Legal Opinion
Olympic Insurance v. Employers Surplus Lines Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 8, 1981No. Civ. 46576PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ANELLO, J. *
This is an appeal from a judgment in an action for declaratory relief. The question presented is whether the trial court erred in holding an excess insurer liable where the primary insurance has not been exhausted.
Plaintiff is the Olympic Insurance Company (hereinafter Olympic). In 1967, Olympic had a general insurance agency contract with Landseair under which Landseair was authorized to issue insurance on behalf of Olympic.
On July 19, 1967, there was a midair collision near Hendersonville, North Carolina, between a commercial airliner and a Cessna aircraft owned by…
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- Lamb v. Belt Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1935
- Peerless Casualty Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1956
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