Legal Opinion
Century Indemnity Co. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 13, 1996No. B101063PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
In this case we are called upon to decide whether an action brought by one insurance company against another insurance company to recoup a pro rata share of defense costs expended by the first in defense of their coinsured is governed by the two-year statute of limitations of Code of Civil Procedure section 339 1 as an action not founded on an instrument in writing, or by the four year statute of limitations of section 337.
We conclude the trial court erred when it relied on the court’s decision in Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Colonial Ins. Co. (1970) 8 Cal.App.3d 427 [87…
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