MASONITE CORP. v. GREAT AMERICAN SURPLUS LINES

Docket No. A041180.

224 Cal.App.3d 912 (1990)

274 Cal. Rptr. 206

MASONITE CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GREAT AMERICAN SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

October 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rawles, Hinkle, Carter, Behnke & Oglesby, Jared G. Carter and Cindee F. Mayfield for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Ray L. Wong, Patricia Shuler Schimbor, Ernest J. Beffel, Jr., and Paul J. Killion for Defendants and Appellants.

Michael J. Breining, William J. Berry, Jr., Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Thomas M. Peterson, Carol B. Sharp, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, Moses Lasky, John E. Munter and Scott P. DeVries as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

STEIN, J.

INTRODUCTION

Great American Surplus Lines Insurance Company (GASLIC) issued an environmental impairment liability insurance policy to Masonite Corporation (Masonite).1 The California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) subsequently discovered that there was soil and water contamination at the site of one of Masonite's operations and issued a cleanup and abatement...

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