Legal Opinion
Merritt v. Reserve Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 29, 1973No. Civ. 39703PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLEMING, J.
In 1961 a truck driven by Merritt and owned by Sterling Transit collided with a truck driven by Bernal and owned by J. A. Stafford Co., a California corporation. Merritt sued Bernal and Stafford Co. for personal injuries, and Sterling Transit sued them for property damages. In 1964 judgment was obtained by Merritt for $434,000 and by Sterling Transit for $21,000, and this judgment was affirmed on appeal in 1965.
Reserve Insurance Company, the liability insurance carrier for Stafford Co., paid $100,000 to Merritt, the full amount of its personal injury coverage, and paid…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. East Bay Union of MacHinists, Local 1304California Court of Appeal · 1964
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