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SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC. v. HARBOR INS. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 31201.

27 Cal.3d 359 (1980)

612 P.2d 889

165 Cal. Rptr. 799

SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brewster L. Arms, William J. Currer, Jr., and Richard T. Kayaian for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Morris & Polich, Landon Morris, John K. Morris, Robert S. Wolfe and Herbert S. Brumer for Defendant and Respondent.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, John L. Endicott, Robert A. Miller, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Harlow P. Rothert, LaBrum & Doak, Edward C. German, Michael D. Gallagher, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Robert F. Lewis and M. Patricia Marrison as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

Plaintiff, Pacific Indemnity Company (Pacific), a primary liability insurer, appeals from a judgment which relieved defendant Harbor Insurance Company (Harbor), an excess insurer, from any contribution for the costs of defense incurred on behalf of an insured of the parties. The issue presented is the proper allocation between insurance carriers of defense costs incurred in defending the insured when the amount...

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