What is the test for an action brought against respondent in an insurance case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Nutro Products, Inc. v. Cole Grain Co., 3 Cal.App.4th 860, 5 Cal.Rptr.2d 41 (Cal. App. 1992):

Appellants claim that respondent engaged in misleading advertising and, relying upon Pond v. Insurance Co. of North America (1984) 151 Cal.App.3d 280, 198 Cal.Rptr. 517, "the doors of the court [should] be shut against him." (Id. at p. 290, 198 Cal.Rptr. 517.)

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