METZ v. UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INS. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 29857.

10 Cal.3d 45 (1973)

513 P.2d 922

109 Cal. Rptr. 698

RICHARD WILLIAM METZ, a Minor, etc., et al., Cross-complainants and Respondents, v. UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Joseph A. Ball and Albert H. Ebright for Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Olney, Levy, Kaplan, Ormes & Tenner, Magana, Olney, Levy & Cathcart and Jack Tenner for Cross-complainants and Respondents.

Peter Burrows as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

The accident which generated this litigation occurred when Richard Metz sustained severe injuries in a collision of his motorcycle with an automobile driven by Gomer Hamlin. Hamlin had leased the automobile from National Auto Leasing Corporation (hereafter National). Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (hereafter Universal) insured all cars owned by National. Although Universal here contends that its policy...

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