MATTHIAS v. UNITED PACIFIC INS. CO.

Docket No. 23661.

260 Cal.App.2d 752 (1968)

67 Cal. Rptr. 511

MARIE L. MATTHIAS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

April 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gonick, Schmid & Bernstein and Harry Gonick for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hauerken, St. Clair, Zappettini & Hines, John D. St. Clair and Edward J. McFetridge for Defendant and Respondent.


DRAPER, P.J.

The amended complaint alleges that the front stairway to rented premises was defective by reason of variations in height of risers and absence of a central handrail. It asserts that this condition had for a long time been known to the owner; that defendant insurer, with "actual knowledge" of this condition, "negligently aided, abetted, encouraged and induced" the owner to maintain the condition "by selling [owner] a policy of liability insurance," and...

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