Shell Oil Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FUKUTO, J.
Defendant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. (National) appeals from a judgment after court trial, awarding plaintiff Shell Oil Company (Shell) damages for breach of a liability insurance policy. National raises numerous issues, the primary ones being whether National provided coverage for an accident that resulted from Shell’s sole negligence, and if so whether National yet fulfilled its contractual duties by paying its policy limit in settlement for a coinsured. Shell cross-appeals from the judgment insofar as it did not award attorney fees for this…
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