Legal Opinion
Legacy Vulcan Corp. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 11, 2010No. B215713PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
In this case, we consider the nature of an insurer’s defense obligations under a policy of liability insurance that provides both “excess” and “umbrella” coverage. In addition, we discuss the scope and extent of an insurer’s duty to defend in spite of a “retained limit” on the insurer’s duty to indemnify.
Legacy Vulcan Corp. (Vulcan) petitioned this court for a writ of mandate, challenging a pretrial order that decided three stipulated legal questions concerning the scope of the duty to defend under a liability insurance policy issued by Transport Insurance Company…
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- Horace Mann Ins. Co. v. Barbara B.California Supreme Court · 1993
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