SHELL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
WINTERTHUR SWISS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents; SUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD., et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents; TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; OIL INSURANCE LIMITED, Cross-defendant and Appellant.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 21, 1993.
January 21, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, William E. Trautman, William S. Boyd, Thomas M. Peterson and Edward J. Burke for Plaintiff and Appellant.
William L. Berry, Jr., Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, Moses Lasky, John E. Munter and Scott P. DeVries as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, Barry W. Lee, Dinkelspiel, Donovan & Reder, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, Barry R. Ostrager, Mary Kay Vyskocil, Dennis G. Jacobs, Ellen M. Bonaventura, Jonathan P. Rich, Elisa Alcabes and Allan Tananbaum for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Raoul D. Kennedy, James T. Wilson and Joseph P. Mascovich for Cross-defendant and Appellant.
Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Mitchell L. Lathrop, Cathy L. Carver, Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Ryder, Jeffrey N. Haney, Richard L. Pierce, Gleason, McGuire & Schreffler, Thomas B. Keegan, David Schroeder, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Barry L. Bunshoft, Philip R. Matthews, Vito C. Peraino, Paul J. Killion, Kenneth D. Ayers, Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kramer, William M. Savino, Stephen J. Smirti, Jr., Cyrus G. Dolce, Rogers & Wells, Charles R. Hartman, John A. Karaczynski and Daniel U. Smith for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.
Berg, Differto, Tighe & Cottrell, Howard M. Berg, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Gary T. Walker, Vern I. Zvoleff, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Robert A. Zeavin, Victor Rabinowitz, Wm. David Campagne, Adrienne F. Millican, Charlston, Revich & Williams, Richard D. Williams, Finan, White & Paetzold, Floyd W. White, Fisher & Hurst, Robert N. Schiff, Garth Gersten, Gordon & Rees, Donald W. Rees, Carol E. Reese, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MaCrae, Sanford Kingsley, Karen Hahn Ventrell, Long & Levit, John E. Peer, Irene K. Greenberg, Macarthur & Uribe, J.A. Uribe, Cecilia A. Perkins, O'Melveny & Myers, John F. Daum, Martin S. Checov, Richard B. Goetz, Owen & Melbye, John S. Posthauer, Popelka, Allard, McCowan & Jones, James C. Jones, Jr., Brian E. Hawes, St. Clair, McFetridge & Griffin, Edward J. McFetridge, Patrick J. Byrne, Shearman & Sterling, Lynette C. Kelly, Standard, Weisberg, Heckerling & Rosow, Malcolm B. Rosow and Arthur J. Leiderman for Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
OPINION
CHIN, J. —
INTRODUCTION
Shell Oil Company (Shell) raises difficult issues regarding insurance coverage for environmental pollution liability. Shell's main contentions involve interpreting standard comprehensive or commercial general liability (CGL) insurance language and California's statutory bar against insuring "wilful" acts...
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