LA JOLLA BEACH & TENNIS CLUB v. INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY

Docket No. S036170.

9 Cal.4th 27 (1994)

884 P.2d 1048

36 Cal. Rptr.2d 100

LA JOLLA BEACH AND TENNIS CLUB, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

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.


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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