Starlight Cinemas, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company

Filed 5/1/23

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

STARLIGHT CINEMAS, INC., B313518

et al., (Los Angeles County Plaintiffs and Appellants, Super. Ct. No. 20SMCV01181) v.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mark A. Young, Judge. Affirmed. Shernoff Bidart Echeverria, William M. Shernoff and Travis M. Corby for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Hayes, Scott, Bonino, Ellingson, Guslani, Simonson & Clause, Stephen M. Hayes, Charles E. Tillage; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Laurie J. Hepler and Stefan C. Love for Defendant and Respondent. __________________________ Starlight Cinemas, Inc., Akarakian Theaters, Inc., Arman Akarakian, and Daniel Akarakian (collectively, Starlight) appeal from a judgment entered in favor of defendant Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company (MBIC) after the trial court granted MBIC’s motion for judgment on the pleadings without leave to amend. Starlight, which owns and operates movie theaters in Southern California, sued MBIC for breach of an insurance contract and bad…