MIRACLE AUTO CENTER v. Superior Court

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

Here we conclude that the term “standard time,” when used in a general commercial liability insurance policy to determine coverage expiration, means the time currently in use in the state whether standard Pacific time or daylight saving time is in effect.

Factual and Procedural Background

A motion for summary judgment established the following uncontradicted facts. Petitioners are Miracle Auto Center, doing business as Shoffner’s Miracle Auto Mart, and Paris F. and Beverly V. Shoffner (collectively referred to as petitioner). At 12:49 a.m. on June 29, 1997, a police officer…