TRAVELERS INS. CO. v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS.

Docket No. A037398.

207 Cal.App.3d 1390 (1989)

255 Cal. Rptr. 727

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, Defendant and Appellant.

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

February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Clark J. Bernham, Susan T. Feldsted and Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Andrew P. Sclar, David B. Paynter, Burton J. Francis, Ericksen, Arbuthnot, Paynter & Brown, Charles I. Eisner and Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

BENSON, J.

This appeal raises the question of what acts or omissions trigger coverage under an attorney's errors and omissions policy where the attorney negligently drafted a will with adverse tax consequences to some of the beneficiaries of an estate. The trial court, applying the general "occurrence" rule espoused by some appellate courts in certain situations, ruled that...

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