Baker v. National Interstate Insurance

Opinion

BIGELOW, J.

More than 40 years ago, our state Supreme Court was called upon in Insurance Co. of North America v. Electronic Purification Co. (1967) 67 Cal.2d 679 [63 Cal.Rptr. 382, 433 P.2d 174] (Electronic Purification) to interpret a commercial general liability insurance (CGL) policy with a “products hazard” exclusion for bodily injury damages which included both “products” and “completed operations” language. Reading the language and formatting of the policy which had been placed before it in Electronic Purification, the Supreme Court ruled that the “products” and “completed…