Legal Opinion
National Indemnity Co. v. Demanes
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 8, 1978No. Civ. 40564PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DEVINE, J. *
National Indemnity Company has received a declaratory judgment ruling that it has no duty to defend or to indemnify the special administratrix of the estate of Wilburn Eugene Walker, deceased, on an aircraft liability insurance policy. The judgment is the subject of this appeal.
On May 14, 1974, Wilburn Eugene Walker, coowner with Borne of a Piper plane, took off as pilot from an airfield at Lake Tahoe while Borne was riding with two other persons as a back seat passenger, although Borne was a licensed pilot. The plane crashed to the field, killing all four. Walker was a…
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