Legal Opinion
Golden Eagle Insurance Co. v. Insurance of the West
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 26, 2002No. D038580PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McCONNELL, J.
This case involves a dispute among insurers regarding the allocation of defense costs of an indemnitee that the insured assumed under an indemnity agreement. Golden Eagle Insurance Company (Golden Eagle) and Insurance Company of the West (ICW) each paid one-half of an arbitration award in favor of the indemnitee for $605,374.25 in attorney fees and costs incurred in defending against third party property damage claims; Connecticut Indemnity Company (CIC) refused to contribute. The trial court determined that the contractual liability provisions of the commercial general…
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