Legal Opinion
Hinton v. Beck
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 11, 2009No. C056911PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, Acting P. J.
This is an appeal of an order striking Grange Insurance Group’s (Grange) complaint in intervention in the personal injury action by Jonni Hinton against Grange’s policyholder, Eldon Beck, in which Hinton had obtained Beck’s default and an assignment of his rights against Grange.
The issue is whether an insurer may deny coverage and a defense to its policyholder when the policyholder is sued by an injured plaintiff, and later intervene in the action between the plaintiff and the policyholder. The insurer sought permissive intervention pursuant to Code of Civil…
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