Mealey's (November 18, 2016, 2:41 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel on Nov. 14 affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of a life insurer and an insurance agent in a negligence lawsuit brought by the insured’s beneficiaries, finding that the beneficiaries are barred from relying on negligence per se to defeat summary judgment (Pacific Coast Drilling Company, Inc., et al. v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Co., et al., Nos. A140423 and A141464, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 2)....