Downey VENTURE, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
LMI INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 1, 1998.
Rehearing Denied September 17, 1998.
Review Denied December 2, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Shapiro, Hinds & Mitchell, Carl W. Shapiro, Keith A. Meyer and Cindy F. Forman, Santa Monica, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Shernoff, Bidart, Darras & Arkin, William M. Shernoff, Sharon J. Arkin, Claremont; Anderson, Kill & Olick, Jordan S. Stanzler, Deborah M. Mongan, Jordan S. Stanzler, John A. MacDonald, San Francisco; Troop, Meisinger, Steuber & Pasich, Kirk A. Pasich, Lori M. Yankelevits, Los Angeles; Irell & Manella and Thomas W. Johnson Jr., Newport Beach, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Selman & Breitman, Alan B. Yuter and Lisa H. Kahn, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.
Musick, Peeler & Garrett, R. Joseph De Briyn, Harry W.R. Chamberlain, II, Mary Catherine M. Bohen, Cheryl A. Orr, Los Angeles; Barger & Wolen, Richard De Saint Phalle, Ethan A. Miller, San Francisco,; Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Roy G. Weatherup, John W. Sheller, Michael J. Leahy, Santa Monica; Horvitz & Levy, Barry R. Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner, Encino; Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Paul E.B. Glad, San Francisco; Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft and Deborah A. Pitts, Los Angeles, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
William W. Palmer, Sacramento, Farmer & Murphy and George E. Murphy, Rancho Cordova, as Amici Curiae, upon the request of the Court of Appeal.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.
CROSKEY, Associate Justice.
The principal question presented by this case is whether insurance liability coverage for a claim of malicious prosecution, even though expressly promised in the policy, is precluded by the provisions of Insurance Code section 533 which bars indemnity for "wilful acts" of an insured.1
Plaintiffs, appellants and cross-respondents, Richard Posell ("Posell"), Mitchell Shapiro and Ruth Shapiro ("Shapiro...
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