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Truck Insurance Exchange v. County of Los Angeles

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 6, 2002No. B134182PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KITCHING, J.

Truck Insurance Exchange (Truck) sued County of Los Angeles (County) to recover costs that Truck incurred to defend its insured Santa Marta Hospital (Santa Marta) in a medical malpractice action. Truck sought reimbursement of those defense costs from County based on the doctrine of equitable subrogation, seeking to enforce Santa Marta’s rights against County under an indemnity agreement. Truck and County both moved for summary judgment. The trial court determined that Truck was not entitled to subrogation against County because County was an additional insured under the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.California Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Bank of the West v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  3. AIU Insurance v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Buss v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Admiral InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. People v. BernalCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002
  2. Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. Unocal Corp.District Court, C.D. California · 2003
  3. 569 East County Boulevard LLC v. Backcountry Against the Dump, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2016
  4. People v. JenningsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
  5. State Farm General Insurance v. Wells Fargo BankCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006

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