. Kook for Petitioners.
Heller Ehrman, Vanessa Wells and Victoria Collman Brown for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
No appearance for Respondent.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David S. Chaney, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark P. Richelson and W. Dean Freeman, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Diane Spencer Shaw, Deputy Attorney General; Gary Cohen, Elizabeth Mohr and Bryant W. Henley for the Department of Insurance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.
Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, Drew E. Pomerance, Marina N. Vitek and Vincent S. Gannuscio; Goshgarian & Marshall, Mark Goshgarian and John A. Marshall for Real Party in Interest Douglas Ryan.
Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, John J. Stoia, Jr., Theodore J. Pintar, Kevin K. Green, James D. McNamara; The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Harvey Rosenfield and Pamela M. Pressley for Real Party in Interest The Proposition 103 Enforcement Project.
Insurance Code section 1861.02,[1] enacted in November 1988 as part of Proposition 103, limits the factors that an insurer can consider in determining insurance rates. Statutes predating Proposition 103 created a comprehensive scheme for administrative enforcement of insurance rate regulations. Proposition 103 provided for greater public participation in those proceedings and enhanced the effectiveness and public accountability of the Insurance Commissioner (Commissioner). Section 1861.10, subdivision (a), also enacted as part of Proposition 103, states, â€
