Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE CTY.
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 21, 1993No. Docket Nos. G012222, G012226PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOORE, J.
The primary issue in this case is whether a standard comprehensive general liability policy (CGL) which includes coverage for “advertising injury” potentially affords coverage for inducing or contributing to patent infringement so as to trigger an insurer’s duty to defend.
Facts and Procedural Background
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Industrial Indemnity Company issued standard CGL policies to Watercloud Bed Co., Inc., and its president, Richard LaBianco (collectively Watercloud). The policies provide the insurers will pay “all sums which the insured shall become legally…
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