Legal Opinion

Otter v. General Insurance of America

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 21, 1973No. Civ. 13454PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

PIERCE, J. *

This is a declaratory relief action brought by Albert Otter. Superficially 1 it is just another action involving counter-contentions between several indemnity insurance companies as to which, under the terms of the respective policies involved, pays how much, if any, of sums due under the several policies involved.

The trial court held that Insurance Company of North America (INÁ), the insurer under an umbrella excess policy is, under the terms thereof, liable to pay all of such balance. We agree that American Home, an underlying insurer of a specified named insured, was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Continental Casualty Co. v. Zurich InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Crane v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.California Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Hogan v. Midland National InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Raulet v. Northwestern Nat'l Ins. Co. of MilwaukeeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. White v. Western Title InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Delgado v. Heritage Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
  3. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of LondonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
  4. Evans v. Pacific Indemnity Co.California Court of Appeal · 1975
  5. Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co. v. LangreckIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004

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