FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO. v. FIBREBOARD CORP.

Docket No. A025137.

182 Cal.App.3d 462 (1986)

227 Cal. Rptr. 203

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE et al., Defendants, Cross-defendants and Respondents.

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

May 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stephen McReavy, Jeffrey Kaufman, Wallace Tice, Kevan T. Hunt and Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

E. Judge Elderkin, William R. Irwin, Donald W. Brown, Tom M. Freeman, L. Christopher Vejnoska, Stephen S. Sayad, Laura J. Remington and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Patrick J. Hagan, Mark A. Stump, Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle & Hubert, Charles A. Lynberg, R. Jeff Carlisle, Randall J. Peters, Timothy M. Thornton, Jr., Lynberg & Nelsen, Raymond Coates, Catherine A. Yanni, Low, Ball & Lynch, P. Richard Colombatto, Misciagna, Schneider & Colombatto, Arnold L. Rosen, Shelden, Kulchin & Klein, Royal F. Oakes, Barger & Wolen, Robert S. Warren, Fred F. Gregory, Dean J. Kitchens, Patrice I. Kopistansky, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Barry L. Bunshoft, Patrick A. Cathcart and Philip R. Matthews for Defendants, Cross-defendants and Respondents.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

In this appeal we consider the meaning and interpretation of a liability exclusion clause contained in each of several insurance policies of an asbestos products manufacturer. We affirm the judgment below for reasons which we will explain.

BACKGROUND

From 1928 to 1972, appellant Fibreboard Corporation (hereafter...

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