KPFF, Inc. v. California Union Insurance

Opinion

SWAGER, J.

This appeal arises from a dispute between two insurers concerning coverage of a claim against a structural engineering firm under a “claims-made” professional liability insurance policy. The insured, KPFF, Inc., and the insurer, Security Insurance Company of Hartford, which paid the disputed claim (hereafter appellants), brought an action against the firm’s insurer for a prior year, California Union Insurance Company (hereafter California Union), which denied coverage of the claim. The trial court found for California Union and entered a judgment dismissing the complaint. We…