Legal Opinion
Hendrickson v. Zurich American Insurance Co. of Illinois
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 9, 1999No. A080108PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HANING, J.
Melvin and Virginia Hendrickson, individually and doing business as Crown Nursery (collectively appellants), appeal a summary judgment in favor of their insurers, Zurich American Insurance Company of Illinois and Zurich Insurance Company (collectively Zurich), in appellants’ action against Zurich for failure to defend and indemnify them in a third party action. We reverse.
Background
Appellants operate a commercial nursery which produces and sells strawberry nursery stock to third party growers. A number of growers who purchased strawberry plants from appellants sued them,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1995
- Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1966
- AIU Insurance v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Buss v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
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