P. ex rel. Elliott v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

Filed 9/30/24; certified for publication 10/22/24 (order attached)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE ex rel. MARA W. D081262 ELLIOTT, as San Diego City Attorney, etc.,

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 37-2021- 00027298-CU-BT-CTL) v.

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH

PLAN, INC.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Gregory W. Pollack, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Mara W. Elliott, City Attorney, Mark Ankcorn, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Kevin B. King, Deputy City Attorney; Bradley Bernstein Sands, Erin Bernstein and Gina Elliott for Plaintiff and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Renu R. George, Assistant Attorney General, David A. Jones and Sean McGuire, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, John T. Brooks, Moe Keshavarzi, Samuel D. Duimovich and Matthew G. Halgren for Defendant and Respondent. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Gregory N. Pimstone, Joanna S. McCallum and Marina Shvarts for California…