Williams v. Interinsurance Exchange
The trial court in this case denied the defendant insurer's motion to certify a group of its policyholders as a class of cross-defendants. In the underlying claim against the defendant, the plaintiff class representative alleged finance charges defendant collects on premium installments are also premiums which, in violation of Insurance Code section 381, the defendant did not set forth on the face of the insurer's standard form policies. By way of its cross-complaint the defendant alleged that if its finance charges should have been set forth as premiums in its policies, the class members' policies should be reformed to comply with the requirements of Insurance Code section 381.
In a related writ proceeding this court has issued a writ of mandate directing that the trial court enter an order granting the insurer's summary judgment on the plaintiff's underlying claim and the remittitur in this case has now issued. Accordingly, Court dismiss as moot defendant's appeal in this case.
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