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3088 REVIEW DENIED A recently enacted CCP section providing that insurance claims for damages arising from the Northridge earthquake of 1994 that were barred by the statute of limitations as of January 1, 2001 are revived so long as a claim was made to the carrier prior to January 1, 2000 and an action is commenced within one year from the statute's effective date is constitutionally valid and applies to tort actions for bad faith as well as actions based on breach of the insurance contract.Citation20th CENTURY v SUPERIOR COURT (Resurrected Action) 90 CA4 1247 [See: CCP 340.9; Campbell v Holt 115 US 620; Chase v Donaldson 325 US 304; Liebig v Superior Court 209 CA3 828; Tietge v Western 55 CA4 382, T/AT 7/97]
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