Legal Opinion
American Cyanamid Co. v. American Home Assurance Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 9, 1994No. A062499PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DOSSEE, J.
This is an action for declaratory relief brought by an insured, American Cyanamid Company, to determine the duty of its various insurers to defend and indemnify American Cyanamid in an underlying lawsuit for anticompetitive conduct. The action was brought against three primary insurers and numerous excess insurers, all of whose policies were in effect from 1966 to 1986.
The three primary insurers—Insurance Company of North America (INA), American Home Assurance Company (AHA) and Commercial Union (CU) —moved for summary adjudication of the duty to defend. The trial court…
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