BANK OF THE WEST v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S019556.

2 Cal.4th 1254 (1992)

833 P.2d 545

10 Cal. Rptr.2d 538

BANK OF THE WEST, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Severson & Werson, Jan T. Chilton and William L. Stern for Petitioner.

Martha Chuchill, Thomas & Porrozzo, Michael H. Porrozzo, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Eugene R. Anderson, William G. Passannante, Cotchett, Illston & Pitre, Joseph W. Cotchett, Susan Illston, Marie Seth Weiner, Morgan, Ruby, Schofield, Franich & Fredkin, Allen J. Ruby, Lexie D. Schroeder, Thomas T. Anderson, Sherry N. Bass, David A. Beck, Morrison & Hecker, P. John Owen, Ann S. DuRoss, Richard J. Osterman, Jr., Joan E. Smiley, Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, Kurt W. Melchior, Jared E. Peterson, Alison S. Hightower, Patricia Lee Connors, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Denise M. Amantea, Richard F. Cauley, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, Denis T. Rice, Helane L. Morrison, Kathryn M. Nelson, H. Joseph Escher III and Alan T. Foster as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Lawrence O. Monin, Michael A. Mathews, Andre Hassid, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Raoul D. Kennedy, Peter W. Davis, Richard de Saint Phalle, Dolores A. Dalton, Paul H. Breslin, Frank Gilbert, Jesse I. Santana, James C. Martin and James H. Kallianis, Jr., for Real Parties in Interest.

Baker, Hostetler, McCutchen & Black, Philip K. Verleger, Donna R. Black, Martin J. McTigue, Jr., Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Phyllis E. Andelin, McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, James P. Wagoner, James H. Wilkins, Robert K. Landen, Morton, Lulofs & Allen, Michael Charles Comyns, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Peter Abrahams, Lisa Perrochet, Alan I. Widiss, Cummins & White, James D. Otto, Kent M. Bridwell, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Roy G. Weatherup, Lawrence A. Tabb, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Irving H. Greines and Feris M. Greenberger as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

PANELLI, J.

Comprehensive general liability (CGL) insurance policies generally include coverage for "advertising injury." This coverage, as ordinarily written, applies to "damages" the insured must pay for injury arising out of "unfair competition" occurring in the course of the insured's "advertising activities." We granted review to consider questions regarding the scope of coverage afforded by this standard policy language...

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