Legal Opinion
Dobbas v. Vitas
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 7, 2011No. C061494PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, J.
This case reviews the denial of American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company’s motion to intervene in an action between James Dobbas and Fred Vitas and Fred Vitas Insurance Agency. The action is based on Vitas’s failure to obtain excess insurance to cover an injury for which Dobbas was liable and for which American Guarantee was obligated to pay as an excess insurer. American Guarantee’s claimed interest in the action is as a subrogee to Dobbas for Vitas’s liability for failing to provide insurance to cover the injury.
The issue arises in the following way.
James Dobbas…
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