SAMSON v. TRANSAMERICA INS. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 24279.

30 Cal.3d 220 (1981)

636 P.2d 32

178 Cal. Rptr. 343

ABE L. SAMSON, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents, v. TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; DALE EUGENE VAGLE et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Memering & DeMers, Louis A. DeMers and Claudia J. Robinson for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

David P. Weaver, Jr., and Jay R. Mayhall for Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents and for Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Leonard Sacks, Harvey R. Levine, Edward I. Pollock, Robert E. Cartwright, William M. Shernoff, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Arne Werchick, Ian Herzog, Glen T. Bashore, Wylie A. Aitken and Victoria J. DeGoff as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

The Public Utilities Commission (P.U.C.) requires that all licensed highway carriers obtain liability insurance and, as proof that such insurance meets P.U.C. requirements, attach an endorsement prepared by the P.U.C. to their insurance policies. In this case, the first issue concerns whether the endorsement extends coverage to all vehicles used in the conduct of a highway carrier's business, including vehicles...

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