W.C. Richards Co., Inc. v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.

This declaratory judgment action reaches us for the second time. In our previous decision, we held that, under California law, defendant Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, the insurer, had a duty to defend plaintiff WC. Richards Company, Inc., the insured, in a matter initiated by a state environmental regulatory agency, i.e., the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (the Board). W.C. Richards Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 289 Ill. App. 3d 207 (1997) (W.C. Richards I). Accordingly, we reversed the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant and…