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J.B. AGUERRE, INC. v. AM. GUARANTEE & LIAB. INS.

Docket No. B100535.

59 Cal.App.4th 6 (1997)

J.B. AGUERRE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. AMERICAN GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

November 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Shernoff, Bidart & Darras, Shernoff, Bidart, Darras & Arkin, Michael J. Bidart and Sharon J. Arkin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Lane J. Ashley and Robert F. Helfing for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

NEAL, J. —

SUMMARY

A liability insurer was not in bad faith in funding a settlement with a contribution from its insured where the insured allegedly feared punitive damages, the insurer did not coerce the contribution, the contribution was modest and in reasonable proportion to punitive damage exposure, and where the contribution was the product of collusion between...

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