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JOHNSON v. FIRST STATE INS. CO.

Docket No. B073879.

27 Cal.App.4th 1079 (1994)

33 Cal. Rptr.2d 163

JOHN R. JOHNSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FIRST STATE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

August 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kircher & Nakazato and C. William Kircher, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hawkins, Schnabel, Lindahl & Beck and Kelley K. Beck for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

GILBERT, J.

A lawyer brings an action against his professional liability insurance carrier for failure to defend him in a malicious prosecution action. We hold there was no duty to defend where the malicious prosecution action arose from a conspiracy action the lawyer brought on his own behalf. We affirm.

FACTS

Johnson and his firm were sued for malpractice...

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