Legal Opinion
County of San Diego v. Ace Property & Casualty Insurance
California Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 2005No. S114778PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J.
Introduction
In this matter we must determine whether a nonstandard “excess” third party liability policy issued by Ace Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Ace) to the County of San Diego (County) affords indemnity coverage for expenses incurred by the County in responding to an administrative agency order requiring it to remediate environmental contamination, and for sums expended by the County to settle related third party property damage claims outside the context of a lawsuit.
In Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London v. Superior Court (2001) 24 Cal.4th 945 [103…
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