Lillian Gradillas v. Lincoln General Ins. Co.

ORDER

We respectfully request that the Supreme Court of California exercise its discretion to decide the certified question set forth in Part II of this order.

I

Caption and Counsel

A.The caption of the case is:

No. 13-15638

LILLIAN GRADILLAS; CHRIS GRA-DILLAS; ASSIGNEES OF KENNETH NWADIKE, JR., DBA America Bus Line, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

B. The names and addresses of counsel for the parties are:

For Plaintiffs-Appellees:

Paul D. Fogel and Dennis Peter Maio, Reed Smith LLP, 101 Second Street, Suite 1800, San Francisco, CA 94105, and Scott A. Brown and David M. Poore, Brown Poore LLP, 1350 Treat Boulevard, Suite 745, Walnut Creek, CA 94597

For Defendant-Appellant:

Edward F. Ruberry, Ellen D. Jenkins, and David Allen, Ruberry, Stalmack & Garvey LLC, 500 W. Madison Street, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60661, and George D. Yaron and Henry M. Su, Yaron & Associates, 1300 Clay Street, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94612

C. Designation of party to be deemed petitioner: Defendant-Appellant

II

Question Certified

Pursuant to Rule 8.548 of the California Rules of Court, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth…