Legal Opinion
Gen. Accident Ins. Co. of Am. v. Superior Court of Alameda Cty.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 25, 1997No. A076084PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JONES, J.
This mandate proceeding raises the question whether a finding of corporate successor liability for asbestos torts entitles the liable successor, as a matter of law, to the insurance coverage of the predecessor corporation. We hold the successor corporation is not entitled by operation of law to the predecessor’s insurance coverage.
Petitioners are three insurance companies who are defendants in an action for declaratory relief in which plaintiff Western MacArthur Company, real party herein, seeks a judicial determination that petitioners have duties to defend and indemnify…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ray v. Alad Corp.California Supreme Court · 1977
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- Penasquitos, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- Cooper Companies, Inc. v. Transcontinental InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
- Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
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