Legal Opinion
Century Surety Co. v. United Pacific Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 25, 2003No. B150373PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, Acting P. J.
In this case, we are asked to determine the enforceability of an “other insurance” clause in a liability policy issued by the appellant Century Surety Company (Century). That clause provided Century’s coverage for its insured would be “excess” to the coverage of other “valid and collectable insurance.” Century was one of four successive insurers that had provided coverage to a common insured over a five-year period. One of those other insurers was the respondent herein, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company (LMC).
After the common insured tendered defense of a suit for…
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- Signal Companies, Inc. v. Harbor Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1980
- American Automobile Insurance Co. v. Republic Indemnity Co.California Supreme Court · 1959
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