Legal Opinion
Vann v. Travelers Companies
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 11, 1995No. A067551PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KING, J.
Gordon Vann, individually and doing business as Vann’s Auto Body Shop, Inc., (Vann) brought a declaratory judgment action against its liability insurer, the Travelers Companies (Travelers), seeking a declaration that Travelers was obligated to defend it in connection with a third party action alleging environmental contamination arising out of the operation of Vann’s auto body repair business. The trial court granted summary judgment for Travelers (Code Civ. Proc. § 437c), thus relieving it of its duty to defend. We reverse, finding genuine issues of material fact exist as to…
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