GARCIA v. TRUCK INS. EXCHANGE

Docket No. L.A. 31768.

36 Cal.3d 426 (1984)

682 P.2d 1100

204 Cal. Rptr. 435

DORA GARCIA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert E. Ames and Sanford M. Gage for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Leonard Sacks, Roberta Ritter, Victoria J. De Goff, 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 DeMeo, Harry J. Delizonna, Douglas K. deVries, Paul A. Eisler, Allan F. Grossman, 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.

Douglas Dalton, Horvitz & Greines, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz and Barry R. Levy for Defendant and Respondent.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam and Fred J. Hiestand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

GRODIN, J.

This case concerns the proper interpretation of an insurance policy issued by defendant Truck Insurance Exchange (Truck) to a hospital, after negotiations between the carrier and the California Hospital Association (CHA), representing hospitals throughout the state. The question is whether that policy provides coverage to a physician who is sued by his own patient for...

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