D074161 03-20-2020 FIDELITY NATIONAL HOME WARRANTY COMPANY CASES Bottini & Bottini, Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Yury A. Kolesnikov, La Jolla; Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Niall P. McCarthy and Anne Marie Murphy, Burlingame, for Plaintiff and Appellants. Hahn Loeser & Parks, Michael J. Gleason and Steven A. Goldfarb, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent. AARON, J. Bottini & Bottini, Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Yury A. Kolesnikov, La Jolla; Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Niall P. McCarthy and Anne Marie Murphy
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