Legal Opinion
Schools Excess Liability Fund v. Westchester Fire Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 25, 2004No. B161761PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COOPER, P. J.
Westchester Fire Insurance Company (Westchester) appeals from the trial court’s summary judgment declaring Westchester liable for coverage for injuries sustained by a student passenger who fell out of his wheelchair in 1994 while in a school bus owned by the William S. Hart Union High School District (the School District.) Westchester and respondent Schools Excess Liability Fund (SELF) each advanced about $2,1 million to fund settlement on behalf of Santa Barbara Transportation (SBT), which contracted to operate buses owned by the School District; an employee of SBT was…
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