EMPLOYERS REINSURANCE CORP. v. MISSION EQUITIES

Docket No. 40584.

74 Cal.App.3d 826 (1977)

141 Cal. Rptr. 727

EMPLOYERS REINSURANCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MISSION EQUITIES CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

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

November 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bennett & Fields and Howard M. Fields for Defendant and Appellant.

Robert T. Cresswell and Robert C. Lamborn for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

FEINBERG, Acting P.J.

We are asked in this appeal to decide which of two insurance companies must bear a loss occasioned by a claim of negligence on the part of an attorney.

There is no dispute as to the relevant facts. Mission Equities Corporation (hereinafter Mission) issued its malpractice policy to a firm of attorneys (hereinafter Attorneys) effective January 1, 1968 to January 1, 1969. Employers Reinsurance Corporation...

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