Legal Opinion
Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Swift Distribution, Inc.
California Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 2014No. S207172PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LIU, J.
Hartford Casualty Insurance Company (Hartford) issued a commercial general liability policy to Swift Distribution, Inc., doing business as Ultimate Support Systems (Ultimate), that covered “personal and advertising injury.” This term included claims arising from “[ojral, written, or electronic publication of material that slanders or libels a person or organization or disparages a person’s or organization’s goods, products or services.” Ultimate, which sells the “Ulti-Cart,” was sued in federal district court by Gary-Michael Dahl (Dahl), the manufacturer of the “Multi-Cart.” The…
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