Select Insurance v. Superior Court

Opinion

BENKE, Acting P. J.

Select Insurance Company and Insurance Company of the Pacific Coast (insurers) seek extraordinary relief after the court partially granted a motion for summary adjudication of issues brought by real parties Canine Eye Registration Foundation, Inc., Dolly B. Trauner, individually and as executrix of the estate of Lawrence M. Trauner (collectively CERF). The insurers claim the court erred by finding (1) the insurers had a duty to defend CERF’s adversary, Millwood A. Custer, for antitrust violations and abuse of process in an underlying federal district court action…