Legal Opinion
American Star Insurance Co. v. Insurance Co. of the West
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 30, 1991No. G009430PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.
—This is a fight between two insurance companies over who should pay for the tragic results of an auto accident involving a water truck in January 1987. The matter boils down to the applicability of the auto exclusion in one insurer’s policy. The appeal requires us to decide whether a water truck equipped with permanently attached spraying equipment comes within the scope of the auto exclusion of the 1986 version of the standard commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy. We conclude the policy unambiguously classifies such a truck as “mobile equipment” and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1966
- Reserve Insurance Co. v. PisciottaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
- White v. Western Title InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Crane v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.California Supreme Court · 1971
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. JacoberCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
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