Court Opinion

ID: 9745294
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 22:47:23.850662+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:58.780730
License: Public Domain

ARMSTRONG, J.
I concur in the judgment:
I am of the view that the appellants properly raised the exclusive concurrent jurisdiction issue in the trial court, and that the trial court met the issue head on. The trial court correctly recognized that the rule of exclusive concurrent jurisdiction is a policy rule designed to prevent unseemly conflicts between courts and to protect litigants from the expense and harassment of multiple litigation. Because it is a policy rule, the application of the rule in a given case depends upon the balancing of countervailing policies. (Childs v. Eltinge (1973) 29 Cal.App.3d 843, 854 [105 Cal.Rptr. 864].) The record establishes that this case is an exceptional case involving important issues of public policy relating to the regulation of insurance, the prompt enforcement of the California insurance laws by the commissioner and the protection of the public from those engaged in the unauthorized transaction of insurance business. In view of these strong countervailing policies, the trial court concluded that the exclusive concurrent jurisdiction rule should not be applied in this case at this stage of the proceedings to defeat the injunctive relief to which the commissioner is clearly entitled. I agree and would affirm the jurisdictional ruling on that ground.