California Casualty Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION

SULT, Judge.

Excess liability insurance carrier State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) appeals from summary judgment declaring that primary carrier California Casualty Insurance Company (“Cal-Casualty”) was not required to reimburse State Farm for attorney’s fees and costs it expended in defending a claim against the insured driver because CalCasualty had paid the full amount of its policy limits to a personal injury claimant. The appeal requires us to resolve these issues arising out of the trial court’s rulings:

1. whether the language of CalCasualty’s policy…