Harbor Insurance v. City of Ontario

*929Opinion

McDANIEL, J.*

The action underlying this appeal is one for declaratory relief brought by Harbor Insurance Company (plaintiff) against its insured, City of Ontario (defendant), to resolve a single issue. That issue is whether defendant insured is required to contribute its self-insured retention after it gave plaintiff insurer its permission but not its agreement to settle a third party action filed against defendant for the wrongful death of James Belyeu. The trial court determined that defendant was legally obligated to contribute to the settlement, and a summary judgment reflecting…