Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Co. v. Medical Protective Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 29, 1993No. 62315PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.
Plaintiffs, Continental Casualty Company (Continental) and Federal Insurance Company, (Federal) appeal from a declaratory judgment entered in St. Louis County Circuit Court. Plaintiffs sought a declaration regarding the apportionment of a $90,-000 settlement among three successive insurers for the repeated acts of negligence by the insured, Dr. Winter, over the course of twenty years. The trial court using a pro rata method of apportionment based on policy limits found plaintiff Continental liable for two-sixths of the settlement, plaintiff Federal liable for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Reliance Insurance Company v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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