STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. v. E. BAY MUN. UTIL. DIST.

Docket No. A074907.

53 Cal.App.4th 769 (1997)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

March 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thornton, Taylor, Downs, Becker, Tolson & Doherty, Clarke B. Holland, Andrean L. Kalemis, Buresh, Kaplan, Jang, Feller & Austin and Alan J. Jang for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe, David R. Sidran, Joan M. Saupe and Jonathan T. Rodriquez for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

ANDERSON, P.J.

Today we consider whether an insurer that promptly pays the claim of its insured is barred from subrogation from the actual tortfeasor because the insurer could have legitimately denied the claim as excluded. From time to time and in a variety of situations, the "volunteer" rule has been invoked to curtail an insurer's ability to pursue equitable subrogation against a tortfeasor who caused damage to its insured...

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