Legal Opinion
Transit Casualty Co. v. Spink Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 15, 1979No. Civ. 16182PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PARAS, J.
Transit Casualty Company (Transit), an excess insurer, sued its policyholder, Spink Corporation (Spink), and the primary insurer, American Motorists Insurance Company (American), for their refusal to settle death and injury claims growing out of a construction site accident. The jury awarded Transit damages of $460,000. Spink and American appeal.
Spink, a Sacramento engineering firm, was the consulting engineer on a construction project owned by Carlson Development Company (Carlson). Spink was insured by a primary professional liability policy issued by American, containing a…
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