CAMACHO v. AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Filed 5/3/06
CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
| JOAQUIN CAMACHO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants; BELL CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant and Respondent. | B180134 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC 315357) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Victoria Gerrard Chaney, Judge. Affirmed.
Angelo & Di Monda, Christopher E. Angelo, Joseph Di Monda; Spray Gould & Bowers, Keith Walden, Darren M. Harris, and Stan A. Grombchevsky for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Reed Smith, Lorenzo Gasparetti, Kathy M. Banke, and Margaret M. Grignon for Defendants and Appellants.
Carlson, Messer & Turner, Charles R. Messer, Steven Jung, and Larissa G. Nefulda for Defendant and Respondent.
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Appellant Joaquin Camacho (Camacho), an uninsured driver, rear-ended a driver insured by Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club (Exchange). Exchange indemnified its insured and assigned to respondent Bell Corporation of America (Bell) for collection its claim of $9,377.51 against Camacho.[1] After paying $500 of the sum claimed, Camacho filed this purported class action against Exchange, Bell, the Automobile Club of Southern California and ACSC Management Services, Inc. We refer to Exchange, Bell, the Automobile Club of Southern California and ACSC Management Services, Inc., collectively as the defendants. Since portions of this opinion do not involve Bell, we refer to Exchange, Automobile Club of Southern California and ACSC Management Services, Inc., as the â€
