Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 18, 1995No. A068452PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, P. J.
In Diamond Heights Homeowners Assn. v. National American Ins. Co. (1991) 227 Cal.App.3d 563, 582 [277 Cal.Rptr. 906] (Diamond Heights), we suggested that an excess insurer could stand in the position of a co-obligor on a contract debt and should be permitted to utilize Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6 1 proceedings to object to a settlement controlled by a primary insurer. Although we approved only defensive use of section 877.6 proceedings, litigants have read Diamond Heights as an invitation to use section 877.6 proceedings offensively to validate settlements and to…
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