Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance

Opinion

ASHMANN-GERST, J.

Defendant and appellant Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company (Philadelphia) and plaintiff and appellant Employers Mutual Casualty Company (Employers) insured Louis Simpson doing business as Villa Park Mobilehome Park (Simpson). Employers and Evanston Insurance Company (Evanston) 1 defended Simpson in Brogan v. Simpson (Super. Ct. L.A. County, 2006, No. BC307069) (Brogan action) against the “failure to maintain” claims of 188 residents of Simpson’s mobilehome park. Employers and Evanston eventually settled for $3 million, allocating $1.2 million to damages and $1.8…