Legal Opinion
Peters v. Firemen's Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 6, 1998No. B119313PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BOREN, P. J.
This is an insurance coverage dispute. A boat owner is arguing that his yacht was “used”—within the meaning of his boat insurance policy—to transmit the herpes virus from his mouth to his girlfriend’s genitals. He reasons that his large pleasure craft was “a sign of his wealth and status” which “fostered romance and sexual conduct” leading ineluctably to a specific type of sexual activity—oral copulation—which transmitted the pernicious virus. The insured’s argument foundered in the trial court, which gave judgment to the insurance company. We affirm.
Facts
In July of 1995,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1995
- Buss v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. PartridgeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Truck Insurance Exchange v. WebbCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Safeco InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
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3Cited by11 opinions
- American National Property & Casualty Co. v. Julie R.California Court of Appeal · 1999
- STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. GrishamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
- Belmonte v. Employers InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
- Lillian Gradillas v. Lincoln General Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. GrishamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
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