STRICKLAND v. FEDERAL INS. CO.

Docket No. B021415.

200 Cal.App.3d 792 (1988)

246 Cal. Rptr. 345

ROBERT STRICKLAND et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

April 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cummins & White, James O. White, Robert E. Perkins, Gene A. Weisberg, Horvitz, Levy & Amerian, Ellis J. Horvitz, Barry R. Levy and Peter Abrahams for Defendant and Appellant.

Parkinson, Wolf, Lazar & Leo, Jeffrey H. Leo and G. Arthur Meneses as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Fadem, Berger & Norton, Bonnie M. Adair and Marlena J. Mouser for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

BOREN, J.

In this action for declaratory relief, the trial court awarded respondents the full face amount of their all-risk homeowner's insurance policy for losses they incurred as a result of a continuing geological hazard. We conclude that (1) there was a substantial legal and factual basis for the court's award, and (2) the insurer has no right to contribution either from the soil stabilization efforts of others or from...

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