( October 7, 2025, 2:36 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals panel on Oct. 6 determined that a lower court properly determined that a professional negligence lawsuit against an insurance broker is time-barred because the action was filed more than two years after the professional negligence cause of action accrued and the plaintiff has failed to plead any facts supporting his argument that the lower court should have applied equitable tolling principles....