Legal Opinion
State v. Cont'l Ins. Co.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided September 29, 2017No. E064518PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRamirez, P.J.
*1022This is an action by the State of California (State) to recover from various insurers the costs of cleaning up the Stringfellow hazardous waste site. It has been pending since 1993. It has been to this court three times and to the California Supreme Court twice. At this point, however, the only remaining insurers are the Continental Insurance Company and Continental Casualty Company (collectively Continental), and the only remaining issues relate to prejudgment interest.
In 2015, Continental paid the State its full policy limits of $12 million. The trial court ruled that the State was entitled…
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