WALBROOK INS. CO. v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INS. CO.

Docket No. A051271.

5 Cal.App.4th 1445 (1992)

7 Cal. Rptr.2d 513

WALBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

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

April 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Roger W. Sleight and Frederick D. Baker for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Lynch, Loofbourrow, Helmenstine, Gilardi & Grummer and David T. Loofbourrow, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

PERLEY, J.

A jury determined that a primary insurer was not guilty of bad faith when, having rejected pretrial offers to settle a claim against its insured within the limits of its policy, it entered into an agreement at trial which resulted in a judgment exceeding its policy limits and thus required a substantial payment by the insured's excess insurers. Concluding that the...

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