Legal Opinion
Bank of the West v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided July 30, 1992No. S019556PublishedCited by 928 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PANELLI, J.
Comprehensive general liability (CGL) insurance policies generally include coverage for “advertising injury.” This coverage, as ordinarily written, applies to “damages” the insured must pay for injury arising out of “unfair competition” occurring in the course of the insured’s “advertising activities.” We granted review to consider questions regarding the scope of coverage afforded by this standard policy language. As we shall explain, we hold that the CGL policy does not cover claims for advertising injury that arose under the Unfair Business Practices Act. (Bus. & Prof.…
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