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FREMONT INDEMNITY CO. v. DU ALBA

Docket No. G002153.

187 Cal.App.3d 474 (1986)

231 Cal. Rptr. 683

FREMONT INDEMNITY COMPANY, Cross-complainant and Appellant, v. PETE O. DU ALBA et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

November 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Feinstein, Gourley & Mandel, Jeffrey L. Malek and Phillip E. Handin for Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Crowe, Collisson & Kaplan, Peter D. Collisson and Ronald J. Sokol for Cross-defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

WALLIN, J.

In 1978, Robert Corbett intentionally blinded himself at his place of employment in order to collect a worker's compensation award. He subsequently filed the fraudulent claim with Fremont Indemnity Company, his employer's insurance carrier, and was awarded $185,000. Shortly thereafter, while serving time in prison on an unrelated criminal charge, Corbett confessed to the entire scheme.

Meanwhile, Corbett...

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