Legal Opinion
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 20, 1989No. H005389PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CAPACCIOLI, J.
Petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm) seeks a writ of mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, subdivision (/), to compel the trial court to order entry of summary judgment in its favor based on the one-year period of limitations in the insurance policies which it issued to real parties in interest (collectively Bolek.) For reasons we shall state, we hold that summary judgment should have been granted.
Record
State Farm at different times issued three homeowners’ policies to Bolek. Each contained this limitations provision: “No action…
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