Safeco Insurance v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

55 Cal.Rptr.3d 844 (2007)

148 Cal.App.4th 620

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

No. B187743.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division One.

March 14, 2007.

Demler, Armstrong & Rowland, Raymond H. Goettsch and James P. Lemieux, Long Beach, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Horvitz & Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner, Karen M. Bray, Encino; Caron, Constants & Wilson, and Sherry L. Pantages, Glendale, for Defendant and Respondent.

MALLANO, Acting P.J.

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