Hartford Casualty Ins. v. Super. Ct.
Real party Mission Fiber Group, Inc. (Mission) filed a breach of contract/bad faith action against its commercial insurance carrier, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company (Hartford). Hartford filed a cross-complaint. The superior court granted the motion of Mission and its principals to stay the entire civil action pending resolution of an administrative proceeding filed against Mission by the California Department of Conservation (DOC).
Upon Hartfords petition, we issued an order pursuant to Palma v. U.S. Industrial Fasteners, Inc. (1984) 36 Cal.3d 171, 180, directing the superior court to set the motion for a new hearing, and consider the motion under the criteria set forth in Haskel, Inc. v. Superior Court (1995) 33 Cal.App.4th 963, 980, and Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court (1994) 25 Cal.App.4th 902, 908 909 (Montrose II). The court declined to set the matter for a new hearing. Accordingly, Court direct the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate.
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