LA JOLLA BEACH AND TENNIS CLUB, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.
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December 19, 1994.
December 19, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
H. Paul Kondrick, Seltzer, Caplan, Wilkins & McMahon and Michael H. Riney for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Craig R. Berne, James T. Linford, Adleson, Hess, Christensen & Kelly, Randy M. Hess, Duane W. Shewaga, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, David M. Halbreich, David E. Weiss, Farella, Braun & Martel, William R. Friedrich, Dennis M. Cusack, Kathryn Oliver, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, George S. Howard, Jr., and Albert T. Harutunian III as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Morris, Polich & Purdy, Lawrence E. Picone, Gerald P. Schneeweis, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Paul E.B. Glad, John Leland Williams, Rhonda V. Magee and Andre Hassid for Defendant and Respondent.
Craig A. Berrington, Bruce Wood, Patrick J. McNally, Monica Lussnig, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Raoul D. Kennedy, Ezra Hendon, Chernow & Lieb, Diane Heidenreich, Victor Rabinowitz, McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, James P. Wagoner, James H. Wilkins, Wendy S. Lloyd, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Roxani M. Gillespie, Richard de Saint Phalle, Marie G. Quashnock, Charles W. Savage, Barbara Gallios-Lee, William P. Molmen, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Duane C. Musfelt, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Daniel J. Gonzalez, Julie L.Woods, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Ray L. Wong, Paul J. Killion and Monica M. Slakey as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
ARABIAN, J.
This case presents a convergence of two distinct but related areas of law: insurance and workers' compensation. In particular, we determine whether a workers' compensation insurer has a duty to defend a former employee's civil suit alleging wrongful termination in violation of public policy. We conclude that no reasonable construction of the workers' compensation insurance contract provides coverage for such a...
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