MIDDLETON v. IMPERIAL INS. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 31662.

34 Cal.3d 134 (1983)

666 P.2d 1

193 Cal. Rptr. 144

MICHAEL J. MIDDLETON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. IMPERIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent; WESLEY J. KINDER, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Harding & Zilinskas, Yager, Voorhis, Harding & Zilinskas, Neil S. Tardiff and James M. Duenow for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Voegelin & Barton, Robert M. Rudnicki, Harney & Moore, David M. Harney, James J. Pagliuso, Horvitz & Greines, Irving Greines, Leonard Sacks, Victoria J. De Goff, Roberta Ritter, Robert E. Cartwright, Wylie A. Aitken, Harlan Arnold, Glen T. Bashore, Ray Bourhis, Richard D. Bridgman, Edwin Train Caldwell, David S. Casey, Jr., J. Nick De Meo, Harry J. Delizonna, Douglas K. deVries, Paul A. Eisler, Allan F. Grossman, Sanford M. Gage, Ian Herzog, Dana Hobart, Stanley K. Jacobs, Harvey R. Levine, John C. McCarthy, Timothy W. Peach, Joseph Posner, John M. Van Dyke, Arne Werchick and Stephen I. Zetterberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Edmond B. Mamer, Deputy Attorney General, Clausen, Harris & Campbell, Lon Harris and Marie D. Clause for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

Appellants Michael J. Middleton, M.D., an anesthesiologist, and William J. Bowland, R.N.A., a nurse-anesthetist, were insured by Imperial Insurance Company (Imperial) for malpractice liability from January 1, 1971, through January 1, 1973. Their policies covered "occurrences" (alleged malpractice) during the policy period, regardless of how many years later a claim was actually...

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