International Insurance v. American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance

97 Cal.Rptr.2d 151 (2000)

23 Cal.4th 390

2 P.3d 1

KRANSCO, Plaintiff and Appellant;

International Insurance Company et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,

v.

AMERICAN EMPIRE SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

No. S062139.

Supreme Court of California.

June 22, 2000.

As Modified July 26, 2000.

Thacher, Albrecht & Ratcliff, James F. Thacher, Arthur R. Albrecht, San Francisco, Frank E. Solomon; Quarles & Brady, W. Stuart Parsons, Milwaukee, WI, Kevin P. Crooks, Katherine H. Grebe; Irell & Manella and Thomas W. Johnson, Jr., Newport Beach, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

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