Legal Opinion
Covenant Mutual Insurance v. Young
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 7, 1986No. B007181PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J.
Facts and Proceedings Below
The appellant in this case, Covenant Mutual Insurance Company (Covenant), issued a bond guaranteeing a contractor. This contractor was constructing a supermarket on the property of one of the respondents, William, Ruby and Kenneth Young (the Youngs). A dispute arose between the Youngs and the contractor. The Youngs hired as their attorneys the other respondents, McCormick, Barstow, Shepard, Coyle and Wayte (MBSCW) and Oliver Wanger (Wanger).
Covenant’s attorneys attempted to settle the dispute. Eventually they were convinced they had arrived at a…
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