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P1562 In a putative class action alleging an insurer unlawfully charged higher premiums to drivers with no prior automobile insurance coverage or no continuous coverage and failed to report its true underwriting practices, some insureds would have no way of knowing they had been overcharged, potentially making a class action the only way to provide relief, so when the named plaintiff was found to lack standing, a trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting precertification discovery to find an adequate class representative.CitationSAFECO v SUPERIOR COURT (Precertification Discovery) 173 CA4 814 [See: B&PC 17200 etseq; First American Title v Superior Court 146 CA4 1564, P/AT 3/07; CashCall v Superior Court 159 CA4 273, P/AT 3/08]
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