Legal Opinion
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Swearinger
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 1985No. Civ. 23094PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, J.
The Travelers Indemnity Company (Travelers) issued its “new easy-read type” liability insurance policy to Fall River Joint Unified School District (Fall River). In this action it seeks a declaration concerning the application of the policy to an automobile accident in which the driver, Tonya Gallion, was a Fall River student and a Sonia Swearinger, a passenger who was injured, a visiting student. Travelers admits an obligation to defend and indemnify Fall River but claims that neither Tonya nor her father (who owned the auto) are insureds. Travelers named as defendants Sonia…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Continental Casualty Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.California Court of Appeal · 1963
- Indemnity Insurance of North America v. Pacific Clay Products Co.California Court of Appeal · 1970
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3Cited by23 opinions
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