Legal Opinion
American Automobile Insurance Co. v. Republic Indemnity Co.
California Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1959No. L. A. 25367PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, C. J.
This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment determining the obligations of two insurance companies whose policies, respectively, were issued to the driver and the owner of an automobile involved in an accident. On March 27, 1956, John M. Steinberg, who was insured by American Automobile Insurance Company, was driving a ear which, as a customer, he had borrowed from Max Barish, Inc., an automobile dealer and garage company insured by Republic Indemnity Company of America. The persons injured in the accident recovered by stipulation a judgment of $5,000 against both the driver and the owner…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Oregon Auto. Ins. Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- Whitley v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Pleasant Valley Lima Bean Growers & Warehouse Ass'n v. Cal-Farm InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- Estate of ToddCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by89 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Zurich InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Ohio Casualty InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Allstate InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- Northwestern Mut. Ins. Co. v. Farmers Ins. GroupCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, and Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation v. Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, Deceased, and Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation, Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation, and Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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